The fruit to the viewer's right is larger.
A right triangle
Other accents and pronunciations
( Estuary English ) IPA (key ) : [ˈɹɒɪʔ]
( Yorkshire , dialectal ) IPA (key ) : /ˈɹeɪt/ , /ˈɹiːt/
( Hiberno-English ) IPA (key ) : [ˈɹaɪθ̠] , ( Ulster ) [ˈɻɐʏt] , [-ʔ]
( Canada ) IPA (key ) : /ˈɹʌɪt/
( Ottawa Valley ) IPA (key ) : [ɹəi̯t] , [ɹei̯t] , [-ʔ] , [-ɾ̥]
( General Australian , New Zealand ) IPA (key ) : /ˈɹaɪt/ , [ˈɹɑe̯t]
( General South African ) IPA (key ) : /ˈɹaɪt/ , [ˈɹäːtʰ]
From Middle English right , from Old English riht (“right,” also the word for “straight” and “direct”), from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz , from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós ( “ having moved in a straight line ” ) , from *h₃reǵ- ( “ to straighten, direct ” ) . An Indo-European past participle, it became a Germanic adjective which has been used also as a noun since the common Germanic period. Cognate with West Frisian rjocht , Dutch recht , German recht and Recht , Swedish rätt and rät , Danish ret , Norwegian Bokmål rett , Norwegian Nynorsk rett , Yiddish רעכט ( rekht ) and Icelandic rétt . The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek ὀρεκτός ( orektós ) and Latin rēctus ; Albanian drejt was borrowed from Latin.
right (comparative further right or more right or righter , superlative furthest right or most right or rightmost or rightest )
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: →
Synonyms: right-hand , dexter , dextral
Antonyms: left , left-hand , sinister , sinistral
After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left.
Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct , just , true . See also the interjection senses below.
Synonyms: correct , just
Antonyms: wrong , incorrect , unjust
That's not the right thing to do.
So I was right 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 certainly right , "Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die."
1808 , Bishop Joseph Hall , Devotional works :there are some dispositions blame-worthy in men, which are yet, in a right sense, holily ascribed unto God; as unchangeableness, and irrepentance.
1841 , Charles Dickens, chapter 13, in Barnaby 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 not right 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 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: Just as long as I'm more right than you.
2018 January 4, Catherine Ford, “Religious-Based Health Care Raises Ethical Questions ”, in Calgary Herald :But when that patient requests access to medical care that violates some religious tenet, is it right 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”, in RAIL , number 1000 , page 61 :Of course, I was not always right . 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.
Appropriate , perfectly suitable ; fit for purpose .
Antonym: wrong
Is this the right software for my computer?
Healthy , sane , competent .
I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.
Real; veritable (used emphatically).
You've made a right 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 a right 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 be right barbarians: no rule, no foresight, no forecast, experience, or estimation
( geometry ) Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall.
( geometry ) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
( 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
Designed to be placed or worn outward .
the right side of a piece of cloth
( politics ) Pertaining to the political right; conservative .
Synonyms: right-wing , conservative
Antonyms: left , left-wing , liberal
( Australia ) All right ; not requiring assistance .
Synonyms: all right , OK
1986 , David Williamson, “What If You Died Tomorrow”, in Collected plays , volume 1, Currency Press, page 310 :Kirsty: I suppose you're hungry. Would you like something to eat?Ken: No. I'm right , thanks.
2001 , Catherine Menagé, Access to English , National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research, NSW: Sydney, page 25 :When the sales assistant sees the customer, she asks Are you right , sir? This means Are you all right? She wants to know if he needs any help.
2001 , Morris Gleitzman, Two weeks with the Queen , Pan Macmillan Australia, page 75 :'You lost?' Colin spun round. Looking at him was a nurse, her eyebrows raised. / 'No, I'm right , thanks,' said Colin.'
( dated ) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
c. 1707 , “Joseph Addison ”, in The Tatler :The lady has been disappointed on the right side.
( archaic ) Straight , not bent.
