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right
(r/aI/t )

adjective (a)

  • being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north(adj.all)
    Example:
    My right hand.
    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.
    source: wordnet30
  • free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth(adj.all)
    Example:
    The right answer.
    Took the right road.
    The right decision.
    Synonym:
    correct
    Antonym:
    incorrect, wrong
    source: wordnet30
  • in conformance with justice or law or morality(adj.all)
    Example:
    Do the right thing and confess.
    source: wordnet30
  • correct in opinion or judgment(adj.all)
    Example:
    Time proved him right.
    source: wordnet30
  • of or belonging to the political or intellectual right(adj.all)
    Antonym:
    center
    source: wordnet30
  • Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    They are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.
    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.
    source: wordnet30
  • location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east(noun.location)
    Example:
    He stood on the right.
    Antonym:
    left
    source: wordnet30
  • the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    right field, rightfield
    source: wordnet30
  • those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged(noun.group)
    Synonym:
    right wing
    source: wordnet30
  • the hand that is on the right side of the body(noun.body)
    Example:
    He writes with his right hand but pitches with his left.
    Hit him with quick rights to the body.
    Synonym:
    right hand
    source: wordnet30
  • a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east(noun.act)
    Example:
    Take a right at the corner.
    source: wordnet30
  • anything in accord with principles of justice(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    He feels he is in the right.
    The rightfulness of his claim.
    Synonym:
    rightfulness
    Antonym:
    wrong, wrongfulness
    source: wordnet30
  • (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing(noun.possession)
    Example:
    Mineral rights.
    Film rights.
    source: wordnet30
  • That which is right or correct.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • precisely, exactly(adv.all)
    Example:
    Stand right here!.
    source: wordnet30
  • immediately(adv.all)
    Example:
    She called right after dinner.
    source: wordnet30
  • exactly(adv.all)
    Synonym:
    flop, plum, plumb
    source: wordnet30
  • toward or on the right; also used figuratively(adv.all)
    Example:
    He looked right and left.
    The party has moved right.
    source: wordnet30
  • in the right manner(adv.all)
    Synonym:
    decent, decently, in good order, properly, the right way
    Antonym:
    improperly
    source: wordnet30
  • an interjection expressing agreement(adv.all)
    source: wordnet30
  • completely(adv.all)
    Example:
    She felt right at home.
    He fell right into the trap.
    source: wordnet30
  • (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree(adv.all)
    Example:
    They have a right nice place.
    Synonym:
    mightily, mighty, powerful
    source: wordnet30
  • in accordance with moral or social standards(adv.all)
    Example:
    That serves him right.
    Do right by him.
    Synonym:
    justly
    source: wordnet30
  • in an accurate manner(adv.all)
    Example:
    He guessed right.
    Synonym:
    aright, correctly
    Antonym:
    incorrectly, wrong, wrongly
    source: wordnet30
  • In a right manner.(adverb)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • socially right or correct(adj.all)
    Example:
    It isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye.
    source: wordnet30
  • appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs(adj.all)
    Example:
    The right man for the job.
    Synonym:
    proper
    source: wordnet30
  • in or into a satisfactory condition(adj.all)
    Example:
    Things are right again now.
    Put things right.
    source: wordnet30
  • intended for the right hand(adj.all)
    Example:
    A right-hand glove.
    Synonym:
    right-hand
    source: wordnet30
  • in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure(adj.all)
    Example:
    What's the right word for this?.
    The right way to open oysters.
    source: wordnet30
  • having the axis perpendicular to the base(adj.all)
    Example:
    A right angle.
    source: wordnet30
  • (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward(adj.all)
    Example:
    The right side of the cloth showed the pattern.
    Be sure your shirt is right side out.
    source: wordnet30
  • most suitable or right for a particular purpose(adj.all)
    Example:
    The right time to act.
    Synonym:
    good, ripe
    source: wordnet30
  • precisely accurate(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    veracious
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • make reparations or amends for(verb.social)
    Example:
    Right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust.
    Synonym:
    compensate, correct, redress
    Antonym:
    wrong
    source: wordnet30
  • put in or restore to an upright position(verb.motion)
    Example:
    They righted the sailboat that had capsized.
    source: wordnet30
  • regain an upright or proper position(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The capsized boat righted again.
    source: wordnet30
  • make right or correct(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    correct, rectify
    Antonym:
    falsify
    source: wordnet30
  • To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To recover the proper or natural condition or position; to become upright.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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