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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology 1
Old English riht, from Germanic *rekhtaz, from Indo-European *reg-to- ‘having moved in a straight line’. An Indo-European past participle, it became a Germanic adjective which has been used also as a noun since the common Germanic period. Cognate with Dutch recht, German recht/Recht, Swedish rätt, and Norwegian rett. The Indo-European root is also the source of Greek ὀρεκτός, Latin rectus and the Sanskrit ṛtá (ऋत)
[edit] Adjective
right (comparative righter, superlative rightest)
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- (archaic) Straight, not bent.
- Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
- The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall.
- Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
- I thought you'd made a mistake, but it seems you were right all along.
- Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
- Is this the right software for my computer?
- Healthy, sane, competent.
- I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.
- Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the right: →
- After the accident, her right leg was slighly shorter than her left.
- (archaic, sometimes used in titles) To a great extent or degree.
- Sir, I am right glad to meet you...
- Members of the Queen's Privy Council are styled The Right Honourable for life.
- The Right Reverend Monsignor Guido Sarducci
- (Politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
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terms derived from right (adjective)
[edit] Translations
straight
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correct
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of direction
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perpendicular
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conservative
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[edit] Interjection
right
- Yes. Correct. I agree.
- Yes. I agree with whatever you say. I have no opinion.
- Signpost word used to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
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[edit] Noun
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right (plural rights)
- That which complies with justice, law or reason.
- We're on the side of right in this contest.
- A legal or moral entitlement.
- You have no right to talk to me like that!
- The right side or direction.
- The pharamcy is just on the right past the bookshop.
- (Politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
- The political right holds too much power.
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something one is legally entitled to
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right, not left, side
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The right-wing politicians and parties
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terms derived from right (noun)
[edit] Etymology 2
Old English rihtan (to straighten, judge, set upright, set right), from riht, from the same ultimate source as Etymology 1, above.
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to right (third-person singular simple present rights, present participle righting, simple past and past participle righted)
- To correct
- Righting all the wrongs of the war will be impossible.
- To set upright
- The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.
- (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
- When the wind died down, the ship righted.
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correct
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to set upright
[edit] Adverb
right (not comparable)
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- Exactly, precisely.
- The arrow landed right in the middle of the target.
- Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film.
- (UK) (US, Southern) Very, extremely, quite.
- I made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I?
- I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much.
- Ann Hite, Ghost on Black Mountain,
- The fog was right hard to see through so I was on Tom Pritchard before I saw him.
- According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really
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