American English pronunciation
How to pronounce rectify
IPA transcription: ['ɹɛktə,faɪ]
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Verb
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make right or correct
“Correct the mistakes”
“rectify the calculation”
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set straight or right
“remedy these deficiencies”
“rectify the inequities in salaries”
“repair an oversight”
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math: determine the length of
“rectify a curve”
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reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
“refine sugar”
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bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
“The Church reformed me”
“reform your conduct”
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convert into direct current
“rectify alternating current”
Usage examples
- Homer decides to rectify his mistake and takes off for the hospital.
- Many articles were written explicitly to rectify the wrongs of previous governments.
- The company was ordered to rectify the situation immediately.