right
- adjective
- /raɪt/
- All I know is I am right and he is wrong.
- get it right
- the right answer
- just right
That's right, this right here is an RTX.
- That's right, this right here is an RTX.
- You know that's not the right move, surely?
- So was I right am IA keeper or what?
- I think he did formulate the right kind of setup.
- So I think that neuroscience is the right approach for consciousness.
- When we get back, we're going to see who won, who was right, who was wrong.
- But it's really about me choosing the right idea that I'm interested in.
- We have all been right all this time.
- I don't think sum is exactly the right metaphor.
- And he's partly right in that Stoicism does value truth.
Examples
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And as you go, may you find the right questions to ask.
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The right care by the right person at the right time in the right environment.
Academic text (2011) -
I have the rest of it right there in that box.
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When we get back, we're going to see who won, who was right, who was wrong.
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What do you care about the most right now as you plan a new story?
Academic text (2011) -
It's possible to do lots of things right and still fail.
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Talk to your doctor about which vaccines may be right for you, and consider the following possibilities.
Academic text (2015) -
The knowledge-customization facilities should provide the right knowledge for the right purpose at the right time.
Academic text (2012) -
Here, the key is identifying the right time and metrics to evaluate progress.
Academic text (2017) -
It's important to get the right answer on the test to pass the course.
Synonyms
True and free from mistakes
Exactly correct in every detail
Suitable and correct for a particular situation or use
Right for a certain purpose, person, or situation
Exactly correct in what someone says
Exactly right in what someone says or does
Completely correct and in line with modern social values
Antonyms
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 Right
Surface Forms
Etymology
Right comes from the old English word riht meaning 'straight' or 'correct', so the word grew to mean what is the correct or most suitable choice.