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The fruit to the viewer'sright is larger.
Aright triangle

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishright, fromOld Englishriht,reht(“right,” also the word for “straight” and “direct”), fromProto-West Germanic*reht, fromProto-Germanic*rehtaz, fromProto-Indo-European*h₃reǵtós(“having moved in a straight line”), from*h₃reǵ-(“to straighten, direct”).

The Germanic adjective which has been used also as a noun since the common Germanic period.

Cognates

Cognate withWest Frisianrjocht(“right”),Dutchrecht(“straight”),Germanrecht andRecht(“right”),LuxembourgishRecht,riets(“right”),riicht(“straight”),Yiddishרעכט(rekht,“right”),Danishret(“right”),Faroeserættur(“right”),Icelandicréttur(“right”),Norwegian Bokmål,Norwegian Nynorskrett(“right”),Swedishrätt,rät(“right”). The Indo-European root is also the source ofAncient Greekὀρεκτός(orektós) andLatinrēctus;Albaniandrejt was borrowed from Latin.

Adjective

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right (comparativefurtherrightorfartherrightormorerightorrighter,superlativefurthestrightorfarthestrightormostrightorrightmostorrightest)

  1. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which theheart is not located in most humans. Thisarrow points to the reader's right: →
    Synonyms:right-hand,dexter,dextral
    Antonyms:left,left-hand,sinister,sinistral
    Near-synonym:starboard
    After the accident, herright leg was slightly shorter than her left.
  2. Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
    The road up ahead contains aright bend.
    Rotate the bolt to theright to tighten it.
  3. Complying with justice, correctness, or reason;correct,just,true.See also theinterjection senses below.
    Synonyms:correct,just
    Antonyms:wrong,incorrect,unjust
    That's not theright thing to do.
    So I wasright all along?C'mon. I want to hear you say it.
    • 1610,John Locke,An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book II:
      If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the inference is certainlyright, "Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die."
    • 1808, BishopJoseph Hall,Devotional works:
      there are some dispositions blame-worthy in men, which are yet, in aright sense, holily ascribed unto God; as unchangeableness, and irrepentance.
    • 1841, Charles Dickens, chapter 13, inBarnaby Rudge:
      What do you send me into London for, giving me only the right to call for my dinner at the Black Lion, which you’re to pay for next time you go, as if I was not to be trusted with a few shillings? Why do you use me like this? It’s notright of you. You can’t expect me to be quiet under it.
    • 2007 March 6,Julie Rutterford,Life on Mars,Season 2, Episode 3:
      Sam Tyler: Look, look, you know when I said I wasn't wrong? Well, I was. But I wasright about this not being the IRA. I wasright to follow my instincts. Like you said, go with your gut feeling. I'm just taking your lead.
      Gene Hunt: So I'mright.
      Sam Tyler: We both are.
      Gene Hunt: Right.
      Sam Tyler: Right.
      Gene Hunt: Justas long as I'm moreright than you.
    • 2018 January 4, Catherine Ford, “Religious-Based Health Care Raises Ethical Questions”, inCalgary Herald:
      But when that patient requests access to medical care that violates some religious tenet, is itright that he or she either be denied outright or forced to seek an alternative facility?
    • 2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, inRAIL, number1000, page61:
      Of course, I was not alwaysright. I questioned the value of Crossrail (a scheme revived by Prescott after being scrapped by the Conservatives), suggesting wrongly that it may be "doomed to hit the buffers"[…]. A dozen years later, I published my book on it, extolling the line's wonders. We are all allowed to change our minds.
  5. Appropriate, perfectlysuitable;fit for purpose.
    Antonym:wrong
    Is this theright software for my computer?
  6. Healthy,sane,competent.
    I'm afraid my father is no longer in hisright mind.
    • 1913,Edgar Rice Burroughs,The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published1963, page202:
      “If I didn’t know the dear old fellow so well by now,” Tennington remarked to Miss Strong, “I should be quite certain that he was—er—not quiteright, don’t you know.”
  7. Real; veritable (used emphatically).
    You've made aright mess of the kitchen!
    • 2016, Sarah Harvey,A Laugh-out-loud Modern Love Story:
      He's got a wicked sense of fun, he can be aright laugh, he's ever so broadminded – ooh, and he's got a lovely broad chest too.
    • 1670,John Milton,The History of Britain:
      […]in this battle and whole business the Britons never more plainly manifested themselves to beright barbarians: no rule, no foresight, no forecast, experience, or estimation
  8. (geometry) Of an angle, measuring 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between twoperpendicular lines.
    The kitchen counter formed aright angle with the back wall.
  9. (geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
    aright triangle   aright prism   aright cone
  10. (geography) Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's right when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the south bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥴ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the right side of the river.