Antonyms: bowed , crooked , curved
a right line
straight, not bent
Albanian: drejtë (sq)
Arabic: مُسْتَقِيم m ( mustaqīm )
Armenian: ուղիղ (hy) ( uġiġ )
Aromanian: ãndreptu
Asturian: reutu (ast) , rectu (ast)
Bashkir: төҙ ( töź ) , тура ( tura )
Basque: zuzen
Belarusian: прамы́ ( pramý )
Bulgarian: прав (bg) ( prav )
Cebuano: tul-id
Czech: přímý (cs) m
Danish: ret (da) , lige (da)
Dutch: recht (nl)
Esperanto: rekta (eo)
Estonian: otse
Faroese: rættur (fo) , beinur (fo)
Finnish: oikea (fi) ( archaic ) , suora (fi)
French: droit (fr)
Galician: dereito (gl) m
Georgian: სწორი ( sc̣ori )
German: gerade (de)
Greek:
Ancient: εὐθύς ( euthús ) , ὀρθός ( orthós )
Hawaiian: pololei
Hindi: सीधा (hi) m ( sīdhā )
Hungarian: egyenes (hu)
Icelandic: beint (is) n , beinn (is) m , bein (is) f
Indonesian: lurus (id)
Ingrian: oikia
Interlingua: directe (ia)
Italian: diritto (it)
Japanese: まっすぐ (ja) ( massugu )
Korean: 곧다 (ko) ( gotda )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: rast (ku) , rêk (ku)
Latin: directus
Lithuanian: tiesus m , tiesi f
Macedonian: прав m ( prav )
Maltese: dritt m , dritta f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rett (no)
Nynorsk: rett
Ojibwe: gwayak
Persian: راست (fa) ( râst )
Polish: prosty (pl) m
Portuguese: reto (pt)
Romanian: drept (ro)
Russian: прямо́й (ru) ( prjamój )
Sanskrit: साधु (sa) ( sādhu )
Serbo-Croatian: prav (sh) , ravan (sh)
Spanish: derecho (es) , recto (es) , justo (es)
Swedish: rak (sv)
Tagalog: diretso
Tajik: рост (tg) ( rost )
Tatar: туры ( turı )
Tetum: loos
Thai: ดิ่ว ( dìu ) , ตรง (th) ( dtrong )
Turkish: düz (tr)
Tuvan: дорт ( dort )
Ukrainian: прями́й (uk) ( prjamýj )
Vietnamese: thẳng (vi)
Yagnobi: рост ( rost )
Zazaki: raşt (diq)
of an angle, 90 degrees
Arabic: قَائِم m ( qāʔim )
Armenian: ուղղահայաց (hy) ( uġġahayacʻ )
Bulgarian: перпендикулярен (bg) ( perpendikuljaren ) , прав (bg) ( prav )
Czech: pravý (cs) , kolmý (cs)
Danish: ret (da) , retvinklet
Esperanto: orta
Finnish: suora (fi)
French: droit (fr) m
Georgian: მართი ( marti ) , მართობული ( martobuli )
German: rechtwinklig (de)
Greek: ορθός (el) ( orthós )
Icelandic: rétt horn (is)
Indonesian: siku-siku (id)
Ingrian: oikia
Italian: retto (it)
Japanese: 垂直 (ja) ( すいちょく, suichoku ) , 直 (ja) ( ちょく, choku )
Korean: 곧다 (ko) ( gotda )
Latin: directus
Macedonian: прав m ( prav ) , нормален ( normalen )
Malay: tepat
Ojibwe: gwayak
Polish: prostopadły (pl) m
Portuguese: perpendicular (pt) , reto (pt)
Romanian: drept (ro)
Russian: перпендикуля́рный (ru) ( perpendikuljárnyj ) , прямо́й (ru) ( prjamój )
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: okomit (sh)
Slovene: pravi
Spanish: perpendicular (es) , recto (es)
Swedish: rät (sv) , rätvinklig (sv) , vinkelrät (sv)
Tagalog: tadlungin , tadlong
Telugu: లంబ (te) ( lamba )
Thai: มุมฉาก (th) ( mum-chàak )
Turkish: dik (tr) , dikey (tr)
Ukrainian: перпендикуля́рний ( perpendykuljárnyj ) , прями́й (uk) ( prjamýj ) , сторчови́й (uk) ( storčovýj ) , прямови́сний ( prjamovýsnyj )
Vietnamese: vuông góc (vi) , ( vuông = perpendicular, thẳng = straight ) thẳng góc (vi)
Welsh: cywir (cy) , sgŵr
geometry: incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
complying with justice, correct
— see also be right
Albanian: drejtë (sq)
Arabic: صَحِيح (ar) m ( ṣaḥīḥ ) , صَوَاب ( ṣawāb )
Armenian: ճիշտ (hy) ( čišt )
Aromanian: ndreptu
Azerbaijani: düz (az) , doğru (az)
Bashkir: дөрөҫ ( döröś )
Basque: zuzen , ongi
Belarusian: пра́вільны ( právilʹny ) , ве́рны ( vjérny )
Bhojpuri: सही ( sahī )
Bulgarian: ве́рен (bg) ( véren ) , пра́вилен (bg) ( právilen )
Burmese: မှန် (my) ( hman )
Chechen: бакъа ( baqʼa )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 正確 / 正确 ( zing3 kok3 )
Mandarin: 正確 / 正确 (zh) ( zhèngquè )
Czech: správný (cs)
Danish: rigtig (da) , korrekt (da)
Dutch: correct (nl) , juist (nl)
Esperanto: ĝusta , prava (eo)
Estonian: õige (et)
Finnish: oikea (fi)
French: correct (fr) , juste (fr) , bon (fr) , droit (fr) m
Georgian: სწორი ( sc̣ori ) , მართებული ( martebuli ) , მართალი ( martali ) , წესიერი ( c̣esieri ) , სამართლიანი ( samartliani )
German: richtig (de)
