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Right   /raɪt/   Listen
Right

adjective
1.
Being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north.  "Right center field" , "A right-hand turn" , "The right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream"
2.
Free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth.  Synonym: correct.  "The correct version" , "The right answer" , "Took the right road" , "The right decision"
3.
Socially right or correct.  Synonym: correct.  "Correct behavior"
4.
In conformance with justice or law or morality.
5.
Correct in opinion or judgment.  Synonym: correct.
6.
Appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs.  Synonym: proper.  "The right man for the job" , "She is not suitable for the position"
7.
Of or belonging to the political or intellectual right.
8.
In or into a satisfactory condition.  "Put things right"
9.
Intended for the right hand.  Synonym: right-hand.
10.
In accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure.  Synonym: correct.  "The right way to open oysters"
11.
Having the axis perpendicular to the base.
12.
(of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward.  "Be sure your shirt is right side out"
13.
Most suitable or right for a particular purpose.  Synonyms: good, ripe.  "The right time to act" , "The time is ripe for great sociological changes"
14.
Precisely accurate.  Synonym: veracious.
adverb
1.
Precisely, exactly.
2.
Immediately.
3.
Exactly.  Synonym: flop.
4.
Toward or on the right; also used figuratively.  "The party has moved right"
5.
In the right manner.  Synonyms: decent, decently, in good order, properly, the right way.  "Can't you carry me decent?"
6.
An interjection expressing agreement.  Synonym: right on.
7.
Completely.  "He fell right into the trap"
8.
(Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree.  Synonyms: mightily, mighty, powerful.  "He's mighty tired" , "It is powerful humid" , "That boy is powerful big now" , "They have a right nice place" , "They rejoiced mightily"
9.
In accordance with moral or social standards.  Synonym: justly.  "Do right by him"
10.
In an accurate manner.  Synonyms: aright, correctly.  "He guessed right"
noun
1.
An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature.  "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people" , "A right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"
2.
Location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east.
3.
The piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right.  Synonyms: right field, rightfield.
4.
Those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged.  Synonym: right wing.
5.
The hand that is on the right side of the body.  Synonym: right hand.  "Hit him with quick rights to the body"
6.
A turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east.
7.
Anything in accord with principles of justice.  Synonym: rightfulness.  "The rightfulness of his claim"
8.
(frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing.  "Film rights"
verb
(past & past part. righted; pres. part. righting)
1.
Make reparations or amends for.  Synonyms: compensate, correct, redress.
2.
Put in or restore to an upright position.
3.
Regain an upright or proper position.
4.
Make right or correct.  Synonyms: correct, rectify.  "Rectify the calculation"



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"Right" Quotes from Famous Books



... they will think our poor house worthy of some munificent guerdon—or, it may be, they will send the old Prior a pacing nag. And if they do none of these, as great men will forget little men's service, truly I shall hold me well repaid in having done that which is right. And it is now well-nigh the fitting time to summon the brethren to breakfast in the refectory—Ah! I doubt they obey that call more cheerily than the bells for primes ...
— Ivanhoe - A Romance • Walter Scott
... pedagogue all a mere sham to secure her conquest of his rival? Heaven only knows, not I! Let it suffice to say, Ichabod stole forth with the air of one who had been sacking a hen-roost, rather than a fair lady's heart. Without looking to the right or left to notice the scene of rural wealth on which he had so often gloated, he went straight to the stable, and with several hearty cuffs and kicks roused his steed most uncourteously from the comfortable quarters in which he was soundly sleeping, dreaming of mountains of corn and oats and ...
— The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. • Washington Irving
... Mate, the missionaries are still afflicted with the work habit, and so subtle is its cheerful influence, it weaves a spell over all who come near. No matter what your private belief is, you roll up your sleeves and pitch right in when you see them at it, and you put all your heart in it and thank the Lord for the opportunity ...
— The Lady and Sada San - A Sequel to The Lady of the Decoration • Frances Little
... broad, kind humor, vet without relinquishing his burden. "ALL right, chiquita mia! Never you mind me, ...
— Stories from Everybody's Magazine • 1910 issues of Everybody's Magazine
... "The weather is fine enough at present, but there is no saying when a change may come, and if we could weaken one of the main spars it might be the means of her being blown ashore, should the wind spring up in the right direction." ...
— When London Burned • G. A. Henty


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