rectify

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/ˈɹɛktəˌfaɪ/

verb 5

Collocations

ADJ.

enough, essential, hard, historical

VERB + RECTIFY

needs, propose, sought, steps, take, time

RECTIFY + NOUN

crisis, economy, injustices, situation, things

Definitions

verb

To heal (an organ or part of the body).

To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.

To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).

to rectify the crisis

To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.

To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — make right or correct

verb — set straight or right

verb — bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of l

verb — reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state

refine

Antonyms

falsify

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

to rectify the crisis

Wiktionary

For thus their Sense informeth them, and herein their Reason cannot Rectifie them; and therefore hopelessly continuing in mistakes, they live and die in their absurdities […]

Wiktionary

So how do you propose we rectify the situation at hand?

Tatoeba · #4604046

Sami had enough time to rectify things.

Tatoeba · #7243266

We need to take steps to rectify the situation.

Tatoeba · #7732677

Algeria needs to rectify its economy.

Tatoeba · #10134242

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, rectify is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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