Correct
Correct verb - To remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from.
Usage example: more time will be needed to correct the computer program
Polish is a synonym for correct in fix topic. In some cases you can use "Polish" instead a verb "Correct", when it comes to topics like revise and correct.
Common collocations
| dialogue | correct dialogue | polish dialogue |
Both words in one sentence
- Amusingly, Chopin's Polish was pronounced badly (though the subs for it were correct).
Source: Anime / Classicaloid - In the Polish version of Worms 4: Mayhem, weapon known as flood has been translated as żywność, which means... food (the correct translation should be powódź or potop).
- Please note that the word Murzyn (of which Murzynek is the diminutive) has none of the connotation of the N-word in Polish and is politically correct.
Source: Fair for Its Day
Cite this Source
Polish and Correct. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/correct/polish
Correct & Polish. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/correct/polish>.
Polish or Correct. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/correct/polish.
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