Greek: σωστό (el) ( sostó )
Hawaiian: pololei
Hebrew: צוֹדֵק ( tzodék )
Higaonon: bunal
Hindi: ठीक (hi) ( ṭhīk ) , सही (hi) ( sahī )
Hungarian: helyes (hu)
Icelandic: rétt f or n , réttur (is) m
Ido: korekta (io)
Indonesian: benar (id) , betul (id)
Interlingua: correcte (ia) , juste (ia)
Irish: cóir
Old Irish: uisse , cóir
Isan: please add this translation if you can
Italian: corretto (it)
Japanese: 正しい (ja) ( ただしい, tadashii )
Kabuverdianu: justu
Khmer: ត្រូវ (km) ( trəw )
Korean: 옳다 (ko) ( olta ) , 바르다 (ko) ( bareuda )
Kumyk: тюз ( tüz ) , герти ( gerti ) , дурус ( durus )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: راست ( rast ) , تەواو ( tewaw )
Northern Kurdish: rast (ku) , durist (ku)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: rectus , emendatus , elegans
Ligurian: corètto
Macedonian: правилен m ( pravilen ) , точен m ( točen ) , исправен ( ispraven )
Malay: betul (ms)
Maltese: korett m , koretta f , tajjeb (mt) m , tajba (mt) f
Navajo: ákótʼé
Norwegian:
Bokmål: riktig (no) , rett (no) , korrekt (no)
Nynorsk: riktig , rett , korrekt
Occitan: corrècte (oc) , just (oc)
Ojibwe: gwayak
Persian: درست (fa) ( dorost )
Plautdietsch: rajcht
Polish: poprawny (pl) , prawidłowy (pl) , prawy (pl) , słuszny (pl)
Portuguese: correto (pt) , justo (pt) , certo (pt)
Romanian: drept (ro) , corect (ro)
Russian: пра́вильный (ru) m ( právilʹnyj ) , пра́вый (ru) ( právyj )
Sanskrit: साधु (sa) ( sādhu )
Scottish Gaelic: ceart
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: исправан , точан
Roman: ispravan (sh) , točan (sh)
Shan: please add this translation if you can
Slovene: pravi
Spanish: correcto (es) , justo (es)
Swedish: rätt (sv) , riktig (sv) , korrekt (sv)
Tagalog: tama , wasto
Talysh: duz
Tat: düz
Telugu: సరైన ( saraina ) , సరి (te) ( sari )
Tetum: loos
Thai: ถูก (th) ( tùuk ) , ใช่ (th) ( châi )
Turkish: doğru (tr)
Tuvan: чөптүг ( çöptüg ) , чөп ( çöp )
Ukrainian: пра́вильний (uk) ( právylʹnyj ) , ві́рний ( vírnyj )
Urdu: ٹھیک (ur) ( thīk )
Vietnamese: phải (vi) , đúng (vi) , ( phải='right position' and correct, trái = left and wrong ) có lý (vi)
Volapük: verätik (vo)
Yiddish: ריכטיק ( rikhtik ) ( of a thing ) , גערעכט ( gerekht ) ( of a person )
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
appropriate, fit for purpose
all right, not requiring assistance
— see all right
most favourable or convenient; fortunate
of direction, opposite of left
Afar: midga , migda
Afrikaans: regs
Aklanon: tuo
Albanian: djathtë (sq)
Arabic: يَمِين ( yamīn )
Egyptian Arabic: يمين ( yimīn )
Armenian: աջ (hy) ( aǰ )
Aromanian: andreapta
Assamese: সোঁ ( xü̃ )
Azerbaijani: sağ (az)
Balinese: tengen
Bashkir: уң ( uñ )
Basque: eskuin (eu)
Belarusian: пра́вы ( právy )
Bengali: ডান (bn) ( ḍan )
Bikol Central: tuo
Bulgarian: де́сен (bg) ( désen )
Burmese: ညာ (my) ( nya )
Catalan: dret (ca)
Cebuano: tuo
Central Dusun: wanan
Chechen: аьтту ( ättu )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 右 (yue) ( jau6 )
Dungan: ю ( i͡u )
Mandarin: 右 (zh) ( yòu )
Cornish: dyghow
Crimean Tatar: oñ , sağ
Czech: pravý (cs) m
Dalmatian: diastro
Danish: højre (da)
Dolgan: уӈа ( uŋa )
Dutch: rechts (nl) , rechter-
Early Assamese: ডাহিন ( ḍahino )
Erzya: вить ( viť )
Esperanto: dekstra (eo)
Estonian: parem
Finnish: oikea (fi) , oikeanpuoleinen (fi)
French: droit (fr) m , droite (fr) f
Georgian: მარჯვენა ( marǯvena )
German: recht (de)
Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍅𐌰 ( taihswa )
Greek: δεξιός (el) ( dexiós )
Ancient: δεξιός ( dexiós )
Guaraní: akatúvape
Hawaiian: ʻākau
Hebrew: יָמִין (he) ( yamín )
Higaonon: kawanan
Hiligaynon: tuô
Hindi: दाहिना (hi) ( dāhinā ) , दाएँ m ( dāẽ ) , दायाँ (hi) ( dāyā̃ )
Hungarian: jobb (hu)
Icelandic: hægri (is)
Ido: dextra (io)
Indonesian: kanan (id)
Ingrian: oikia
Ingush: аьтта ( ätta )
Interlingua: dextere , dextre (ia)
Iranun: kawanan
Irish: deas
Old Irish: dess
Italian: destro (it) m , destra (it) f
Japanese: 右 (ja) ( みぎ, migi )
Javanese: tengen (jv)
Kalmyk: барун ( barun )
Karachay-Balkar: онг ( oñ )
Karaim: он (Trakai)
Kazakh: оң (kk) ( oñ )
Khakas: оң ( oñ ) , онъ ( onʺ )
