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- 1 Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →
"Near-synonym: starboard"
- 2 Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
"The road up ahead contains a right bend."
- 3 Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
"That's not the right thing to do."
- 4 Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
"Is this the right software for my computer?"
- 5 Healthy, sane, competent.
"I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind."
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- 6 Real; veritable (used emphatically).
"You've made a right mess of the kitchen!"
- 7 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."
- 8 Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
"a right triangle a right prism a right cone"
- 9 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."
- 10 Designed to be placed or worn outward.
"the right side of a piece of cloth Begin this stitch on the right side."
- 11 Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
- 12 All right; not requiring assistance. Australia
"Kirsty: I suppose you're hungry. Would you like something to eat? Ken: No. I'm right, thanks."
- 13 Most favourable or convenient; fortunate. dated
"The lady has been disappointed on the right side."
- 14 Straight, not bent. archaic
"a right line"
- 15 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."
- 1 precisely accurate wordnet
- 2 appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs wordnet
- 3 free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth wordnet
- 4 correct in opinion or judgment wordnet
- 5 most suitable or right for a particular purpose wordnet
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- 6 (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier wordnet
- 7 (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward wordnet
- 8 having the axis perpendicular to the base wordnet
- 9 socially right or correct wordnet
- 10 in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure wordnet
- 11 intended for the right hand wordnet
- 12 of or belonging to the political or intellectual right wordnet
- 13 being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north wordnet
- 14 in conformance with justice or law or morality wordnet
- 15 in or into a satisfactory condition wordnet
- 1 On the right side. not-comparable
- 2 Towards the right side. not-comparable
- 3 Exactly, precisely. not-comparable
"The arrow landed right in the middle of the target."
- 4 Immediately, directly. not-comparable
"Can't you see it? It's right beside you!"
- 5 Very, extremely, quite. British, US, dialectal, not-comparable
"I made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I?"
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- 6 According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really. not-comparable
- 7 In a correct manner. not-comparable
"Do it right or don't do it at all."
- 8 To a great extent or degree. dated, not-comparable
"Sir, I am right glad to meet you …"
- 1 to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely wordnet
- 2 (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree wordnet
- 3 in a face down manner wordnet
- 4 immediately wordnet
- 5 an interjection expressing agreement; Yes, you are indeed correct wordnet
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- 6 in the right manner; correctly; suitably wordnet
- 7 in an accurate manner wordnet
- 8 precisely, exactly wordnet
- 9 in accordance with moral or social standards wordnet
- 10 toward or on the right; also used figuratively wordnet
- 1 Yes, that is correct; I agree.
"Sam Tyler: Look, look, you know when I said I wasn't wrong? Well, I was. But I was right about this not being the IRA. I was right to follow my instincts. Like you said, go with your gut feeling. I'm just taking your lead. Gene Hunt: So I'm right. Sam Tyler: We both are. Gene Hunt: Right. Sam Tyler: Right. Gene Hunt: Just as long as I'm more right than you."
- 2 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).
"Sam Tyler: Look, look, you know when I said I wasn't wrong? Well, I was. But I was right about this not being the IRA. I was right to follow my instincts. Like you said, go with your gut feeling. I'm just taking your lead. Gene Hunt: So I'm right. Sam Tyler: We both are. Gene Hunt: Right. Sam Tyler: Right. Gene Hunt: Just as long as I'm more right than you."
- 3 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?"
- 4 Used to check listener engagement and (especially) agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof.
"You're going, right?"
- 5 Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
"Withnail: Right […] I'm gonna do the washing up."
- 1 The political right wing seen as a whole, as distinguished from an individual right-wing political party.
"Many earnest consumers on the Right feel so legitimately embattled by the nonstop streaming feed of hate speech and psyoppery directed at them that they think they have no choice but to reconfigure their artistic sensibilities accordingly."
- 1 That which complies with justice, law or reason.
"We're on the side of right in this contest."
- 2 a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east wordnet
- 3 A legal, just or moral entitlement.
"You have no right to go through my personal diary."
- 4 the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right wordnet
- 5 The right side or direction.
"The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop."
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- 6 anything in accord with principles of justice wordnet
- 7 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.""
- 8 an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature wordnet
- 9 The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; a copyright.
- 10 the hand that is on the right side of the body wordnet
- 11 The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
"The political right holds too much power."
- 12 those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged wordnet
- 13 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."
- 14 location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east wordnet
- 15 A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).
- 16 (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing wordnet
- 1 To correct. transitive
"Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible."
- 2 make right or correct wordnet
- 3 To set upright. transitive
"The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile."
- 4 regain an upright or proper position wordnet
- 5 To return to normal upright position. intransitive
"When the wind died down, the ship righted."
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- 6 put in or restore to an upright position wordnet
- 7 To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of. transitive
"to right the oppressed"
- 8 make reparations or amends for wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English right, from Old English riht, reht (“right,” also the word for “straight” and “direct”), from Proto-West Germanic *reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“having moved in a straight line”), from *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct”). The Germanic adjective which has been used also as a noun since the common Germanic period. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian rjocht (“right”), Dutch recht (“straight”), German recht and Recht (“right”), Luxembourgish Recht, riets (“right”), riicht (“straight”), Yiddish רעכט (rekht, “right”), Danish ret (“right”), Faroese rættur (“right”), Icelandic réttur (“right”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk rett (“right”), Swedish rätt, rät (“right”). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek ὀρεκτός (orektós) and Latin rēctus; Albanian drejt was borrowed from Latin.
From Middle English right, righte, from Old English rihte, rehte (“right; rightly; due; directly; straight”), from Proto-Germanic *rehta, from *rehtaz (“right; straight”).
From Middle English right, righte, from Old English rihte, rehte (“right; rightly; due; directly; straight”), from Proto-Germanic *rehta, from *rehtaz (“right; straight”).
From Middle English right, from Old English riht, reht, ġeriht (“that which is right, just, or proper”), from Proto-West Germanic *reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtą (“a right”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵt- (“to straighten; direct”). Cognate with Dutch recht (“a right; privilege”), German Recht (“a right”), Danish ret (“a right”).
From Middle English righten, reghten, riȝten, from Old English rihtan, ġerihtan (“to straighten, judge, set upright, set right”), from Proto-West Germanic *rihtijan, from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną (“to straighten; rectify; judge”).
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