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To correct means to remove errors or to point out errors. (verb)

An example of to correct is a piano teacher showing his student which keys are right in order to make the sound for which the teacher was hoping.
An example of to correct is a third grade teacher marking the words that were not spelled right on a spelling test.

Correct describes something true, right or proper. (adjective)

An example of correct used as an adjective is the phrase "correct procedure," such as baking a cheese cake in a springform pan is the correct procedure.

See correct in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to make right; change from wrong to right; remove errors from
to point out or mark the errors or faults of
to make conform to a standard
to scold or punish so as to cause to rectify faults
to cure, remove, or counteract (a fault, disease, etc.)

intransitive verb

to make corrections; specif., to make an adjustment so as to compensate (for an error, counteracting force, etc.)

adjective

conforming or adhering to an established standard; proper: correct behavior
conforming to fact or logic; true, accurate, right, or free from errors
equal to the required or established amount, number, price, etc.

Related Forms:

correctable adjective
correctly adverb
correctness noun
corrector noun

See correct in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(kə-rĕktˈ)

verb cor·rect·ed, cor·rect·ing, cor·rects

verb, transitive

a. To remove the errors or mistakes from.
b. To indicate or mark the errors in.
To punish for the purpose of improving or reforming.
To remove, remedy, or counteract (a malfunction, for example).
To adjust so as to meet a required standard or condition: correct the wheel alignment on a car.

verb, intransitive