Khmer: ស្ដាំ (km) ( sdam )
Korean: 오른 (ko) ( oreun ) , 바른 (ko) ( bareun )
Kumyk: онг ( oñ )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: راست ( rast )
Northern Kurdish: rast (ku) , rastê (ku)
Kyrgyz: оң (ky) ( oŋ )
Lakota: isloyatan
Lao: ຂວາ ( khuā )
Latin: dexter
Latvian: labais
Lithuanian: dešinys
Lü: please add this translation if you can
Luxembourgish: riets
Macedonian: де́сен ( désen )
Malay: kanan (ms)
Malayalam: വലത് (ml) ( valatŭ )
Maltese: lemin
Manchu: ᡳᠴᡳ ( ici )
Mi'kmaq: badadujk
Moksha: види ( viďi )
Mongolian: баруун (mn) ( baruun )
Nogai: онъ ( oñ )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: høyre (no)
Nynorsk: høgre
Occitan: dreite
Ojibwe: gichinik
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: правъ ( pravŭ )
Old East Slavic: правъ ( pravŭ )
Old English: swīþra
Old Javanese: tĕngĕn
Oromo: mirga
Ossetian: рахиз ( raxiz )
Pashto: راست (ps) ( rāst )
Persian: راست (fa) ( râst )
Pitjantjatjara: waku
Polish: prawy (pl)
Portuguese: direito (pt)
Romanian: drept (ro)
Romansch: dretg
Russian: пра́вый (ru) ( právyj )
Saho: mizga
Sanskrit: दक्ष (sa) ( dakṣa )
Scottish Gaelic: deas
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: десни
Roman: desni (sh)
Shor: оң ( oň )
Slovak: pravý
Slovene: desni
Somali: midig
Southern Altai: оҥ ( oŋ )
Spanish: derecho (es) , diestra (es)
Sundanese: tengen
Swahili: -a kuume
Swedish: höger (sv)
Tagalog: kanan
Tajik: рост (tg) ( rost )
Talysh: rost
Tamil: வலது (ta) ( valatu )
Tarantino: destre
Tatar: уң ( uñ )
Tausug: tū
Telugu: కుడి (te) ( kuḍi )
Tetum: kuana , loos
Thai: ขวา (th) ( kwǎa )
Tibetan: གཡས ( g.yas )
Tofa: оӈ ( oň )
Torricelli: adɨp
Turkish: sağ (tr)
Turkmen: sag
Tuvan: оң ( oñ )
Ukrainian: пра́вий (uk) ( právyj )
Urdu: دائیں ( dāẽ )
Urum: он ( on )
Uyghur: ئوڭ (ug) ( ong )
Uzbek: oʻng (uz) , sogʻ (uz) ( regional )
Vietnamese: phải (vi) , ( straight ) thẳng (vi)
Waray-Waray: tuo
Welsh: de (cy)
Yakut: уҥа ( uña )
Yiddish: רעכט ( rekht )
Zealandic: rechts
Zhuang: baih
designed to be placed or worn outward
politics: conservative
Armenian: աջ (hy) ( aǰ )
Bulgarian: десничарски ( desničarski )
Czech: pravicový (cs) m
Danish: konservativ (da) , højre-
Finnish: oikeistolainen (fi) , oikeisto- (fi)
French: de droite
Galician: de dereitas
Georgian: მემარჯვენე ( memarǯvene )
German: rechts (de)
Greek: συντηρητικός (el) ( syntiritikós ) , δεξιός (el) ( dexiós )
Hebrew: יְמָנִי ( yemaní )
Hindi: दक्षिणपंथ m ( dakṣiṇpanth )
Hungarian: jobboldal (hu)
Icelandic: hægri (is)
Indonesian: kanan (id)
Japanese: 右翼 (ja) ( うよく, uyoku )
Korean: 우익 ( u'ik )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: rastgir (ku) , rast (ku)
Macedonian: десничарски m ( desničarski ) , десен m ( desen )
Polish: prawicowy (pl) m
Portuguese: de direita , direitista (pt)
Romanian: de dreapta
Russian: пра́вый (ru) ( právyj )
Serbo-Croatian: desničarski (sh)
Slovene: desničarski
Spanish: de la derecha , de derecha , de derechas ( Spain )
Swedish: höger-
Thai: ฝ่ายขวา (th) ( fàai-kwǎa )
Turkish: tutucu (tr) , muhafazakâr (tr)
Ukrainian: пра́вий (uk) ( právyj )
Vietnamese: cánh hữu (vi) , hữu khuynh (vi)
Translations to be checked
Dutch: (please verify ) rechts (nl) , (please verify ) rechtse (nl) (1), (please verify ) recht (nl) (2), (please verify ) correct (nl) (3), (please verify ) juist (nl) (3), (please verify ) rechtschapen (nl) (3), (please verify ) rechtvaardig (nl) (3), (please verify ) eerlijk (nl) (3), (please verify ) billijk (nl) (3)
Interlingua: (please verify ) dextere , (please verify ) dextre (ia) (1), (please verify ) recte (2), (please verify ) correcte (ia) , (please verify ) juste (ia) (3)
Romanian: (please verify ) dreapta (ro) (1), (please verify ) drept (ro) m (2,3,4)
Spanish: (please verify ) derecho (es) (1,5), (please verify ) recto (es) (2), (please verify ) correcto (es) (3), (please verify ) justo (es) (2,3)
From Middle English right , righte , from Old English rihte , rehte ( “ right; rightly; due; directly; straight ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *rehta , from *rehtaz ( “ right; straight ” ) .
right (not comparable )
On the right side.
