berichtigen — meaning in English

English meaning

• adjust verb To change something slightly so it works better or fits new circumstances.
• correct adj Free from mistakes; accurate or true.
• right adj Correct, true, or in accordance with fact or good judgment.
• true adj Matching the actual facts; correct or accurate.

Senses

berichtigen is used for these senses in English:

• adjust (transitive) To improve or rectify.
• correct (transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
• right (transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
• set straight (transitive, idiomatic) To correct; to make right or true.
• true To straighten (something that is supposed to be straight).

adjust — full definition

1. verb To change something slightly so it works better or fits new circumstances.
2. verb To settle or resolve, especially an insurance claim.

correct — full definition

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

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