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correggere — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • amend verb To make formal changes to a document, law, or agreement in order to correct or improve it.
  • correct adj Free from mistakes; accurate or true.
  • debug verb To find and remove the faults in a computer program or system that stop it behaving as intended.
  • rectify verb To correct a mistake or fix a problem.
  • reform noun A change made to improve something, especially a system, law, or institution.
  • right adj Correct, true, or in accordance with fact or good judgment.

Senses

correggere is used for these senses in English:

  • amend (transitive) To make better; improve.
  • correct (transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
  • correct (transitive) To inform (someone) of their error.
  • debug (computer science) To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something, especially a computer program or machinery.
  • rectify (transitive, now, rare) To correct (someone who is mistaken). [from 16th c.]
  • reform (transitive) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better.
  • right (transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.

amend — full definition

  1. verb To make formal changes to a document, law, or agreement in order to correct or improve it.
  2. verb To improve or correct something more generally.

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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