Towards the right side.
Exactly , precisely .
The arrow landed right in the middle of the target.
Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film.
1913 , Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln , chapter I, in Mr. 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.
Immediately , directly .
Can't you see it? It's right beside you!
Tom was standing right in front of the TV, blocking everyone's view.
( British , US , dialect ) Very , extremely , quite .
I made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I?
I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much.
1966 , Jacqueline Susann , Valley of the Dolls [1] , page 214 :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 a right nice town
2004 , Jon Sharpe, Nebraska nightmare :Well, that would be right neighborly of you, miss.
2008 , Luke Cypher, Red Mesa , page 101 :But it would be right neighborly and Christian of you to put your own wants aside for a spell.
2011 , Ann Hite, Ghost on Black Mountain :The fog was right hard to see through so I was on Tom Pritchard before I saw him.
2015 , Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing! , page 255 :Kids nowadays were a right thrillproof bunch. The Armoury Section had, unexpectedly, proved to be a real moodclunker.
According to fact or truth; actually ; truly ; really .
In a correct manner .
Do it right or don't do it at all.
( dated , still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree.
Sir, I am right glad to meet you …
Members of the Queen's Privy Council are styled The Right Honourable for life.
The Right Reverend Monsignor Guido Sarducci.
1913 , Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln , chapter XIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients , New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company , →OCLC :He b'iled right over, and the tongue-lashing he give that boss Right Liver beat anything I ever listened to. There was heap of Scriptur' language in it, and more brimstone than you'd find in a match factory.
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.
( on the right side ) : rightward , rightwise
( towards the right side ) : rightward , rightways
( exactly, precisely ) : exactly , just , precisely , smack-dab ; see also Thesaurus:exactly
( immediately, directly ) : right smack , slap-bang
( very, extremely ) : ever so ; see also Thesaurus:very
( according to fact or truth ) : in point of fact , in truth ; see also Thesaurus:actually
( correct manner ) : correctly , properly
on the right side
Arabic: عَلَى اَلْيَمِين ( ʕalā l-yamīn )
Asturian: a la derecha
Bashkir: уңда ( uñda ) , уңдағы ( uñdağı )
Belarusian: спра́ва ( správa )
Bulgarian: отдя́сно ( otdjásno )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 右邊 / 右边 (zh) ( yòubiān ) , 在右邊 / 在右边 ( zài yòubiān )
Czech: napravo
Dutch: rechts (nl)
Egyptian: (wnmj )
Esperanto: dekstre
Finnish: oikealla
French: à droite (fr)
Galician: á dereita , á man dereita
Georgian: მარჯვნივ ( marǯvniv ) , მარჯვენა მხარეს ( marǯvena mxares )
German: rechts (de)
Greek: δεξιά (el) ( dexiá )
Hindi: दायाँ (hi) ( dāyā̃ ) , दाएँ ( dāẽ )
Hungarian: jobbra (hu) , jobboldalt (hu)
Ingrian: oikiaal
Italian: a destra
Japanese: 右に (ja) ( みぎに, migi ni )
Korean: 오른쪽에 (ko) ( oreunjjog-e )
Luxembourgish: riets
Macedonian: од десно ( od desno )
Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ ( baraɣun ) , баруун (mn) ( baruun )
Navajo: nishʼnáájígo
Persian: راست (fa) ( râst ) , به راست ( be-râst )
Polish: na prawo ( + od + genitive ) , po prawej stronie ( + genitive ) , z prawej strony ( + genitive )
Portuguese: à direita
Romanian: la dreapta , pe dreapta
Russian: спра́ва (ru) ( správa )
Sanskrit: दक्षिण (sa) ( dakṣiṇa )
Slovak: na pravé
Slovene: na desni
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: napšawo
Spanish: a la derecha , a la diestra
Swedish: åt höger
Tarifit: afusi m
Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎎𐎐 ( ymn )
Ukrainian: право́руч ( pravóruč )
Vietnamese: ở bên phải
Yiddish: רעכטס ( rekhts )
according to fact or truth
right
Yes, that is correct ; I agree .
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: Just as 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. — Damn right they will.
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: Just as 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?
Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse .
— After that interview, I don't think we should hire her. — Right . Who wants lunch?
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?
Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
The polysemic ambiguity, regarding the senses of (1) affirming agreement and (2) acknowledging an utterance independently of agreement, sometimes functions politely as a social lubricant , avoiding any sarcastic connotation that OK 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.
