right
Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →
Adjective 4 meanings
Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →
“Near-synonym: starboard”
Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
“The road up ahead contains a right bend.”
Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
“That's not the right thing to do.”
Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
“Is this the right software for my computer?”
Adverb 4 meanings
On the right side.
Towards the right side.
Exactly, precisely.
“The arrow landed right in the middle of the target.”
Immediately, directly.
“Can't you see it? It's right beside you!”
Interjection 4 meanings
Yes, that is correct; I agree.
“— United's the best team in the country. — Right. And they'll go all the way for sure. — Damn right they will.”
I have listened to what you just said and I acknowledge your assertion or opinion, regardless of whether I agree with it (opinion) or can verify it (assertion).
“— United's the best team in the country, so they'll come up with something. — Right. And do you think they'll go all the way?”
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?”
Used to check listener engagement and (especially) agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof.
“You're going, right?”
Noun 4 meanings
That which complies with justice, law or reason.
“We're on the side of right in this contest.”
A legal, just or moral entitlement.
“You have no right to go through my personal diary.”
The right side or direction.
“The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.”
The right hand or fist.
Verb 4 meanings
To correct.
“Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.”
To set upright.
“The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.”
To return to normal upright position.
“When the wind died down, the ship righted.”
To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
“to right the oppressed”
Etymology
From Middle English reȝt, right, righte, riht, riȝt, riȝte, ryght, ryȝt, from Old English reht, reoht, rieht, riht, ryht (“right,” also the word for “straight” and “direct”), from Proto-West Germanic *reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz (“right, straight; just, morally upright”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“right, straightened”), from *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten; to righten”).
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RIGHT at a glance
RIGHT has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (R 1 + I 1 + G 2 + H 4 + T 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #110 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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