right in English
- right⇄adj. 1. that is as it ought to be; agreeing with what is good, just, or lawful.
Ex. He did the right thing when he told the truth.
(SYN) equitable, ethical.
2. correct; true.
Ex. the right answer. A fool must now and then be rig - right⇄adv. 1. in a way that is good, just, or lawful.
Ex. He acted right when he told the truth.
(SYN) justly.
2. correctly; truly.
Ex. She guessed right.
3. properly; well.
Ex. It is faster to do the job right the first - right⇄expr. by right or rights, justly; properly; correctly.
Ex. This book ought to be mine by rights. - right⇄expr. in one's own right, by inherent or personal right; independent of other conditions or qualifications.
Ex. The two-year college is an important educational institution in its own right, with its own special function and, hopefully, with its ow - right⇄expr. in the right, right.
Ex. Which party is in the right? - right⇄expr. right about! turn in the opposite direction.
Ex. The command was given--right about!--and the troops marched back to the barracks. - right⇄expr. right along,
a. without stopping.
Ex. There was hardly any traffic and we drove right along till we got home.
b. without trouble.
Ex. His business is going right along. - right⇄expr. right and left,
a. to the right and the left; on every side.
Ex. He would lay about him right and left, what havoc he would make! (London Examiner).
b. continually; in great numbers; from all sides.
Ex. He is being robbed - right⇄expr. right away or right off, at once; immediately.
Ex. He promised to do it right away. He ... had a kind of fit this noon and died right off (Harper's). - right⇄expr. right on, (U.S. Slang.) absolutely right; entirely correct or true.
Ex. The phrase ""Right on,"" which originated with the Black Panther Party, is (or was) an expression of affirmation on the revolutionary left, as in this colloquy: Speaker: - right⇄expr. rights,
a. (U.S. Informal.) civil rights.
Ex. a rights group, the rights movement, Commission on Rights.
b. a share or interest in property.
Ex. With the rights to ""Charley's Aunt"" in hand, the fledgling producers could - right⇄expr. to rights, (Informal.) in or into proper condition, order, or the like.
Ex. In my chamber, setting things and papers to rights (Samuel Pepys). - right⇄noun righter.
- right⇄noun rightness.
- right⇄noun 1. that which is just, good, or true.
Ex. Do right, not wrong.
(SYN) morality, virtue.
2. a just claim, title, or privilege; something that is due a person.
Ex. a property right. Each member of the club has a right to vote. - right⇄right, adjective, adverb, noun, verb.
- Right⇄Right, adverb.
very (used in titles).
Ex. The Right Honorable Thomas Jones, Lord Mayor of London. - right⇄v.i. to get into proper position.
Ex. The ship righted after the big wave passed. - right⇄v.t. 1. to make correct; put in order; set right.
Ex. to right a wrong, to right one's accounts.
(SYN) rectify, amend, adjust.
2. to do justice to.
Ex. to right the oppressed.
(SYN) vindicate.
3. to put in the prop
right in Malayalam മലയാളം
right in Sindhi سنڌي
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