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"time proved him right"adjectivecorrect in opinion or judgment
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"a right-hand glove"adjectiveintended for the right hand
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nounthe piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
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"a right fine day"adjective(informal) very; used informally as an intensifier
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adverbexactly
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"it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"adjectivesocially right or correct
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"they have a right nice place"adverb(Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
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"he feels he is in the right" "the rightfulness of his claim"nounanything in accord with principles of justice
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nounthose who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
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"what's the right word for this?" "the right way to open oysters"adjectivein accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
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adjectiveprecisely accurate
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"the right answer" "took the right road" "the right decision"adjectivefree from error; especially conforming to fact or truthOpposite:
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"she felt right at home" "he fell right into the trap"adverbto a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
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"right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"verbmake reparations or amends for
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"the right man for the job"adjectiveappropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs
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"the right time to act"adjectivemost suitable or right for a particular purpose
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adverbin the right manner; correctly; suitably
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"he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left" "hit him with quick rights to the body"nounthe hand that is on the right side of the body
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"that serves him right" "do right by him"adverbin accordance with moral or social standards
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adverban interjection expressing agreement
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"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"nounan abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or naturetype of:
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"take a right at the corner"nouna turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east
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"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"adjectivebeing or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north
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"mineral rights" "film rights"noun(frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing
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"a right angle"adjectivehaving the axis perpendicular to the base
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"do the right thing and confess"adjectivein conformance with justice or law or morality
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"things are right again now" "put things right"adjectivein or into a satisfactory condition
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"he stood on the right"nounlocation near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces eastOpposite:
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adjectiveof or belonging to the political or intellectual right
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"the right side of the cloth showed the pattern" "be sure your shirt is right side out"adjective(of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward
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"They righted the sailboat that had capsized"verbput in or restore to an upright position
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"The capsized boat righted again"verbregain an upright or proper positiontype of:
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"he looked right and left" "the party has moved right"toward or on the right; also used figurativelyOpposite:
- true rightly so called
- sole right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
- piety righteousness by virtue of being pious
- entitlement right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits)
- rectitude righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
- uprightness righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
- riparian right right of access to water
- pleuronectidae righteye flounders
- right to privacy right to be free of unsanctioned intrusion
- recto right-hand page