right [1] (rights 3rd person present) (righting present participle) (righted past tense & past participle ) (CORRECT, APPROPRIATE, OR ACCEPTABLE)
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1 adj If something is right , it is correct and agrees with the facts.
(=correct) (Antonym: wrong)
That's absolutely right..., Clocks never told the right time..., The barman tells me you saw Ann on Tuesday morning. Is that right?
Right is also an adverb., adv ADV after v
He guessed right about some things.
rightly adv ADV after v
She attended one meeting only, if I remember rightly.
2 adj If you do something in the right way or in the right place, you do it as or where it should be done or was planned to be done.
usu ADJ n
(=correct) (Antonym: wrong)
Walking, done in the right way, is a form of aerobic exercise..., The chocolate is then melted down to exactly the right temperature.
Right is also an adverb., adv ADV after v
(=correctly)
To make sure I did everything right, I bought a fat instruction book.
3 adj If you say that someone is seen in all theright places or knows all theright people, you mean that they go to places which are socially acceptable or know people who are socially acceptable.
usu ADJ n (Antonym: wrong)
He was always to be seen in the right places...
4 adj If someone is right about something, they are correct in what they say or think about it. , (Antonym: wrong)
Ron has been right about the result of every General Election but one...
rightly adv
He rightly assumed that the boy was hiding.
5 adj If something such as a choice, action, or decision is the right one, it is the best or most suitable one. , (Antonym: wrong)
She'd made the right choice in leaving New York..., The right decision was made, but probably for the wrong reasons...
rightly adv ADV with v
She hoped she'd decided rightly.
6 adj If something is notright , there is something unsatisfactory about the situation or thing that you are talking about.
v-link ADJ, with brd-neg (Antonym: wrong)
Ratatouille doesn't taste right with any other oil...
7 adj If you think that someone was right to do something, you think that there were good moral reasons why they did it.
v-link ADJ, usu ADJ to-inf (Antonym: wrong)
You were right to do what you did, under the circumstances...
rightly adv ADV before v, ADV with cl
The crowd screamed for a penalty but the referee rightly ignored them...
8 adj Right is used to refer to activities or actions that are considered to be morally good and acceptable.
v-link ADJ, oft with brd-neg (Antonym: wrong)
It's not right, leaving her like this...
Right is also a noun., n-uncount
At least he knew right from wrong.
rightness n-uncount usu N of n
Many people have very strong opinions about the rightness or wrongness of abortion.
9 verb If you right something or if it rightsitself, it returns to its normal or correct state, after being in an undesirable state.
They recognise the urgency of righting the economy... V n
Your eyesight rights itself very quickly. V pron-refl
10 verb If you right a wrong, you do something to make up for a mistake or something bad that you did in the past.
(=rectify)
We've made progress in righting the wrongs of the past... V n
11 verb If you right something that has fallen or rolled over, or if it rightsitself, it returns to its normal upright position.
He righted the yacht and continued the race... V n
The helicopter turned at an awful angle before righting itself. V pron-refl
12 adj The right side of a material is the side that is intended to be seen and that faces outwards when it is made into something.
ADJ n (Antonym: wrong)
13 If you say that things are going right, you mean that your life or a situation is developing as you intended or expected and you are pleased with it.
to go right phrase V inflects
I can't think of anything in my life that's going right...
14 If someone has behaved in a way which is morally or legally right, you can say that they are in the right. You usually use this expression when the person is involved in an argument or dispute.
in the right phrase usu v-link PHR (Antonym: in the wrong)
She wasn't entirely in the right...
15 If you put something right , you correct something that was wrong or that was causing problems.
to put sth right phrase V inflects
We've discovered what's gone wrong and are going to put it right.
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heart in the right place
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heart
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it serves you right
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serve
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on the right side of
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side
