Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stand corrected

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables
stand -cor-rect-ed
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified.

Inflected Forms

stands corrected (present, singular) standing corrected (participle, present) stood corrected (participle, past) stood corrected (past)

Phrases

I stand corrected

Frequently Paired Words

touché

Questions

What does stand corrected mean?
To acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified.

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