right
- adverb
- /raɪt/
- The only time you get to change is right now.
- right now
- right away
- right there
So the bar is not that high right now, right?
- So the bar is not that high right now, right?
- And that's just this section right here, right now.
- If you're not successful right now, you suck.
- Let's say I I plan right now a murder.
- Who's stuck in a black hole right now?
- We've got our toes right on the edge of change.
- It just smells so good right out the shower.
- The layoff rate is right now still under one.
- The only time you get to change is right now.
Examples
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So my center of the circle is right there.
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You can bring it right back just like that.
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I have to tell you right this second!
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Uh, how about that one right there?
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I'm actually pretty busy right now, so...
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I'm going to talk to him right now.
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So I'm going to plug it in right now.
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And that's just this section right here, right now.
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We've got our toes right on the edge of change.
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You should submit your application right away to be considered for the scholarship.
Synonyms
In a completely correct way
Totally, in every way
To be complete with nothing left out
Completely without leaving anything out
Show that something is exactly right or that you agree
Completely with nothing left
Completely in every way
Used especially in informal speech to mean very
To do something with great force or effort
Exactly correct about a fact or answer
Shows that something is completely bad
Very, used in informal speech in the southern United States
Idioms
- Informal
A punishment that someone deserves because of their own wrong actions
- Jargon
A place to the right of the stage where actors wait out of view of the audience
Compounds
- Formal
A right that a country's most important law gives and protects, for example free speech
People who support conservative political, social, and economic ideas and little change
- Formal
Freedom from other people entering your personal life without permission
- Formal
A right for someone accused of a crime to have a lawyer, including a free one if they cannot pay
- Literature
A political group in the United States that wants laws to follow conservative religious beliefs
A player who plays on the right side of the outfield and catches balls hit there
- Specialized
Part of the brain that controls the left side of the body and helps with creativity and understanding space
An understanding of what is right and wrong that guides a person's actions
- Formal
A right under the law to be left alone and not have personal matters made public
A very large whale with baleen that lives in cold coastal waters and is endangered
- Specialized
An object's eastward angle along the sky's equator used to find its position, shown in hours
- Specialized
The half of the brain on the right that controls the left side and helps with visual and creative thinking
- Specialized
The top right part of the heart that receives blood without oxygen from the body
- Specialized
The lower part of the heart on the right that pumps blood to the lungs
- Specialized
A legal right that lets an inventor stop others from making, using, or selling an invention for a set time
A baseball player who throws the ball to the batter with their right hand
- Formal
A legal and moral claim to be free from unfair arrest and official control
A political idea that kings get their power from God and are not controlled by their people
- Specialized
A blood vessel that carries blood to the right side of the heart
- Formal
A married person's legal claim to live with and be close to their partner
A person with very strict traditional political views who strongly opposes social change
Permission for a prisoner to have private visits with their spouse for sex
- Literature
A country or organization that strongly supports democracy and freedom worldwide
- Specialized
A valve with three flaps between the right upper and lower chambers of the heart that stops blood flowing backward
- Formal
A choice a surviving spouse makes to take either what the will gives or the legal share of the estate
- Formal
The only right to be the first to make a work public and sell it
How Emphatic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Right used as an adverb comes from the old sense of 'exact' or 'straight' (from riht), so it now means 'very', 'exactly' or 'immediately' in phrases like 'right away'.