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/ˈɹaɪt/

adjective · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Correct or true, rather than wrong.

  2. 02

    noun

    A freedom or permission that the law or fairness gives you.

Examples

  • Turn right at the end of the street.

  • You opened up my eyes to what it's like when everything is right.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈɹaɪθ̠]
  • [ˈɹɑe̯t]

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.

  2. Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.

  3. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →

More examples

In context

  • You really don't have the right priorities!

  • After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left.

  • The road up ahead contains a right bend.

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Antonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English reȝt, right, righte, riht, riȝt, riȝte, ryght, ryȝt, from Old English reht, reoht, rieht, riht, ryht (“right,” also the word for “straight” and “direct”), from Proto-West Germanic *reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz (“right, straight; just, morally upright”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“right, straightened”), from *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten; to righten”). The Germanic adjective which has been used also as a noun since the common Germanic period. Cognates Cognate with Scots richt (“right”), Yola reights, rights (“rights”), North Frisian recht, rocht, rucht (“right”), Saterland Frisian gjucht (“right”), West Frisian rjocht (“straight”), Central Franconian rääch (“righ...