| right | |
| 1. adj. (archaic) Straight, not bent. | |
| a right line | |
| 2. adj. (geometry) 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. | |
| 3. adj. (geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc. | |
| a right triangle, a right prism, a right cone | |
| 4. adj. Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true. | |
| I thought you'd made a mistake, but it seems you were right all along. | |
| It's not right that one person gets all the credit for the group's work. | |
| 5. adj. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose. | |
| Is this the right software for my computer? | |
| 6. adj. Healthy, sane, competent. | |
| I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind. | |
| 7. adj. Real; veritable (used emphatically). | |
| You've made a right mess of the kitchen! | |
| 8. adj. (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance. | |
| 9. adj. (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate. | |
| 10. adj. 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 slightly shorter than her left. | |
| 11. adj. Designed to be placed or worn outward. | |
| the right side of a piece of cloth | |
| 12. adj. (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative. | |
| 13. adv. On the right side. | |
| 14. adv. Towards the right side. | |
| 15. adv. Exactly, precisely. | |
| The arrow landed right in the middle of the target. | |
| Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film. | |
| 16. adv. Immediately, directly. | |
| Can't you see it? It's right beside you! | |
| Tom was standing right in front of the TV, blocking everyone's view. | |
| 17. adv. (UK, US, dialect) 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. | |
| 18. adv. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really. | |
| 19. adv. In a correct manner. | |
| Do it right or don't do it at all. | |
| 20. adv. (dated, still used in some 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. | |
| 21. interj. Yes, that is correct; I agree. | |
| 22. interj. I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion. | |
| 23. interj. Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse. | |
| - After that interview, I don't think we should hire her.- Right — who wants lunch? | |
| 24. interj. Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance. | |
| You're going, right? | |
| 25. interj. Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement. | |
| 26. subst. That which complies with justice, law or reason. | |
| We're on the side of right in this contest. | |
| 27. subst. A legal, just or moral entitlement. | |
| You have no right to go through my personal diary. | |
| see also in right of | |
| 28. subst. The right side or direction. | |
| The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop. | |
| 29. subst. The right hand. | |
| 30. subst. (politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group. | |
| The political right holds too much power. | |
| 31. subst. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc. | |
| 32. v. To correct. | |
| Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible. | |
| 33. v. To set upright. | |
| The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile. | |
| 34. v. (intransitive) To return to normal upright position. | |
| When the wind died down, the ship righted. | |
| 35. v. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of. | |
| to right the oppressed | |
