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Right

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Definitions for Right

noun
an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
Examples
  1. they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights
  2. Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt
  3. a right is not something that somebody gives you
  4. it is something that nobody can take away
noun
location near or direction toward the right side
Examples
  1. i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east
  2. he stood on the right
noun
the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
Synonyms
right field rightfield
noun
those who support political or social or economic conservatism
Synonyms
right wing
Examples
  1. those who believe that things are better left unchanged
noun
the hand that is on the right side of the body
Synonyms
right hand
Examples
  1. he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left
  2. hit him with quick rights to the body
noun
a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east
Examples
  1. take a right at the corner
noun
anything in accord with principles of justice
Synonyms
rightfulness
Examples
  1. he feels he is in the right
  2. the rightfulness of his claim
noun
(frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing
Examples
  1. mineral rights
  2. film rights
verb
make reparations or amends for
Synonyms
compensate redress correct
Examples
  1. right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
verb
put in or restore to an upright position
Examples
  1. They righted the sailboat that had capsized
verb
regain an upright or proper position
Examples
  1. The capsized boat righted again
verb
make right or correct
Synonyms
correct rectify
Examples
  1. Correct the mistakes
  2. rectify the calculation
adjective
being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north
Examples
  1. my right hand
  2. right center field
  3. a right-hand turn
  4. the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream
adjective
free from error
Synonyms
correct
Examples
  1. especially conforming to fact or truth
  2. the correct answer
  3. the correct version
  4. the right answer
  5. took the right road
  6. the right decision
adjective
socially right or correct
Synonyms
correct
Examples
  1. it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye
  2. correct behavior
adjective
in conformance with justice or law or morality
Examples
  1. do the right thing and confess
adjective
correct in opinion or judgment
Synonyms
correct
Examples
  1. time proved him right
adjective
appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs
Synonyms
proper
Examples
  1. everything in its proper place
  2. the right man for the job
  3. she is not suitable for the position
adjective
of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
adjective
in or into a satisfactory condition
Examples
  1. things are right again now
  2. put things right
adjective
intended for the right hand
Synonyms
right(a) right-hand(a)
Examples
  1. a right-hand glove
adjective
in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
Synonyms
correct
Examples
  1. what's the right word for this?
  2. the right way to open oysters
adjective
having the axis perpendicular to the base
Examples
  1. a right angle
adjective
(of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward
Synonyms
right(a)
Examples
  1. the right side of the cloth showed the pattern
  2. be sure your shirt is right side out
adjective
(informal) very
Synonyms
one(a) right(a)
Examples
  1. used informally as an intensifier
  2. that is one fine dog
  3. a right fine day
adjective
most suitable or right for a particular purpose
Synonyms
good ripe
Examples
  1. a good time to plant tomatoes
  2. the right time to act
  3. the time is ripe for great sociological changes
adjective
precisely accurate
Synonyms
veracious
Examples
  1. a veracious account
adverb
precisely, exactly
Examples
  1. stand right here!
adverb
immediately
Examples
  1. she called right after dinner
adverb
exactly
Synonyms
flop
Examples
  1. he fell flop on his face
adverb
toward or on the right
Examples
  1. also used figuratively
  2. he looked right and left
  3. the party has moved right
adverb
in the right manner
Synonyms
properly decently decent
Examples
  1. correctly
  2. suitably
  3. please do your job properly!
  4. can't you carry me decent?
adverb
an interjection expressing agreement
Synonyms
right on
adverb
(Southern regional intensive) very
Synonyms
mighty mightily powerful
Examples
  1. to a great degree
  2. the baby is mighty cute
  3. he's mighty tired
  4. it is powerful humid
  5. that boy is powerful big now
  6. they have a right nice place
  7. they rejoiced mightily
adverb
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
Synonyms
wholly entirely completely totally all altogether whole
Examples
  1. he was wholly convinced
  2. entirely satisfied with the meal
  3. it was completely different from what we expected
  4. was completely at fault
  5. a totally new situation
  6. the directions were all wrong
  7. it was not altogether her fault
  8. an altogether new approach
  9. a whole new idea
  10. she felt right at home
  11. he fell right into the trap
adverb
in accordance with moral or social standards
Synonyms
justly
Examples
  1. that serves him right
  2. do right by him
adverb
in an accurate manner
Synonyms
correctly aright
Examples
  1. the flower had been correctly depicted by his son
  2. he guessed right

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