correct
adjective
1 adjective of statement etc: trueceart adj1 that's correct tá sin ceart, is fíor sinthat's the correct answer sin an freagra ceartif predictions prove correct más fíor an méid atáthar a thuar, má thagann an tuar faoin tairngreachtwhat you said is absolutely correct tá an ceart ar fad agat sa mhéid a dúirt túit's correct to say that money is scarce is fíor a rá go bhfuil airgead gann 2 adjective of person: rightthey're correct that there's a crisis is fíor dóibh go bhfuil géarchéim annshe was absolutely correct to disagree with him bhí an ceart ar fad aici easaontú leisTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 adjective required, prescribedceart adj1 it's grammatically correct tá sé cruinn ó thaobh na gramadaí deshe had the correct change bhí an briseadh ceart aici, bhí an tsóinseáil chruinn aicihe did it in the correct way rinne sé ar an mbealach ceart é, rinne sé i gceart é 4 adjective fitting, appropriateceart adj1 cuí adj3 you must dress in the correct manner caithfidh tú a bheith gléasta i gceartit's only correct that she should retire is cuí go n-éireodh sí as
verb
5 verb also ED, PUBL put right mistake, person TRANSITIVEceartaigh verb he corrected the spelling cheartaigh sé an litriúhe corrected himself cheartaigh sé é féinto correct a misunderstanding míthuiscint a chur ina ceartcorrect me if I'm wrong, but ... b'fhéidir gur ormsa atá sé, ach ...; b'fhéidir go bhfuil dul amú orm, ach ... 6 verb also ED, PUBL make corrections to document TRANSITIVEceartaigh verb to correct proofs profaí a cheartú 7 verb deal with problem, defect TRANSITIVEcuir i gceart correct sth rud a chur ina cheartmy vision has been corrected tá mo radharc curtha ina cheart 8 verb adjust (for factor) TRANSITIVEcuir in oiriúint the report needs to be corrected for seasonal variations ní mór an tuairisc a leasú chun athruithe séasúracha a chur san áireamh 9 verb punish TRANSITIVEceartaigh verb múineadh a chur ar my son gets angry when corrected tagann fearg ar mo mhac nuair a cheartaítear é