Corriger (en. To correct)

/kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/

Meaning & Definition

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verb

Make correct or compliant.

Mistakes in spelling need to be corrected in this text.

Il faut corriger les fautes d'orthographe dans ce texte.

Make a modification to rectify.

She corrected her project after feedback from the teachers.

Elle a corrigé son projet après les retours des professeurs.

Change something to make it better.

The teacher asked me to correct my answers to the questions.

Le professeur m'a demandé de corriger mes réponses aux questions.

From the Latin 'corrigere' which means 'to straighten, to restore'.

correct the course

Modify an approach after a mistake or failure.

corriger le tir

correct a mistake

Rectify a fault or misunderstanding.

corriger une erreur

to correct oneself

Acknowledge one's mistakes and change behavior.

se corriger

correction

The action of correcting.

correction

corrective

That which serves to correct, a means of rectification.

correctif

incorrectness

An error or a mistake.

incorrection

To clarify.

He had to correct the situation after that war of words.

Il a dû corriger la situation après cette guerre de mots.

To eliminate problems.

We spent hours correcting the bugs in this program.

On a passé des heures à corriger les bugs de ce programme.