    Antonym:left
    The Louvre Museum is on theright bank of theSeine.
  11. Designed to be placed or wornoutward.
    Antonym:wrong
    theright side of a piece of cloth   Begin this stitch on theright side.
  12. (politics) Pertaining to the political right;conservative.
    Synonyms:right-wing,conservative
    Antonyms:left,left-wing,liberal
  13. (Australia)All right; not requiringassistance.
    Synonyms:all right,OK
    • 1986, David Williamson, “What If You Died Tomorrow”, inCollected plays, volume 1, Currency Press, page310:
      Kirsty: I suppose you're hungry. Would you like something to eat?
      Ken: No. I'mright, thanks.
    • 2001, Catherine Menagé,Access to English, National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research, NSW: Sydney, page25:
      When the sales assistant sees the customer, she asksAre youright, sir? This meansAre you all right? She wants to know if he needs any help.
    • 2001, Morris Gleitzman,Two weeks with the Queen, Pan Macmillan Australia, page75:
      'You lost?'
      Colin spun round. Looking at him was a nurse, her eyebrows raised. / 'No, I'mright, thanks,' said Colin.'
  14. (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
    • c.1707, “Joseph Addison”, inThe Tatler:
      The lady has been disappointed on theright side.
  15. (archaic)Straight, not bent.
    Antonyms:bowed,crooked,curved
    aright line
  16. Of or relating to theright whale.
Derived terms
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Terms derived fromright (adjective, direction)
Terms related toright (adjective, correct)
Terms related toright (political)
Terms related toright (others)
Descendants
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Translations
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of direction, opposite of left
complying with justice, correct—see alsobe right
appropriate, fit for purpose
healthy, sane, competent—see alsohealthy,‎sane,‎competent
real; veritable
(geometry) of an angle, measuring 90 degrees
(geometry) incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
(geography) of river bank to the right when facing downstream
designed to be placed or worn outward
(politics) conservative
(Australia) all right, not requiring assistance—seeall right
(dated) most favourable or convenient; fortunate
(archaic) straight, not bent—see alsostraight
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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishright,righte, fromOld Englishrihte,rehte(“right; rightly; due; directly; straight”), fromProto-Germanic*rehta, from*rehtaz(“right; straight”).

Adverb

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right (notcomparable)

  1. On theright side.
  2. Towards the right side.
  3. Exactly,precisely.
    The arrow landedright in the middle of the target.
    Luckily we arrivedright at the start of the film.
    • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:
      Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers,right in the middle of the squiteague season.
  4. Immediately,directly.
    Can't you see it? It'sright beside you!
    Tom was standingright in front of the TV, blocking everyone's view.
    You comeright home this instant!
  5. (British, US, dialect)Very,extremely,quite.
    I made aright stupid mistake there, didn't I?
    I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurtsright much.
    • 1966,Jacqueline Susann,Valley of the Dolls‎[1], page214:
      That's long enough for any small town." Lyon leaned forward. "Do you like Lawrenceville, Mr. Hill?" The driver cocked his head. "Aeah. Why not? Born here. It's aright nice town
    • 2004, Jon Sharpe,Nebraska nightmare:
      Well, that would beright neighborly of you, miss.
    • 2008, Luke Cypher,Red Mesa, page101:
      But it would beright neighborly and Christian of you to put your own wants aside for a spell.
    • 2011, Ann Hite,Ghost on Black Mountain:
      The fog wasright hard to see through so I was on Tom Pritchard before I saw him.
    • 2015, Jeff Torrington,Swing Hammer Swing!, page255:
      Kids nowadays were aright thrillproof bunch. The Armoury Section had, unexpectedly, proved to be a real moodclunker.
  6. According to fact or truth;actually;truly;really.
  7. In acorrectmanner.
    Do itright or don't do it at all.
    Nothing is goingright for me lately.
  8. (dated, still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree.
    Sir, I amright glad to meet you …
    Members of the Queen's Privy Council are styled TheRight Honourable for life.
    TheRight Reverend Monsignor Guido Sarducci.
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  • In the US, the word "right" is used as an adverb meaning "very, quite" in most of the major dialect areas, including the Southern US, Appalachia, New England, and the Midwest, though the usage is not part of standard US English. In the UK also it is not part of the standard language but is regarded as stereotypical of the dialects of northern England, though it occurs in other dialects also.
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on the right side
towards the right side
exactly
immediately, directly
very, extremely
according to fact or truth
in a correct manner
to a great extent

