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right

(r/aI/t )

adjective (a)

being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north(adj.all)

Example:
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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free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth(adj.all)

Example:
The right answer.
Took the right road.
The right decision.

Synonym:
correct
Antonym:
incorrect, wrong

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in conformance with justice or law or morality(adj.all)

Example:
Do the right thing and confess.

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correct in opinion or judgment(adj.all)

Example:
Time proved him right.

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of or belonging to the political or intellectual right(adj.all)

Antonym:
center

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Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.(adjective)

source: webster1913

noun (n)

an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature(noun.attribute)

Example:
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.
A right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away.

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location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east(noun.location)

Example:
He stood on the right.

Antonym:
left

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the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
right field, rightfield

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those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged(noun.group)

Synonym:
right wing

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the hand that is on the right side of the body(noun.body)

Example:
He writes with his right hand but pitches with his left.
Hit him with quick rights to the body.

Synonym:
right hand

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a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east(noun.act)

Example:
Take a right at the corner.

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anything in accord with principles of justice(noun.attribute)

Example:
He feels he is in the right.
The rightfulness of his claim.

Synonym:
rightfulness
Antonym:
wrong, wrongfulness

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(frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing(noun.possession)

Example:
Mineral rights.
Film rights.

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That which is right or correct.(noun)

source: webster1913

adverb (r)

precisely, exactly(adv.all)

Example:
Stand right here!.

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immediately(adv.all)

Example:
She called right after dinner.

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exactly(adv.all)

Synonym:
flop, plum, plumb

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toward or on the right; also used figuratively(adv.all)

Example:
He looked right and left.
The party has moved right.

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in the right manner(adv.all)

Synonym:
decent, decently, in good order, properly, the right way
Antonym:
improperly

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an interjection expressing agreement(adv.all)

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completely(adv.all)

Example:
She felt right at home.
He fell right into the trap.

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(Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree(adv.all)

Example:
They have a right nice place.

Synonym:
mightily, mighty, powerful

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in accordance with moral or social standards(adv.all)

Example:
That serves him right.
Do right by him.

Synonym:
justly

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in an accurate manner(adv.all)

Example:
He guessed right.

Synonym:
aright, correctly
Antonym:
incorrectly, wrong, wrongly

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In a right manner.(adverb)

source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

socially right or correct(adj.all)

Example:
It isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye.

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appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs(adj.all)

Example:
The right man for the job.

Synonym:
proper

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in or into a satisfactory condition(adj.all)

Example:
Things are right again now.
Put things right.

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intended for the right hand(adj.all)

Example:
A right-hand glove.

Synonym:
right-hand

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in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure(adj.all)

Example:
What's the right word for this?.
The right way to open oysters.

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having the axis perpendicular to the base(adj.all)

Example:
A right angle.

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(of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward(adj.all)

Example:
The right side of the cloth showed the pattern.
Be sure your shirt is right side out.

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most suitable or right for a particular purpose(adj.all)

Example:
The right time to act.

Synonym:
good, ripe

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precisely accurate(adj.all)

Synonym:
veracious

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verb (v)

make reparations or amends for(verb.social)

Example:
Right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust.

Synonym:
compensate, correct, redress
Antonym:
wrong

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put in or restore to an upright position(verb.motion)

Example:
They righted the sailboat that had capsized.

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regain an upright or proper position(verb.motion)

Example:
The capsized boat righted again.

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make right or correct(verb.change)

Synonym:
correct, rectify
Antonym:
falsify

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To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct.(verb)

source: webster1913
To recover the proper or natural condition or position; to become upright.(verb)

source: webster1913

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