{
    "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."
}