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1. | [ noun ] an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature | |
Examples: | : "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt |
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Related terms: | abstraction due prerogative claim entree access voting_right water_right right_of_way states'_rights human_right representation preemption legal_right grant privilege right_of_search floor cabotage advowson | |
2. | [ noun ] location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east | |
Examples: | : "he stood on the right" |
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Related terms: | left position stage_right | |
3. | [ adjective ] being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north | |
Examples: | "my right hand" "right center field" "a right-hand turn" on the right when facing downstream "the right bank of the river" |
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Related terms: | left right-hand right-hand far rightmost right-handed starboard position | |
4. | [ adjective ] free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth | |
Synonyms: | correct | |
Examples: | "the correct answer" "the correct version" "the right answer" "took the right road" "the right decision" |
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Related terms: | incorrect incorrect accurate accurate straight letter-perfect true proper accurate correctness | |
5. | [ adverb ] precisely, exactly | |
Examples: | "stand right here!" |
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6. | [ adjective ] socially right or correct | |
Synonyms: | correct | |
Examples: | "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye" "correct behavior" |
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Related terms: | proper | |
7. | [ adverb ] immediately | |
Examples: | "she called right after dinner" |
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8. | [ adverb ] (informal) exactly | |
Synonyms: | flop | |
Examples: | "he fell flop on his face" |
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Related terms: | colloquialism | |
9. | [ adjective ] in conformance with justice or law or morality | |
Examples: | "do the right thing and confess" |
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Related terms: | wrong ethical proper good just ethical rightness | |
10. | [ noun ] (baseball,geography) the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right | |
Synonyms: | rightfield right_field | |
Related terms: | tract outfield | |
11. | [ adverb ] toward or on the right | |
Examples: | "he looked right and left" also figuratively "the party has moved right" |
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Related terms: | left | |
12. | [ noun ] (politics) those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged | |
Synonyms: | right_wing | |
Related terms: | faction hard_right religious_right | |
13. | [ adverb ] in the right manner | |
Synonyms: | properly in_good_order decent the_right_way decently | |
Examples: | "please do your job properly!" "can't you carry me decent?" |
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Related terms: | improperly proper proper | |
14. | [ adverb ] an interjection expressing agreement | |
Synonyms: | right_on | |
15. | [ noun ] a turn to the right | |
Examples: | "take a right at the corner" |
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Related terms: | turn | |
16. | [ adverb ] completely | |
Examples: | "she felt right at home" "he fell right into the trap" |
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17. | [ adverb ] (Southern regional intensive) very | |
Synonyms: | mighty powerful | |
Examples: | "the baby is mighty cute" "he's mighty tired" "it is powerful humid" "that boy is powerful big now" "they have a right nice place" |
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Related terms: | intensifier | |
18. | [ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) the hand that is on the right side of the body | |
Synonyms: | right_hand | |
Examples: | "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left" "hit him with quick rights to the body" |
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Related terms: | hand | |
19. | [ adjective ] correct in opinion or judgment | |
Synonyms: | correct | |
Examples: | "time proved him right" |
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Related terms: | wrong right-minded right-minded | |
20. | [ noun ] (law) anything in accord with principles of justice | |
Synonyms: | rightfulness | |
Examples: | "he feels he is in the right" "the rightfulness of his claim" |
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Related terms: | wrong wrong justice | |
21. | [ adverb ] in accordance with moral or social standards | |
Synonyms: | justly | |
Examples: | "that serves him right" "do right by him" |
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Related terms: | just just | |
22. | [ adjective ] appropriate for a condition or occasion | |
Synonyms: | proper suitable | |
Examples: | "everything in its proper place" "the right man for the job" "she is not suitable for the position" |
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Related terms: | appropriate | |
23. | [ adverb ] in a correct manner | |
Synonyms: | correctly aright | |
Examples: | "he guessed right" |
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Related terms: | incorrectly incorrectly correct correct correct | |
24. | [ adjective ] of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face outward | |
Examples: | "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern" "be sure your shirt is right side out" |
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Related terms: | outside | |
25. | [ adjective ] intended for the right hand | |
Synonyms: | right-hand | |
Examples: | "a right-hand glove" |
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Related terms: | right-handed | |
26. | [ adjective ] on the right-hand side of a vessel or aircraft when facing forward | |
Synonyms: | starboard | |
Examples: | "the starboard side" |
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Related terms: | port | |
27. | [ adjective ] (geometry) having the axis perpendicular to the base | |
Examples: | "a right angle" |
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Related terms: | geometry perpendicular | |
28. | [ adjective ] most suitable or right for a particular purpose | |
Synonyms: | good ripe | |
Examples: | "a good time to plant tomatoes" "the right time to act" "the time is ripe for great sociological changes" |
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Related terms: | opportune | |
29. | [ adjective ] in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure | |
Synonyms: | correct | |
Examples: | "what's the right word for this?" "the right way to open oysters" |
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Related terms: | proper | |
30. | [ adjective ] intended for the right hand | |
Synonyms: | right-hand | |
Examples: | "a right-hand glove" |
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Related terms: | right-handed | |
31. | [ adjective ] (politics) of or belonging to the political or intellectual right | |
Related terms: | center left far-right reactionary conservative rightist rightish right-wing conservative | |
32. | [ verb ] put in or restore to an upright position | |
Examples: | "They righted the sailboat that had capsized" |
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Related terms: | change | |
33. | [ verb ] regain an upright or proper position | |
Examples: | "The capsized boat righted again" |
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Related terms: | change_posture | |
34. | [ verb ] make right or correct | |
Synonyms: | correct rectify | |
Examples: | "Correct the mistakes" "rectify the calculation" |
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Related terms: | falsify change_by_reversal adjust rectify debug correction | |
35. | [ adjective ] in or into a satisfactory condition | |
Examples: | "things are right again now" "put things right" |
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Related terms: | satisfactory | |
36. | [ verb ] make reparations or amends for | |
Synonyms: | correct redress compensate | |
Examples: | "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" |
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Related terms: | wrong change expiate over-correct compensate redress recompense | |
37. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 22691 | |
38. | [ noun ] (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing | |
Examples: | : "mineral rights" "film rights" |
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Related terms: | interest plural | |
Similar spelling: |
Rist Ristow Ristau rigged risotto rigout ricotta |