right
- interjection
- /raɪt/
- Informal
- Oh, right, you're not in the city anymore, so you wouldn't know.
- Oh, right
- Right, well
- All right
we have to go through in life, right, is failure. And
- we have to go through in life, right, is failure. And
- And I was like, excuse me, right, Excuse me.
- I mean, who's voting for, right, Steve Schmidt?
- Book number six, my book man up, right, man up.
- Let's say you did spot a UFO, right, Right.
Examples
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we have to go through in life, right, is failure. And
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Right, well, a pair of airline tickets are on there way to you, I'd love to show you some of the things we're doing here.
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This is art and you own it, right, Exactly.
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Yeah, but OK, I know, right, like not good at all.
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So, right, you put that under your arm.
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- Right, well we'll be right back.
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Right, um... ...can you go back inside now?
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Right, um, so, anyway, I was wondering... would you like to come to the homecoming dance with me?
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And I think that's right, right, To be dubious.
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You agree with me on this point, right?
Synonyms
To show agreement or acceptance at the start of a sentence
Shows that you agree strongly with what someone says
Say this to show agreement or acceptance
To say this to show you strongly agree with an obvious or unpleasant point
A strong way to agree with what someone says
Say this to show you strongly agree with something
A strong informal shout that shows agreement
To tell someone they are correct
A short informal word to show agreement or acceptance
An informal exclamation used to show agreement
A word added at the end of a sentence to ask for agreement
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 Agreeing
Surface Forms
Etymology
Right as an interjection is short for 'all right' and comes from the same old idea of being 'correct' or agreed, so saying 'right' is a quick way to agree or accept something.