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right
English
- 🔊 correct in opinion or judgment“time proved him right”
- 🔊 having the axis perpendicular to the base“a right angle”
- 🔊 of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
- 🔊 being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north“my right hand”
- 🔊 in conformance with justice or law or morality“do the right thing and confess”
- 🔊 in or into a satisfactory condition“things are right again now”
- 🔊 precisely accurate“a veracious account”
- 🔊 appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs“everything in its proper place”
- 🔊 free from error“the correct answer”
- 🔊 most suitable or right for a particular purpose“a good time to plant tomatoes”
- 🔊 socially right or correct“it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye”
- 🔊 in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure“what's the right word for this?”
- 🔊 a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east“take a right at the corner”
- 🔊 anything in accord with principles of justice“he feels he is in the right”
- 🔊 an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature“they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights”
- 🔊 the hand that is on the right side of the body“he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left”
- 🔊 those who support political or social or economic conservatism
- 🔊 location near or direction toward the right side“he stood on the right”
- 🔊 (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing“mineral rights”
- 🔊 the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
- 🔊 exactly“he fell flop on his face”
- 🔊 immediately“she called right after dinner”
- 🔊 an interjection expressing agreement
- 🔊 precisely, exactly“stand right here!”
- 🔊 toward or on the right“he looked right and left”
- 🔊 in an accurate manner“the flower had been correctly depicted by his son”
- 🔊 in accordance with moral or social standards“that serves him right”
- 🔊 (Southern regional intensive) very“the baby is mighty cute”
- 🔊 in the right manner“please do your job properly!”
- 🔊 to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')“he was wholly convinced”
- 🔊 regain an upright or proper position“The capsized boat righted again”
- 🔊 put in or restore to an upright position“They righted the sailboat that had capsized”
- 🔊 make reparations or amends for“right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust”
- 🔊 make right or correct“Correct the mistakes”
Spanish
- 🔊 verdad right
- 🔊 justo right, just
- 🔊 mismo right, exactly, immediately
- 🔊 diestro right, right-hand (direction)
- 🔊 derecho right, right-hand (designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north)