Interjection

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right

  2. Yes, that iscorrect; Iagree.
    • 2007 March 6,Julie Rutterford,Life on Mars,Season 2, Episode 3:
      Sam Tyler: Look, look, you know when I said I wasn't wrong? Well, I was. But I was right about this not being the IRA. I was right to follow my instincts. Like you said, go with your gut feeling. I'm just taking your lead.
      Gene Hunt: So I'm right.
      Sam Tyler: We both are.
      Gene Hunt: Right.
      Sam Tyler:Right.
      Gene Hunt: Justas long as I'm more right than you.
    • 2016,VOA Learning English (public domain)
      Tell her you’re here.
      Right. Thanks, Pete.
    — United's the best team in the country.
    —Right. And they'll go all the way for sure.
    — Damnright they will.
  4. 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).
    • 2007 March 6,Julie Rutterford,Life on Mars,Season 2, Episode 3:
      Sam Tyler: Look, look, you know when I said I wasn't wrong? Well, I was. But I was right about this not being the IRA. I was right to follow my instincts. Like you said, go with your gut feeling. I'm just taking your lead.
      Gene Hunt: So I'm right.
      Sam Tyler: We both are.
      Gene Hunt:Right.
      Sam Tyler: Right.
      Gene Hunt: Justas long as I'm more right than you.
    — 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?
  6. Signpost word to change the subject in adiscussion ordiscourse.
    — After that interview, I don't think we should hire her.
    —Right. Who wants lunch?
  8. Used to check listener engagement and (especially) agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof.
    You're going,right?
    I went downstairs,right, and I was going to call her, but I found this note,right, so what am I supposed to do now?
  9. Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
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  • Thepolysemic ambiguity, regarding the senses of (1) affirming agreement and (2) acknowledging an utterance independently of agreement, sometimes functionspolitely as asocial lubricant, avoiding anysarcastic connotation thatOK might easily imply; the degree of clarity is sufficient in contexts where getting to the bottom of who agrees or disagrees is superfluous to the purpose of the conversation.
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yes, that is correct; I agree
I have no opinion
changing the subject in a discussion
checking agreement
adding seriousness or decisiveness before a statement

Etymology 3

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FromMiddle Englishright, fromOld Englishriht,reht,ġeriht(“that which is right, just, or proper”), fromProto-West Germanic*reht, fromProto-Germanic*rehtą(“a right”), fromProto-Indo-European*h₃reǵtom, fromProto-Indo-European*h₃reǵt-(“to straighten; direct”).

Cognate withDutchrecht(“a right; privilege”),GermanRecht(“a right”),Danishret(“a right”).

