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adverb
  1. in an accurate manner
    "the flower had been correctly depicted by his son"; "he guessed right"
    correctly  right  aright  correctly  right  aright 
  2. in the right manner
    "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"
    properly  decently  decent  in good order  right  the right way  properly  decently  decent  in good order  right  the right way 
  3. exactly
    "he fell flop on his face"
    right  flop  right  flop 
  4. in accordance with moral or social standards
    "that serves him right"; "do right by him"
    justly  right  justly  right 
  5. (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
    "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"
    mighty  mightily  powerful  right  mighty  mightily  powerful  right 
  6. an interjection expressing agreement
    right  right on  right  right on 
  7. toward or on the right; also used figuratively
    "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right"
    right  right 
  8. precisely, exactly
    "stand right here!"
    right  right 
  9. completely
    "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap"
    right  right 
  10. immediately
    "she called right after dinner"
    right  right 
verb
  1. make reparations or amends for
    "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
    right  compensate  redress  correct 
  2. make right or correct
    "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
    correct  rectify  right 
  3. regain an upright or proper position
    "The capsized boat righted again"
    right 
  4. put in or restore to an upright position
    "They righted the sailboat that had capsized"
    right 
adjective
  1. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
    "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"
    correct  right 
  2. correct in opinion or judgment
    "time proved him right"
    right  correct 
  3. socially right or correct
    "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"
    correct  right 
  4. in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
    "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"
    correct  right 
  5. most suitable or right for a particular purpose
    "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes"
    good  right  ripe 
  6. appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs
    "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position"
    proper  right 
  7. being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north
    "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"
    right 
  8. in conformance with justice or law or morality
    "do the right thing and confess"
    right 
  9. of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
    right 
  10. precisely accurate
    "a veracious account"
    veracious  right 
  11. (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward
    "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out"
    right 
  12. having the axis perpendicular to the base
    "a right angle"
    right 
  13. intended for the right hand
    "a right-hand glove"
    right  right-hand 
  14. in or into a satisfactory condition
    "things are right again now"; "put things right"
    right 
noun
  1. a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east
    "take a right at the corner"
    right 
  2. the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
    right field  rightfield  right 
  3. an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
    "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"
    right 
  4. anything in accord with principles of justice
    "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim"
    right  rightfulness 
  5. the hand that is on the right side of the body
    "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body"
    right  right hand 
  6. those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
    right  right wing 
  7. location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east
    "he stood on the right"
    right 
  8. (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing
    "mineral rights"; "film rights"
    right 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University