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oikaista — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • correct adj Free from mistakes; accurate or true.
  • rectify verb To correct a mistake or fix a problem.
  • shortcut verb To take a quicker or more direct route or method than usual.
  • straighten verb To make something straight, or to become straight.

Senses

oikaista is used for these senses in English:

  • correct (transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
  • cut corners To bypass a prescribed route so as to gain competitive advantage or to circumvent traffic signals or other rules of the road.
  • make right (transitive) To right, rectify, or ameliorate a relationship or situation.
  • rectify (transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right. [from 16th c.]
  • set straight (transitive, idiomatic) To correct; to make right or true.
  • shortcut To take or use a shortcut
  • straighten (transitive) To cause to become straight.

correct — full definition

  1. adj Free from mistakes; accurate or true.
  2. verb To fix an error or make something right.

rectify — full definition

  1. verb To correct a mistake or fix a problem.
  2. verb In electronics, to convert alternating current into direct current.

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