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1. correct: accurate, or consistent with the facts or general belief
  gave the right answer
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2. having correct opinion: holding a correct opinion about somebody or something
hard to tell who's right in this situation
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3. proper: correct with regard to use, function, or operation
You're not holding the thing by the right end.
It has to be stored right side up.
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4. morally good: morally justified and correct, or consistent with generally held ideas of morality and proper conduct
I only wanted to do what is right.
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5. usual: in the usual or expected state, or in a desirable state for good functioning or good relations
Something didn't seem right when I walked in.
You can't expect to put everything right overnight.
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6. best: most suitable or desirable
waiting for the right offer to come along
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7. healthy: in good physical and mental health
hasn't felt right in weeks
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8. prominent: prominent in business, society, or some other sphere
knows all the right people
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9. east when facing north: on the side of the body that is east when you face north, or on the corresponding side of an object
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10. fitting right hand or foot: designed to fit the right hand, foot, arm, or leg
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11. right-wing: holding generally conservative political views and tending to be cautious about social change
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12. mathematics perpendicular: being perpendicular or forming an angle of 90°
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13. U.K. total: complete and utter
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felt a right fool
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adverb |
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1. properly: in the best and most effective way, or a way that will be successful
You didn't do it right.
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2. correctly: accurately with regard to fact
If you'd answered right you would have won $100.
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3. morally and appropriately: in a way that is morally good or acceptable, or conducive to somebody's benefit or happiness
treat sb right
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4. desirably: desirably or advantageously
afraid that it won't turn out right
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5. completely: used to emphasize how completely something happens, or that something is situated at, or moves or extends to, an extreme point
went right through the wall
right at the end of the book
reaches right across the room
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6. immediately: used to emphasize the immediacy with which something happens or should happen
You'll do it right this minute.
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7. exactly: used to emphasize the preciseness of something
right in the middle
right at that moment
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8. directly: without deviating from a course
Keep right on down this road.
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9. toward east when facing north: in or toward the east when you are facing or moving north, and correspondingly for other directions
turn right at the church
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10. used as part of title: used as part of a title of respect
Right Reverend
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11. regional
Same as very
a right good deal
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noun (plural rights) |
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1. morally appropriate thing: that which is morally good or in accordance with accepted principles of justice, fairness, and honesty
She's too young to know right from wrong.
Right will prevail!
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2. entitlement or freedom: a justified claim or entitlement, or the freedom to do something
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often used in the plural
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You're within your rights to complain.
a declaration of the rights of civilized people
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3. law claim to property: somebody's interest in a property
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often used in the plural
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4. east when facing north: the side of something that lies east when it is facing north, or the corresponding direction
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5. right-hand turn: a turn to the right
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6. one of pair: the one of a pair of things that is designed for the right hand or foot
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7. blow made with right hand: a blow delivered with the right hand
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8. conservatives as group: political conservatives considered as a group, or the opinions they hold
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9. finance securities option: an option to purchase or receive securities not offered for sale openly, or the certificate indicating it
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often used in the plural
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verb (past and past participle right·ed, present participle right·ing, 3rd person present singular rights) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb make or become upright: to put something upright, or return to an upright position
I righted the vase and mopped up the water.
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2. transitive verb improve something: to return something to its normal, well-functioning state, or bring it to a better or more equitable one
She did everything she could to right the situation.
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3. transitive verb make amends for wrong: to redress an error or misdeed
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1. OK: used to indicate assent or understanding
Right, I'm with you now.
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2. is that so?: used to ask for confirmation of a statement
You just got here, right?
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| [ Old English riht< Indo-European, "go straight"] |
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| right·er noun |
| right·ness noun |
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by rights if things were justly or correctly done
By rights, he should be head teacher by now.
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have or catch somebody dead to rights to catch a criminal in the act of committing a crime (informal)
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in the right correct in what you say or do, especially legally or morally justified in saying or doing it
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in your own right because of your birth, ability, or other entitlement, without reference to anyone else
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set or put somebody right
1. to restore somebody to good health
2. to make the true facts or the truth of a situation clear to somebody
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set or put something to rights to put something into a correct or well-ordered state
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| Spelling Note |
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right, rite, or write? Do not confuse the spelling of right, rite, and write, which sound similar. Right has the widest range of usage, meaning "correct, true, proper" (as in the right answer), "not left" (as in turn right at the church), "entitlement" (as in human rights, right of way), or "make upright, correct, just, etc." (as in righting wrongs). Rite is only used as a noun, denoting a ceremonial or formal procedure, as in religious rites such as baptism and marriage, the rites of passage that mark the transition from childhood to adulthood. Write is only used as a verb, meaning "form letters or words" or "create a piece of text or music": Write your address on the back. She's writing her autobiography.
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