Correct and Tried

Correct

Correct adjective - Being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard.

Tried and correct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tried" instead an adjective "Correct".

Tried

Tried adjective - Worthy of one's trust.

Correct and tried are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Correct" instead an adjective "Tried".

Nearby Words: try, trying

Both words in one sentence

  • Like say... a fix fic that tried to correct Haruka and Michiru by having Queen Serenity appear and "correct" Haruka's gender to male, which is regarded positively by everyone involved.
    Source: Fixer Sue
  • Although that latter one is because the character in question was so mad that they might have literally out-murdered the Librarian if the Librarian had tried to "correct" him.
  • Password Slot Machine No explanation on how a computer would know that this random choice for the seventh digit is correct, and no explanation about how it suddenly knows that 3 is correct when chances are it would have tried a 3 in that space dozens of times by now.
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