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recte.

Used parenthetically in a verbatim quotation to correct an error in the source (compare sic, which notes an error without correcting it)

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adv
  1. Used parenthetically in a verbatim quotation to correct an error in the source (compare sic, which notes an error without correcting it)

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Where this word comes from

From Latin recte (“rightly, correctly”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.