( I agree ) : all right , alright , right on , damn right , damn straight
( I acknowledge, regardless of agreement ) : all right , alright , OK , okay , hmm , mmm
( signpost marking change of subject ) : all right , alright , well
( confirming attention, understanding, and/or agreement ) : all right , alright , y'know , do you know what I'm saying , you know what I'm saying , eh
yes, that is correct; I agree
Arabic: صحيح (ar) , تمام
Bulgarian: правилно (bg) ( pravilno )
Czech: v pořádku , správně (cs) , souhlasím
Dutch: juist (nl)
Finnish: aivan (fi) , niin (fi)
French: d’accord (fr)
Georgian: სწორია ( sc̣oria )
German: richtig (de)
Greek: σωστά (el) ( sostá )
Hungarian: rendben (hu) , jól van , jó (hu)
Icelandic: einmitt (is)
Irish: ceart go leor
Japanese: そう (ja) ( sō )
Kapampangan: aua , uapin
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Persian: درسته ( doroste )
Polish: racja (pl) f , prawda (pl) f
Portuguese: certo (pt)
Romanian: e drept , așa-i , da (ro)
Russian: пра́вильно (ru) ( právilʹno ) , ве́рно (ru) ( vérno ) , ла́дно (ru) ( ládno ) ( familiar )
Spanish: vale (es) ( Spain )
Swedish: precis (sv) , visst (sv)
Ukrainian: пра́вильно ( právylʹno ) , ві́рно ( vírno )
Venetian: giusta (vec) , vera
Vietnamese: đúng (vi)
changing the subject in a discussion
checking agreement
Afrikaans: nè
Ashkun: ne
Asturian: verdá
Bulgarian: нали ( nali )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 对不对 (zh) ( duì bù duì )
Czech: že (cs) , viďte , ( informal ) viď (cs) , (rather formal) že ano
Danish: ikke (da) , ikke sandt , ikke også
Dutch: toch (nl)
Esperanto: ĉu ne
Finnish: eikö niin
French: non (fr) , n’est-ce pas (fr) , hein (fr)
German: nicht wahr , oder (de) , ne (de)
Greek: έτσι δεν είναι; ( étsi den eínai? )
Ancient Greek: οὐ δήπου; ( ou dḗpou? )
Greenlandic: ilaa
Hungarian: igaz (hu) , ugye (hu)
Icelandic: er það ekki
Indonesian: kan (id)
Irish: ceart go leor
Italian: vero (it) , no (it)
Japanese: ね (ja) ( ne ) , でしょう (ja) ( deshō )
Kamkata-viri: ne
Kapampangan: ne , na , ewari
Korean: 지 ( -ji ) , 죠 ( -jo ) , 아이가 ( aiga ) ( Gyeongsang dialectal )
Ladin: chetù , chevo , nia
Latin: nonne (la)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ikke sant (no) , sant (no)
Nynorsk: ikkje sant , sant
Okinawan: なー ( nā )
Old English: cwist þū lā?
Persian: درست (fa)
Polish: prawda (pl) , ( colloquial ) co nie , ( colloquial ) nie (pl)
Portuguese: né (pt) , certo (pt)
Prasuni: nā
Romani: na?
Romanian: așa-i nu-i așa , nu (ro) , da (ro)
Russian: ве́рно (ru) ( vérno ) , пра́вильно (ru) ( právilʹno ) , не та́к ли ( ne ták li )
Slovak: nie (sk) , že
Spanish: verdad (es) , vale (es) ( Spain ) , no (es) , cierto (es)
Swedish: eller hur (sv) , va (sv) , inte sant
Tagalog: diba
Turkish: değil mi
Ukrainian: пра́вильно ( právylʹno ) , ві́рно ( vírno )
Venetian: vera
Vietnamese: phải không
Waigali: nā
adding seriousness or decisiveness before a statement
From Middle English right , righte , reght , reghte , riȝt , riȝte , from Old English riht , reht , ġeriht ( “ that which is right, just, or proper; a right; due; law; canon; rule; direction; justice; equity; standard ” ) , from Proto-West Germanic *reht , from Proto-Germanic *rehtą ( “ a right ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtom , from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵt- ( “ to straighten; direct ” ) . Cognate with Dutch recht ( “ a right; privilege ” ) , German Recht ( “ a right ” ) , Danish ret ( “ a right ” ) .
right (plural rights )
That which complies with justice , law or reason .
We're on the side of right in this contest.
1973 July 22 [1973 July 17], Kai-shek Chiang , “President Chiang Kai-shek's message to the mass rally supporting Captive Nations Week”, in Free China Weekly [2] , volume XIV, number 28 , 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 the right 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.
A legal, just or moral entitlement .
You have no right to go through my personal diary.
1850 , T. S. Arthur , “Seed Time and Harvest”, in Sketches of Life and Character [3] , Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC , page 130 :"I do not know that you have any right to inquire into reasons for my conduct. I am at least sure that I never gave you any such right ," replied Wiley. "I claim no right but the common right 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 fishing rights 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 ”, in The Economist , volume 408 , number 8848 :Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.
The right side or direction.
The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.
The right hand or fist.
1897 , Bram Stoker , Dracula , published 1993 , page 129 :"Before he could strike again, however, I got in my right , and he was sprawling on his back on the floor."
The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; a copyright .
( politics ) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
The political right holds too much power.
2023 May 31, Nigel Harris, “Comment: GBR now! We have no Plan B”, in RAIL , number 984 , 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 Tory right will support.
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 , page 434 :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 the right .
1913 , Woman's Home Companion - Volume 40 , page 40 :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 , page 392 :In case there is a right and wrong side to the tops, put two rights together.
