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| right | (n.) | 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"; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" |
| right | (n.) | 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" |
| right, right field, rightfield | (n.) | the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right. |
| right, right wing | (n.) | those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged. |
| right, right hand | (n.) | 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" |
| right | (n.) | a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east.; "take a right at the corner" |
| right, rightfulness | (n.) | anything in accord with principles of justice.; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim" |
| right | (n.) | (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing.; "mineral rights"; "film rights" |
| compensate, correct, redress, right | (v.) | make reparations or amends for.; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" |
| right | (v.) | put in or restore to an upright position.; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized" |
| right | (v.) | regain an upright or proper position.; "The capsized boat righted again" |
| correct, rectify, right | (v.) | make right or correct.; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" |
| right | (adj.) | 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" |
| correct, right | (adj.) | 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" |
| correct, right | (adj.) | socially right or correct.; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" |
| right | (adj.) | in conformance with justice or law or morality.; "do the right thing and confess" |
| correct, right | (adj.) | correct in opinion or judgment.; "time proved him right" |
| proper, right | (adj.) | appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs.; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position" |
| right | (adj.) | of or belonging to the political or intellectual right. |
| right | (adj.) | in or into a satisfactory condition.; "things are right again now"; "put things right" |
| right, right-hand | (adj.) | intended for the right hand.; "a right-hand glove" |
| correct, right | (adj.) | in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure.; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters" |
| right | (adj.) | having the axis perpendicular to the base.; "a right angle" |
| right | (adj.) | (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward.; "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out" |
| good, right, ripe | (adj.) | 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" |
| right, veracious | (adj.) | precisely accurate.; "a veracious account" |
| right | (adv.) | precisely, exactly.; "stand right here!" |
| right | (adv.) | immediately.; "she called right after dinner" |
| flop, right | (adv.) | exactly.; "he fell flop on his face" |
| right | (adv.) | toward or on the right; also used figuratively.; "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right" |
| decent, decently, in good order, properly, right, the right way | (adv.) | in the right manner.; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?" |
| right, right on | (adv.) | an interjection expressing agreement. |
| right | (adv.) | completely.; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap" |
| mightily, mighty, powerful, right | (adv.) | (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree.; "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"; "they rejoiced mightily" |
| justly, right | (adv.) | in accordance with moral or social standards.; "that serves him right"; "do right by him" |
| aright, correctly, right | (adv.) | in an accurate manner.; "the flower had been correctly depicted by his son"; "he guessed right" |
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