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8 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Right \Right\ (r[imac]t), adjective [OE. right, riht, AS. riht; akin to D. regt, OS. & OHG. reht, G. recht, Dan. ret, Sw. r["a]tt, Icel. r["e]ttr, Goth. ra['i]hts, L. rectus, p. p. of regere to guide, rule; cf. Skr. [.r]ju straight, right. [root]115. Cf. {Adroit},{Alert}, {Correct}, {Dress}, {Regular}, {Rector}, {Recto}, {Rectum}, {Regent}, {Region}, {Realm}, {Rich}, {Royal}, {Rule}.]
1. Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line. ''Right as any line.'' --Chaucer
2. Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.
3. Conformed to the constitution of man and the will of God, or to justice and equity; not deviating from the true and just; according with truth and duty; just; true.
That which is conformable to the Supreme Rule is absolutely right, and is called right simply without relation to a special end. --Whately.
2. Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man in the right place; the right way from London to Oxford.
5. Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not spurious. ''His right wife.'' --Chaucer.
In this battle, . . . the Britons never more plainly manifested themselves to be right barbarians. --Milton.
6. According with truth; passing a true judgment; conforming to fact or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not erroneous; correct; as, this is the right faith.
You are right, Justice, and you weigh this well. --Shak.
If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the inference is . . . right, ''Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.'' --Locke.
7. Most favorable or convenient; fortunate.
The lady has been disappointed on the right side. --Spectator.
8. Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action is usually stronger than on the other side; -- opposed to left when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the right side, hand, arm. Also applied to the corresponding side of the lower animals.
Became the sovereign's favorite, his right hand. --Longfellow.
Note: In designating the banks of a river, right and left are used always with reference to the position of one who is facing in the direction of the current's flow.
9. Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated; correctly done.
10. Designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side of a piece of cloth.
{At right angles}, so as to form a right angle or right angles, as when one line crosses another perpendicularly.
{Right and left}, in both or all directions. [Colloq.]
{Right and left coupling} (Pipe fitting), a coupling the opposite ends of which are tapped for a right-handed screw and a left-handed screw, respectivelly.
{Right angle}. (a) The angle formed by one line meeting another perpendicularly, as the angles ABD, DBC. (b) (Spherics) A spherical angle included between the axes of two great circles whose planes are perpendicular to each other.
{Right ascension}. See under {Ascension}.
{Right Center} (Politics), those members belonging to the Center in a legislative assembly who have sympathies with the Right on political questions. See {Center}, noun, 5.
{Right cone}, {Right cylinder}, {Right prism}, {Right pyramid} (Geom.), a cone, cylinder, prism, or pyramid, the axis of which is perpendicular to the base.
{Right line}. See under {Line}.
{Right sailing} (Naut.), sailing on one of the four cardinal points, so as to alter a ship's latitude or its longitude, but not both. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
{Right sphere} (Astron. & Geol.), a sphere in such a position that the equator cuts the horizon at right angles; in spherical projections, that position of the sphere in which the primitive plane coincides with the plane of the equator.
Note: Right is used elliptically for it is right, what you say is right, true.
''Right,'' cries his lordship. --Pope.
Syn: Straight; direct; perpendicular; upright; lawful; rightful; true; correct; just; equitable; proper; suitable; becoming.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Right \Right\, adverb
1. In a right manner.
2. In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide.
Unto Dian's temple goeth she right. --Chaucer.
Let thine eyes look right on. --Prov. iv. 25.
Right across its track there lay, Down in the water, a long reef of gold. --Tennyson.
3. Exactly; just. [Obs. or Colloq.]
Came he right now to sing a raven's note? --Shak.
4. According to the law or will of God; conforming to the standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live right; to judge right.
5. According to any rule of art; correctly.
You with strict discipline instructed right. --Roscommon.
6. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really; correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right. ''Right at mine own cost.'' --Chaucer.
Right as it were a steed of Lumbardye. --Chaucer.
His wounds so smarted that he slept right naught. --Fairfax.
7. In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant. ''He was not right fat''. --Chaucer.
For which I should be right sorry. --Tyndale.
[I] return those duties back as are right fit. --Shak.
Note: In this sense now chiefly prefixed to titles; as, right honorable; right reverend.
{Right honorable}, a title given in England to peers and peeresses, to the eldest sons and all daughters of such peers as have rank above viscounts, and to all privy councilors; also, to certain civic officers, as the lord mayor of London, of York, and of Dublin.
Note: Right is used in composition with other adverbs, as upright, downright, forthright, etc.
{Right along}, without cessation; continuously; as, to work right along for several hours. [Colloq. U.S.]
{Right away}, or {Right off}, at once; straightway; without delay. [Colloq. U.S.] ''We will . . . shut ourselves up in the office and do the work right off.'' --D. Webster.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Right \Right\, noun [AS. right. See {Right}, adjective]
1. That which is right or correct. Specifically: (a) The straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to lawful authority, divine or human; freedom from guilt, -- the opposite of moral wrong. (b) A true statement; freedom from error of falsehood; adherence to truth or fact.
