Phrase guide

stand corrected

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

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Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: sich berichtigen müssen — to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified — see also I stand corrected
  • German: sich eines Besseren belehren lassen müssen — to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified — see also I stand corrected
  • German: falsch gelegen haben — to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified — see also I stand corrected
  • German: etwas zurücknehmen müssen — to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified — see also I stand corrected
  • Hungarian: beismeri/elismeri tévedését/hibáját — to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified — see also I stand corrected
  • Japanese: 誤りを認める (ayamari o mitomeru) — to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified — see also I stand corrected
  • Japanese: 間違いを認める (machigai o mitomeru) — to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified — see also I stand corrected
  • Japanese: 謹んで御訂正を受く (tsutsushinde goteisei o uku) — to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified — see also I stand corrected
  • Navajo: kʼééshiʼdisdǫǫdgo sézį́ — to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified — see also I stand corrected
  • Polish: poprawię się — to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified — see also I stand corrected
  • Spanish: permanecer corregido — to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified — see also I stand corrected