| right [a] |
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| 1) | free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision" |
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| Synonyms : | correct |
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| accurate accurate letter-perfect straight proper true correctness incorrect |
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| 2) | being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north; "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" |
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| far right-hand right-handed starboard place left rightmost |
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| 3) | socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" |
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| Synonyms : | correct |
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| proper |
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| 4) | in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess" |
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| ethical ethical good just proper rightness wrong |
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| 5) | correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right" |
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| Synonyms : | correct |
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| right-minded wrong |
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| 6) | appropriate for a condition or occasion; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position" |
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| Synonyms : | proper suitable |
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| appropriate |
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| 7) | of or belonging to the political or intellectual right |
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| conservative far-right rightish right-wing conservative left center |
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| 8) | in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again now"; "put things right" |
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| 9) | intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove" |
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| Synonyms : | right-hand |
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| 10) | in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters" |
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| Synonyms : | correct |
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| proper |
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| 11) | having the axis perpendicular to the base; "a right angle" |
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| 12) | of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face outward; "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out" |
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| 13) | most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes" |
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| Synonyms : | good ripe |
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| right [r] |
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| 1) | precisely, exactly; "stand right here!" |
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| 2) | immediately; "she called right after dinner" |
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| 3) | exactly; "he fell flop on his face" |
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| Synonyms : | flop |
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| colloquialism |
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| 4) | toward or on the right; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right" |
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| 5) | in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?" |
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| Synonyms : | decent decently in_good_order properly the_right_way |
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| improperly proper |
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| 6) | an interjection expressing agreement |
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| Synonyms : | right_on |
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| 7) | completely; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap" |
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| 8) | (Southern regional intensive) very; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place" |
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| Synonyms : | mighty powerful |
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| intensifier |
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| 9) | in accordance with moral or social standards; "that serves him right"; "do right by him" |
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| Synonyms : | justly |
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| just |
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| 10) | in a correct manner; "he guessed right" |
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| Synonyms : | aright correctly |
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| incorrectly correct |
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| right [n] |
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| 1) | an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "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"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" |
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| abstract compensate access advowson cabotage claim due access floor grant human_right legal_right pre-emption exclusive_right privilege representation right_of_search right_of_way states'_rights voting_right riparian_right |
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| 2) | (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights" |
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| 3) | location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east; "he stood on the right" |
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| place left right_stage |
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| 4) | a turn to the right; "take a right at the corner" |
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| 5) | those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged |
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| Synonyms : | right_wing |
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| faction religious_right hard_right |
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| 6) | anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim" |
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| Synonyms : | rightfulness |
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| 7) | the hand that is on the right side of the body; "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body" |
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| Synonyms : | right_hand |
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| hand |
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| 8) | the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right |
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| Synonyms : | right_field |
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| parcel outfield |
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| right [v] |
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| 1) | make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" |
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| Synonyms : | compensate correct redress |
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| alter redress amends compensation compensation compensate wrong over-correct aby |
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| 2) | put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized" |
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| 3) | regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again" |
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| 4) | make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" |
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| Synonyms : | correct rectify |
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| change_by_reversal correction falsify amend debug |
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