Seldom your opinions err; Your eyes are always in the right. --Prior. (c) A just judgment or action; that which is true or proper; justice; uprightness; integrity.
Long love to her has borne the faithful knight, And well deserved, had fortune done him right. --Dryden.
2. That to which one has a just claim. Specifically: (a) That which one has a natural claim to exact.
There are no rights whatever, without corresponding duties. --Coleridge. (b) That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal. (c) That which justly belongs to one; that which one has a claim to possess or own; the interest or share which anyone has in a piece of property; title; claim; interest; ownership.
Born free, he sought his right. --Dryden.
Hast thou not right to all created things? --Milton.
Men have no right to what is not reasonable. --Burke. (d) Privilege or immunity granted by authority.
3. The right side; the side opposite to the left.
Led her to the Souldan's right. --Spenser.
4. In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists. See {Center}, 5.
5. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
{At all right}, at all points; in all respects. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
{Bill of rights}, a list of rights; a paper containing a declaration of rights, or the declaration itself. See under {Bill}.
{By right}, {By rights}, or {By good rights}, rightly; properly; correctly.
He should himself use it by right. --Chaucer.
I should have been a woman by right. --Shak.
{Divine right}, or
{Divine right of kings}, a name given to the patriarchal theory of government, especially to the doctrine that no misconduct and no dispossession can forfeit the right of a monarch or his heirs to the throne, and to the obedience of the people.
{To rights}. (a) In a direct line; straight. [R.] --Woodward. (b) At once; directly. [Obs. or Colloq.] --Swift.
{To set to rights}, {To put to rights}, to put in good order; to adjust; to regulate, as what is out of order.
{Writ of right} (Law), a writ which lay to recover lands in fee simple, unjustly withheld from the true owner. --Blackstone.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Right \Right\, verb (used without an object)
1. To recover the proper or natural condition or position; to become upright.
2. (Naut.) Hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or boat, after careening.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Right \Right\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Righted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Righting}.] [AS. rihtan. See {Right}, adjective]
1. To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct.
2. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate.
So just is God, to right the innocent. --Shak.
All experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. --Jefferson.
{To right a vessel} (Naut.), to restore her to an upright position after careening.
{To right the helm} (Naut.), to place it in line with the keel.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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" [syn: {correct}] [ant: {incorrect}, {incorrect}]
2: 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" [ant: {left}]
3: socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" [syn: {correct}]
4: in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess" [ant: {wrong}]
5: correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right" [syn: {correct}] [ant: {wrong}]
6: appropriate for a condition or occasion; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position" [syn: {proper}, {suitable}]
7: of or belonging to the political or intellectual right [ant: {left}, {center}]
8: in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again now"; "put things right"
9: intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove" [syn: {right(a)}, {right-hand(a)}]
10: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters" [syn: {correct}]
11: having the axis perpendicular to the base; "a right angle"
12: of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face outward; "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out" [syn: {right(a)}]
13: 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" [syn: {good}, {ripe}]
noun
1: 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"
2: (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights"
3: 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" [ant: {left}]
4: a turn to the right; "take a right at the corner"
5: those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged [syn: {right wing}]
6: anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim" [syn: {rightfulness}] [ant: {wrong}, {wrong}]
7: 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" [syn: {right hand}]
8: the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right [syn: {right field}]
adverb
1: precisely, exactly; "stand right here!"
2: immediately; "she called right after dinner"
3: exactly; "he fell flop on his face" [syn: {flop}]
4: toward or on the right; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right" [ant: {left}]
5: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?" [syn: {properly}, {decently}, {decent}, {in good order}, {the right way}] [ant: {improperly}]
6: an interjection expressing agreement [syn: {right on}]
7: completely; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap"
8: (Southern regional intensive) very; "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" [syn: {mighty}, {powerful}]
9: in accordance with moral or social standards; "that serves him right"; "do right by him" [syn: {justly}]
10: in a correct manner; "he guessed right" [syn: {correctly}, {aright}] [ant: {incorrectly}, {incorrectly}]
verb
1: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" [syn: {compensate}, {redress}, {correct}] [ant: {wrong}]
2: put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized"
3: regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again"
4: make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" [syn: {correct}, {rectify}] [ant: {falsify}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
RIGHT, noun Legitimate authority to be, to do or to have; as the right to be a king, the right to do one's neighbor, the right to have measles, and the like. The first of these rights was once universally believed to be derived directly from the will of God; and this is still sometimes affirmed _in partibus infidelium_ outside the enlightened realms of Democracy; as the well known lines of Sir Abednego Bink, following:
By what right, then, do royal rulers rule? Whose is the sanction of their state and pow'r? He surely were as stubborn as a mule Who, God unwilling, could maintain an hour His uninvited session on the throne, or air His pride securely in the Presidential chair.
Whatever is is so by Right Divine; Whate'er occurs, God wills it so. Good land! It were a wondrous thing if His design A fool could baffle or a rogue withstand! If so, then God, I say (intending no offence) Is guilty of contributory negligence.
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