Noun

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right (pluralrights)

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  1. That which complies withjustice,law orreason.
    We're on the side ofright in this contest.
    • 1973 July 22 [1973 July 17],Chiang Kai-shek, “President Chiang Kai-shek's message to the mass rally supporting Captive Nations Week”, inFree China Weekly‎[2], volume XIV, number28,Taipei,→ISSN,→OCLC,page 1:
      Throughout our history, whenever evil forces prevailed, the altruistic and upright people have always shown their great wisdom by adhering to theright against the wrong, renouncing wrongful gain for justice, displaying their great benevolence in national salvation and summoning their great courage to surmount the crisis and turn back the perverse tide.
  3. A legal, just or moralentitlement.
    You have noright to go through my personal diary.
    • 1825,Samuel Taylor Coleridge,Table Talk:
      There are norights whatever, without corresponding duties.
    • 1850,T. S. Arthur, “Seed Time and Harvest”, inSketches of Life and Character‎[3], Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley,→OCLC,page130:
      "I do not know that you have anyright to inquire into reasons for my conduct. I am at least sure that I never gave you any suchright," replied Wiley.
      "I claim noright but the commonright of humanity," said the old gentleman. "If you do not acknowledge that, my interference in this matter can only be viewed as impertinent."
    • 1922,Michael Arlen, “3/19/2”, in“Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
      Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishingrights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.
    • 2013 August 10, Schumpeter, “Cronies and capitols”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8848:
      Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have everyright to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.
  5. The right side or direction.
    The pharmacy is just on theright past the bookshop.
  6. The right hand or fist.
    • 1897,Bram Stoker,Dracula, published1993, page129:
      "Before he could strike again, however, I got in myright, and he was sprawling on his back on the floor."
  8. The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; acopyright.
  9. (politics) Theensemble of right-wingpolitical parties; politicalconservatives as a group.
    The politicalright holds too much power.
    • 2023 May 31, Nigel Harris, “Comment: GBR now! We have no Plan B”, inRAIL, number984, page 3:
      Sunak seems so scared of his party's swivel-eyed right wing that he has been panicked into focusing all new legislation on perceived 'red meat' issues which he hopes the Toryright will support.
  10. The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
    Synonym:(of fabric)right side
    • 1890,The Woman's World, page434:
      Simple cross-stitch, with a space between each stitch, may be worked in two rows, in which case the completed stitch on the wrong sides alternates with that on theright.
    • 1913,Woman's Home Companion - Volume 40, page40:
      For the large size, two pieces of silk, eighteen inches wide and twenty-seven inches long, are sewed together at three sides,rights together, leaving one end open.
    • 1918,Pacific Rural Press - Volume 95, page392:
      In case there is a right and wrong side to the tops, put tworights together.
  11. (surfing) Awave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).
    Antonym:left
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which complies with justice, law or reason
legal or moral entitlement—see alsoentitlement,‎privilege
right, not left, side
right hand
right-wing politicians and parties

Etymology 4

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FromMiddle Englishrighten,reghten,riȝten, fromOld Englishrihtan,ġerihtan(“to straighten, judge, set upright, set right”), fromProto-West Germanic*rihtijan, fromProto-Germanic*rihtijaną(“to straighten; rectify; judge”).

Verb

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right (third-person singular simple presentrights,present participlerighting,simple past and past participlerighted)

  1. (transitive) Tocorrect.
    Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.
  2. (transitive) To setupright.
    The tow-truckrighted what was left of the automobile.
  3. (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
    When the wind died down, the shiprighted.
  4. (transitive) To do justice to; torelieve from wrong; torestore rights to; toassert orregain the rights of.
    toright the oppressed
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Translations
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to correct
to set upright
(intransitive) to return to normal upright position

Further reading

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromOld Englishriht.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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right (pluralrightes)

  1. Agooddeed; aright action.
  2. Ajust or equitable action.
  3. Alaw,ruling,judgement orrule.
  4. Aright,entitlement orprivilege.
  5. Truth,correctness.
  6. right (direction; as opposed to the left)

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Adjective

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right (plural and weak singularrighte,comparativerightre,superlativerightest)

  1. Straight; not crooked orbent.
  2. On the or at theright (as opposed to left)
  3. Morally orlegally correct or justified.
  4. Real,genuine,authentic,true.
  5. Natural,undisturbed.

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishright fielder.

Pronunciation

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right m (pluralrights)

  1. (baseball)right fielder

Usage notes

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  • According toRoyal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
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