correct
part of speech
adjective; verb (correct, corrects, corrected, correcting)
meaning for a pupil
1) Correct means right, true, or without mistakes. tree →
2) Correct can mean proper or suitable, like the correct way to behave. tree →
3) To correct means to find and fix mistakes. tree →
4) A teacher corrects work by marking what is right and wrong. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Leviticus it means to be taught or disciplined by God, who warns Israel about not accepting that correction. In Proverbs, Psalms and Jeremiah it means to teach or discipline, as a mother, God or a prophet does. Interpretation: The passage is part of the warnings, which tradition reads as God's way of calling people back to Him by hardship so they will return. Jeremiah asks to be corrected fairly, "in measure," not in anger, which is read as a prayer for mercy. In the primary lessons: In maths and spelling «correct» is the right answer; teachers correct homework and you correct your own mistakes. Phrases: «the correct answer», «correct me if I'm wrong», «politically correct», «correct the mistakes».
examples
- And if in spite of these things ye will not be corrected unto Me, but will walk contrary unto Me; (Torah LEV.26.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- Private Hermetic MSS. have alone the correct names and spelling. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- Moses Butarel and others tell us that they had before them a correct copy of "Sepher Yezirah," where it reads: (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- The words of king Lemuel; the burden wherewith his mother corrected him. (Writings PRO.31.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- He that instructeth nations, shall not He correct? even He that teacheth man knowledge? (Writings PSA.94.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- O LORD, correct me, but in measure; not in Thine anger, lest Thou diminish me. (Prophets JER.10.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- That is the correct answer. tree →
- Please correct your spelling mistakes. tree →
- The teacher corrected our tests. tree →
- Is this the correct way to hold a pencil? tree →
- Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it Tuesday? tree →
- She got nine out of ten correct. tree →
- Glasses correct poor eyesight. tree →
- Now he thought his opinion was evidently correct. tree →
note
Opposite: incorrect or wrong. Adverb: correctly; noun: correction. Spelling: double r. In maths «9 out of 10 correct» means 9 right and 1 wrong.
In the corpora
- And if in spite of these things ye will not be corrected unto Me, but will walk contrary unto Me;
- O LORD, correct me, but in measure; not in Thine anger, lest Thou diminish me.
- He that instructeth nations, shall not He correct? even He that teacheth man knowledge?
- For whom the LORD loveth He correcteth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
- He that correcteth a scorner getteth to himself shame, and he that reproveth a wicked man, it becometh unto him a blot.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «correct» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.