verb · academic
rectify
/ˈrektɪfaɪ/REC·ti·fy
Band 6-7task1task2speaking
to correct something or make it right
Examples
“The engineers worked quickly to rectify the fault.”
“Measures were taken to rectify the imbalance in funding.”
“We need to rectify the data before publishing the report.”
Band 8 sentence
“Once the auditors identified discrepancies, management acted swiftly to rectify accounting practices.”
Collocations
- rectify an error/mistake
- rectify a situation
- rectify the imbalance
Word family
rectify verbrectification nounrectifiable adjective
Common mistakes
We will rectify to the problem tomorrow.→We will rectify the problem tomorrow.
Say it for a higher band
5fix→6correct→7+rectify
Synonyms
correct
amend
Easily confused
verify
“Please verify the figures before submission.”
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