Definition of Right
Right
right


Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
morally acceptable or justified, good or fair;

e.g. It is only right that we give them a share of what we got.

(adjective)
correct, according to fact, context, or someone's judgement;

e.g. He didn't know the right facts, so he said he would check. I asked if I was using the right technique. She was right to suspect that there was something going on.

(adjective)
on or relating to the side of something, such as the body, that is located to the east when the thing is facing to the north;

e.g. I have an injury on my right foot. He sat on the right side of the bench.

(adverb)
correctly or properly, as is required or necessary;

e.g. She assumed right when she thought we would be here. He was struggling to do it right so I helped him.

(adverb)
directly, completely, or exactly;

e.g. He walked right into a wall. I fell right into the hole. She was walking right behind him.

(noun)
something that one is morally or legally obligated to observe or entitled to obtain/claim;

e.g. It was your right to be there so he shouldn't have sent you away.

(noun)
that which is honorable and just and morally good or correct;

e.g. He has a strong sense of right and wrong, so he will not agree to this.



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