( surfing ) A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).
Antonym: left
which complies with justice, law or reason
legal or moral entitlement
Albanian: drejtë (sq) f
Arabic: حَقّ (ar) m ( ḥaqq ) , حُقُوق (ar) m pl ( ḥuqūq )
Egyptian Arabic: حقّ m ( ḥaʔʔ )
Armenian: իրավունք (hy) ( iravunkʻ )
Aromanian: ãndreptu
Avar: ихтияр ( ixtijar )
Azerbaijani: hüquq , haqq (az) , ixtiyar (az)
Bashkir: хоҡуҡ ( xoquq ) , хаҡ ( xaq )
Belarusian: пра́ва n ( práva )
Bengali: হক (bn) ( hok ) , অধিকার (bn) ( odhikar )
Bulgarian: пра́во (bg) n ( právo )
Burmese: အခွင့် (my) ( a.hkwang. ) , အခွင့်အရေး (my) ( a.hkwang.a.re: )
Catalan: dret (ca) m
Chechen: бакъо ( baqʼo )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 權利 / 权利 ( kyun4 lei6 )
Dungan: чүанли ( čüanli )
Eastern Min: 權利 / 权利 ( guòng-lé )
Hakka: 權利 / 权利 ( khièn-li / khiàn-li )
Hokkien: 權利 / 权利 (zh-min-nan) ( koân-lī / khoân-lī )
Mandarin: 權利 / 权利 (zh) ( quánlì )
Wu: 權利 / 权利 ( 6 jioe-li)
Coptic: ⲇⲓⲕⲉⲟⲛ m ( dikeon )
Corsican: dirittu , drittu
Czech: právo (cs) n
Danish: ret (da) , rettighed
Dutch: recht (nl) n
Esperanto: rajto (eo)
Estonian: õigus (et)
Finnish: oikeus (fi)
French: droit (fr) m
Galician: dereito (gl) m
Georgian: უფლება ( upleba )
German: Recht (de) n
Greek: δικαίωμα (el) n ( dikaíoma )
Haitian Creole: dwa
Hebrew: זְכוּת (he) f ( zkhut )
Hindi: अधिकार (hi) m ( adhikār ) , हक़ m ( haq )
Hungarian: jog (hu) , jogosultság (hu)
Icelandic: réttindi (is) n pl
Ido: yuro (io)
Indonesian: hak (id)
Ingrian: oikehus
Interlingua: derecto
Irish: ceart m
Old Irish: recht m
Italian: diritto (it) m
Japanese: 権利 (ja) ( けんり, kenri )
Kazakh: құқық (kk) ( qūqyq )
Khmer: សិទ្ធិ (km) ( sətthiʼ )
Korean: 권리 (ko) ( gwolli )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ماف ( maf )
Northern Kurdish: maf (ku) m , heq (ku) f
Kyrgyz: укук (ky) ( ukuk )
Lao: ສິດທິ (lo) ( sit thi )
Latin: iūs (la) n
Latvian: tiesības m
Lezgi: ихтияр ( iχtiär )
Lithuanian: teisė (lt) f
Macedonian: право n ( pravo )
Malay: hak (ms)
Malayalam: അവകാശം (ml) ( avakāśaṁ )
Maori: mōtika
Mongolian: эрх (mn) ( erx )
Moore: dʋrwa , kõn-mongre , segdenga
Nepali: अधिकार (ne) ( adhikār )
Norman: drouait m ( Jersey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rett (no) m , riktighet m or f
Nynorsk: rett m , riktigheit f
Papiamentu: derecho
Persian: حق (fa) ( haqq ) , حقوق (fa) pl ( hoquq )
Polish: prawo (pl) n
Portuguese: direito (pt) m
Romanian: drept (ro) n
Romansch: dretg
Russian: пра́во (ru) n ( právo ) , права́ (ru) pl ( pravá )
Scottish Gaelic: còir f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: право n
Roman: pravo (sh) n
Slovak: právo n
Slovene: pravica (sl) f
Somali: xaq
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: pšawo n
Spanish: derecho (es) m , fuero (es) m , fuer (es) m
Swahili: haki (sw)
Swedish: rätt (sv) c , rättighet (sv) c
Tagalog: karapatan (tl)
Tajik: ҳуқуқ (tg) ( huquq ) , ҳақ ( haq )
Tatar: хак (tt) ( xaq )
Telugu: హక్కు (te) ( hakku )
Thai: สิทธิ (th) ( sìt-tí )
Turkish: hak (tr)
Turkmen: hak
Ukrainian: пра́во (uk) n ( právo )
Urdu: حق (ur) m ( haq ) , حقوق (ur) pl ( huqūq )
Uzbek: huquq (uz) , haq (uz)
Vietnamese: quyền lợi (vi) , quyền (vi)
Welsh: hawl (cy) , rhaith ( historic )
Yiddish: רעכט n ( rekht )
Zhuang: genzli (權利 )
right, not left, side
Arabic: يَمِين ( yamīn )
Armenian: աջ (hy) ( aǰ )
Bashkir: уң яҡ ( uñ yaq )
Basque: eskuin (eu) , eskubi (eu) , eskuma (eu)
Bulgarian: дясно (bg) ( djasno )
Burmese: ညာ (my) ( nya )
Catalan: dret (ca)
Czech: na pravo
Danish: højre (da) side (da)
Dutch: rechts (nl) m , rechterhand (nl) f
Esperanto: dekstra (eo)
Finnish: oikea (fi) ( puoli )
French: droite (fr) f
Galician: dereita (gl) f , dereito (gl) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Rechte (de) f
Greek: δεξιά (el) f ( dexiá )
Hindi: दाहिना (hi) ( dāhinā ) , दायाँ (hi) ( dāyā̃ )
Hungarian: jobb oldal (hu)
Ido: dextro
Indonesian: (please verify ) sayap kanan
Interlingua: dextera , dextra
Irish: deis (ga) f
Italian: destra (it)
Japanese: 右 (ja) ( みぎ, migi )
Korean: 오른쪽 (ko) ( oreunjjok )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: راست ( rast )
Northern Kurdish: rast (ku) , rastê (ku)
