Rectify - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈrektɪfaɪ|  American pronunciation of the word rectify
Brit.  |ˈrektɪfaɪ|  British pronunciation of the word rectify

verb

- math: determine the length of
rectify a curve
- reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities (syn: refine)
- bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one (syn: reclaim, reform, regenerate)
- set straight or right (syn: amend, remediate, remedy, repair)
rectify the inequities in salaries
- make right or correct (syn: correct, right)
rectify the calculation
- convert into direct current
rectify alternating current

Extra examples

The hotel management promised to rectify the problem.

...let me get the store manager, and he'll rectify the invoice for your order...

I did my best to rectify the situation, but the damage was already done.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: rectify
he/she/it: rectifies
present participle: rectifying
past tense: rectified
past participle: rectified
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