korrigera

Meaning (English):

• To correct: to fix errors or mistakes in something (e.g., a text, an answer, a calculation).
• To revise/adjust: to make something more accurate or appropriate (e.g., adjust a course of action, a setting, or a statement).
• In school/teaching contexts it can also mean to mark/grade and correct students’ work.

Word parts:

• korriger-a: the verb is formed from korrigera (historically related to Latin corrigere, “to set right”).
• The ending -a is a common Swedish verb ending in the infinitive.

Swedish synonyms:

• rätta (till) (correct)
• ändra (change/alter)
• justera (adjust)
• revidera (revise)
• förbättra (improve)
• modifiera (modify)
• (for texts) redigera (edit)

Swedish antonyms (where applicable):

• försämra (make worse)
• förvärra (worsen)
• förstöra (ruin)
• (in the sense of “leave uncorrected”) låta bli att rätta / lämna okorrigerat