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{
"term": "correct",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "accurate or true, without any mistakes",
"sensetop": "correct in somethingcorrect in doing somethingit is correct to do somethingit is correct (that)…",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Do you have the correct time?"
},
{
"text": "the **correct answer**"
},
{
"text": "When asked to pick the correct meaning from four alternatives, students consistently chose the correct one."
},
{
"text": "Please check that these details are correct."
},
{
"text": "‘Are you in charge here?’ ‘That's correct.’"
},
{
"text": "As always, your grandmother is **absolutely correct**."
},
{
"text": "They were correct in their assessment of the situation.",
"contextForm": "correct in something"
},
{
"text": "Am I correct in saying that you know a lot about art?",
"contextForm": "correct in doing something"
},
{
"text": "It is correct to say that Camus's philosophy can be divided into two periods.",
"contextForm": "it is correct to do something"
},
{
"text": "It is correct that there are some similarities between the two cases.",
"contextForm": "it is correct (that)…"
},
{
"text": "His estimate has turned out to be more or less correct."
},
{
"text": "Her first idea proved correct."
},
{
"text": "I think I am correct in saying that this project is the first of its kind in this country."
},
{
"text": "None of the explanations offered is demonstrably correct—or demonstrably incorrect."
},
{
"text": "The diagram is correct in every detail."
},
{
"text": "The flower drawings are all to scale and botanically correct."
},
{
"text": "The sentence is grammatically correct, but not very idiomatic."
},
{
"text": "What you say is perfectly correct, but it gives the wrong impression."
},
{
"text": "Check that all the details are correct."
},
{
"text": "I don't think she's correct to say he's incompetent."
},
{
"text": "Only one of the answers is correct."
},
{
"text": "They say that he was against women getting the vote, but that's not entirely correct."
}
],
"synonyms": "right",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "prove", "seem"],
"adverb": ["absolutely", "completely", "entirely"],
"preposition": ["in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "right and suitable, so that something is done as it should be done",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the correct procedure/approach"
},
{
"text": "Do you know the **correct way** to shut the machine down?"
},
{
"text": "I think you've made the correct decision."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "prove", "seem"],
"adverb": ["absolutely", "completely", "entirely"],
"preposition": ["in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "taking care to speak or behave in a way that follows the accepted standards or rules",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a correct young woman"
},
{
"text": "He is always very correct in his speech."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that all the things or people who should be there are now there",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kəˈrekt/",
"audio": "co/correct/correct__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kəˈrekt/",
"audio": "co/correct/correct__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (as a verb): from Latin correct- ‘made straight, amended’, from the verb corrigere, from cor- ‘together’ + regere ‘guide’. The adjective is via French."
}