right
- noun
- /raɪt/
- Jargon
- Instead, a touch switch is provided at the extreme right of the guide.
- left and right
- upper right
- top right
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Examples
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Yeah, down the hall and to the right.
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No, it's now a country in its own right.
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Now look three windows in from the right.
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When practicing skills, students should practice with both the right and the left sides of the body.
Academic text (2012) -
Lanz hit one to right.
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On your right, you've got the English squadron.
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We haven't the right to refuse to work.
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Backman flies to right.
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There's a box canyon on the other side with ravines and trails if you take this gradual incline to the right.
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The baseball player made an impressive catch in right field during the championship game.
Synonyms
An area on the right side of the outfield from the batter's view in baseball
The right side of the outfield in baseball or softball where a player catches balls
Antonyms
The part of the outfield on the left side in baseball and the player who plays there
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
People who support conservative political, social, and economic ideas and little change
- Formal
A right that a country's most important law gives and protects, for example free speech
- Literature
A political group in the United States that wants laws to follow conservative religious beliefs
- 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
- Specialized
Part of the brain that controls the left side of the body and helps with creativity and understanding space
- Formal
A right under the law to be left alone and not have personal matters made public
- Formal
A legal and moral claim to be free from unfair arrest and official control
A player who plays on the right side of the outfield and catches balls hit there
An understanding of what is right and wrong that guides a person's actions
A very large whale with baleen that lives in cold coastal waters and is endangered
- Specialized
The half of the brain on the right that controls the left side and helps with visual and creative thinking
- Specialized
A legal right that lets an inventor stop others from making, using, or selling an invention for a set time
- Specialized
The lower part of the heart on the right that pumps blood to the lungs
- Specialized
The top right part of the heart that receives blood without oxygen from the body
- Specialized
An object's eastward angle along the sky's equator used to find its position, shown in hours
- Formal
A right to question people who say you did something wrong in a criminal trial
A baseball player who throws the ball to the batter with their right hand
A political idea that kings get their power from God and are not controlled by their people
- 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
- Specialized
A blood vessel that carries blood to the right side of the heart
- Specialized
An act that shows or shares someone's private information without permission and breaks the law
A legal promise that a person charged with a crime gets a quick, public court hearing by a jury
Surface Forms
Etymology
Right in baseball simply uses the direction 'right' (from old English riht) to name the outfield area on the catcher's right side.