Main entry: right
Definition: a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east
Usage: take a right at the corner
Main entry: right, right field, rightfield
Definition: the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
Main entry: right, rightfulness
Definition: anything in accord with principles of justice
Usage: he feels he is in the right; the rightfulness of his claim
Main entry: right
Definition: an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
Usage: they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights; Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people- Eleanor Roosevelt; a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away
Main entry: right, right hand
Definition: the hand that is on the right side of the body
Usage: he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left; hit him with quick rights to the body
Main entry: right, right wing
Definition: those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
Main entry: right
Definition: location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east
Usage: he stood on the right
Main entry: right
Definition: (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing
Usage: mineral rights; film rights
Main entry: rectify, right, correct
Definition: make right or correct
Usage: Correct the mistakes; rectify the calculation
Main entry: right
Definition: regain an upright or proper position
Usage: The capsized boat righted again
Main entry: right
Definition: put in or restore to an upright position
Usage: They righted the sailboat that had capsized
Main entry: compensate, redress, right, correct
Definition: make reparations or amends for
Usage: right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
Definition: precisely accurate
Usage: a veracious account
Definition: appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs
Usage: everything in its proper place; the right man for the job; she is not suitable for the position
Definition: free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
Usage: the correct answer; the correct version; the right answer; took the right road; the right decision
Definition: correct in opinion or judgment
Usage: time proved him right
Definition: most suitable or right for a particular purpose
Usage: a good time to plant tomatoes; the right time to act; the time is ripe for great sociological changes
Main entry: right
Definition: (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward
Usage: the right side of the cloth showed the pattern; be sure your shirt is right side out
Main entry: right
Definition: having the axis perpendicular to the base
Usage: a right angle
Definition: socially right or correct
Usage: it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye; correct behavior
Definition: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
Usage: what's the right word for this?; the right way to open oysters
Main entry: right, right-hand
Definition: intended for the right hand
Usage: a right-hand glove
Main entry: right
Definition: of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
Main entry: right
Definition: being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north
Usage: my right hand; right center field; a right-hand turn; the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream
Main entry: right
Definition: in conformance with justice or law or morality
Usage: do the right thing and confess
Main entry: right
Definition: in or into a satisfactory condition
Usage: things are right again now; put things right
Main entry: mightily, mighty, powerful, right
Definition: (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
Usage: the baby is mighty cute; he's mighty tired; it is powerful humid; that boy is powerful big now; they have a right nice place; they rejoiced mightily
Definition: exactly
Usage: he fell flop on his face
Main entry: right
Definition: immediately
Usage: she called right after dinner
Definition: an interjection expressing agreement
Main entry: in good order, right, properly, the right way, decent, decently
Definition: in the right manner
Usage: please do your job properly!; can't you carry me decent?
Main entry: correctly, aright, right
Definition: in an accurate manner
Usage: the flower had been correctly depicted by his son; he guessed right
Main entry: right
Definition: precisely, exactly
Usage: stand right here!
Main entry: right
Definition: completely
Usage: she felt right at home; he fell right into the trap
Definition: in accordance with moral or social standards
Usage: that serves him right; do right by him
Main entry: right
Definition: toward or on the right; also used figuratively
Usage: he looked right and left; the party has moved right