Lakota: isloyatan
Macedonian: десно n ( desno )
Maore Comorian: kume
Norman: drouaite f ( Jersey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: høyre siden m , høyre sida f
Nynorsk: høgre sida f
Occitan: drech (oc)
Ojibwe: gichinik
Polish: prawa f
Portuguese: direita (pt) f
Quechua: paña
Romanian: dreapta (ro) f
Russian: пра́вый (ru) ( právyj )
Serbo-Croatian: (please verify ) desno (sh) n , (please verify ) desna strana
Spanish: derecha (es) f
Swahili: kulia (sw)
Swedish: höger (sv) , höger sida
Telugu: కుడి (te) ( kuḍi )
Turkish: sağ (tr)
Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎎𐎐 ( ymn )
Venetian: destra f , dèstra f , dreta f
Vietnamese: ( on one's right ) bên phải
Vilamovian: racht
right-wing politicians and parties
From Middle English righten , reghten , riȝten , from Old English rihtan , ġerihtan ( “ to straighten, judge, set upright, set right ” ) , from Proto-West Germanic *rihtijan , from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną ( “ to straighten; rectify; judge ” ) .
right (third-person singular simple present rights , present participle righting , simple past and past participle righted )
( transitive ) To correct .
Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.
( transitive ) To set upright .
The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.
( intransitive ) To return to normal upright position.
When the wind died down, the ship righted .
( transitive ) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
to right the oppressed
c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: [ … ] ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ ward] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals) :So just is God, to right the innocent.
1776 , Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Declaration of Independence :All experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
to correct
Arabic: صَحَّحَ ( ṣaḥḥaḥa )
Bashkir: төҙәтеү ( töźətew ) , дөрөҫләү ( döröśləw )
Basque: zuzendu
Bulgarian: поправям (bg) ( popravjam )
Czech: napravit , narovnat pf
Danish: rette , korrigere
Dutch: verbeteren (nl)
Faroese: rætta
Finnish: korjata (fi)
French: corriger (fr)
Georgian: გასწორება ( gasc̣oreba ) , შესწორება ( šesc̣oreba ) , გამოსწორება ( gamosc̣oreba ) , ჩასწორება ( časc̣oreba )
German: berichtigen (de) , richtigstellen (de) , korrigieren (de)
Hungarian: helyreállít (hu) , korrigál (hu) , kijavít (hu) , helyrehoz (hu) , jóvátesz (hu) , igazságot szolgáltat
Ido: korektigar (io)
Italian: correggere (it)
Japanese: 訂正する (ja) ( ていせいする, teisei suru )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: راست کردن ( rast kirdin )
Northern Kurdish: sererast kirin (ku) , rast kirin (ku) , durist kirin (ku)
Latin: corrigo
Macedonian: поправа n ( poprava ) , исправа n ( isprava ) , кореги́ра n ( koregíra )
Polish: prostować (pl) impf , sprostować pf , wyprostować (pl) pf , poprawiać (pl) impf , poprawić (pl) pf , korygować (pl) impf , skorygować (pl) pf
Portuguese: corrigir (pt)
Romanian: corecta (ro) , îndrepta (ro)
Russian: исправля́ть (ru) impf ( ispravljátʹ ) , испра́вить (ru) pf ( isprávitʹ ) , поправля́ть (ru) ( popravljátʹ ) , попра́вить (ru) ( poprávitʹ )
Serbo-Croatian: ispraviti (sh)
Slovene: popravljati , popraviti
Spanish: corregir (es)
Swedish: rätta (sv) , korrigera (sv) ( minor corrections )
Thai: แก้ (th) ( gɛ̂ɛ )
Turkish: düzeltmek (tr)
Welsh: reit
(intransitive) to return to normal upright position
From Old English riht .
right (plural rightes )
A good deed ; a right action.
A just or equitable action.
A law , ruling , judgement or rule .
A right , entitlement or privilege .
Truth, correctness .
right (direction; as opposed to the left)
right (plural and weak singular righte , comparative rightre , superlative rightest )
Straight ; not crooked or bent .
On the or at the right (as opposed to left)
Morally or legally correct or justified.
Real , genuine , authentic , true .
Natural , undisturbed .
Unadapted borrowing from English right fielder .
right m (plural rights )
( baseball ) right fielder
According to Royal 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.