"correct" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

correct adjetivo

correct + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 164
correct answer • correct dose • correct position • correct name • correct way • correct response • correct order • correct form • ...
adverbio + correct
Kolokacji: 45
politically correct • absolutely correct • entirely correct • perfectly correct • technically correct • ...
(3) essentially, fundamentally
Kolokacji: 2
(4) exactly, strictly, precisely
Kolokacji: 3
1. exactly correct = dokładnie poprawny exactly correct
2. strictly correct = ściśle poprawny strictly correct
  • I've never been strictly correct in my life.
  • In British English, the last of these is not considered strictly correct.
  • I fear to differ from so good a local authority, but believe Kalá-kot to be more strictly correct.
  • It's not strictly correct to say that today's slang is tomorrow's standard English, if we can judge from history.
  • This is not strictly correct as it assumes independence for the probabilities of each bit being set.
  • I have said two, but that is not strictly correct One.
  • I believe I did say that, but it is not strictly correct.
  • I have scrupled to call these creatures horses, since I am certain the word is not strictly correct.
  • The foregoing account, according to the best of my recollection is strictly correct.
  • This is not strictly correct: while growth may be limited, these bacteria can survive in O-rich environments.
3. precisely correct = dokładnie poprawny precisely correct
correct + preposición
Kolokacji: 9
correct in • correct about • correct for • correct to • correct on • ...

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