right

/ɹaɪt/

adjective 15
adverb 8
noun 8
exclamation 5
verb 4
forms 14
phrases 20

adjective15

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Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
- That's not the right thing to do.
- So I was right all along? C'mon. I want to hear you say it.
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on the side of the body that faces east when someone looks north
- After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left.
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Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
- The road up ahead contains a right bend.
- Rotate the bolt to the right to tighten it.
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Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's right when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the south bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥴ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the right side of the river.
- The Louvre Museum is on the right bank of the Seine.
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Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
- Is this the right software for my computer?
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Healthy, sane, competent.
- I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.
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(Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
- Kirsty: I suppose you're hungry. Would you like something to eat? Ken: No. I'm right, thanks. — 1986
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Real; veritable (used emphatically).
- You've made a right mess of the kitchen!
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Of an angle, measuring 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
- The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall.
Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
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Designed to be placed or worn outward.
- Begin this stitch on the right side.
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(old-fashioned) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
- The lady has been disappointed on the right side. — 1707
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Of or relating to the right whale.
- In the course of the day we saw several large whales of the right species, and innumerable flights of the albatross passed over the vessel. — 1838
(no longer used) Straight, not bent.

adverb8

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Exactly, precisely.
- The arrow landed right in the middle of the target.
- Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film.
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Immediately, directly.
- Can't you see it? It's right beside you!
- Tom was standing right in front of the TV, blocking everyone's view.
On the right side.
Towards the right side.
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In a correct or proper manner.
- Do it right or don't do it at all.
- Nothing is going right for me lately.
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(dialect, US) Very, extremely, quite.
- I made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I?
- I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much.
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(dialect, old-fashioned) To a great extent or degree.
- Sir, I am right glad to meet you …
- Members of the Queen's Privy Council are styled The Right Honourable for life.
According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.

noun8

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A legal, just or moral entitlement.
- You have no right to go through my personal diary.
The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; a copyright.
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The right side or direction.
- The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.
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The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
- The political right holds too much power.
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That which complies with justice, law or reason.
- We're on the side of right in this contest.
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The right hand or fist.
- "Before he could strike again, however, I got in my right, and he was sprawling on his back on the floor." — 1897
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The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
- Simple cross-stitch, with a space between each stitch, may be worked in two rows, in which case the completed stitch on the wrong sides alternates with that on the right. — 1890
A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).

exclamation5

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Yes, that is correct; I agree.
- — United's the best team in the country. — Right. And they'll go all the way for sure. — Damn right they will.
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Used to check listener engagement and (especially) agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof.
- You're going, right?
- I went downstairs, right, and I was going to call her, but I found this note, right, so what am I supposed to do now?
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I have listened to what you just said and I acknowledge your assertion or opinion, regardless of whether I agree with it (opinion) or can verify it (assertion).
- — United's the best team in the country, so they'll come up with something. — Right. And do you think they'll go all the way?
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Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
- — After that interview, I don't think we should hire her. — Right. Who wants lunch?
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Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
- Withnail: Right […] I'm gonna do the washing up. — 1987

verb4

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To correct.
- Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.
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To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
- So just is God, to right the innocent. — 1593
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To set upright.
- The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.
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To return to normal upright position.
- When the wind died down, the ship righted.

forms

righted · righting · righteth · rights · rightest · farther right · further right · more right · righter · farthest right · furthest right · most right · rightest · rightmost

Phrases with right