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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
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: →
Near-synonym: starboard
After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left.
Đồng nghĩa: right-hand, dexter, dextral, starboard
- 2.
Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
The road up ahead contains a right bend.
Rotate the bolt to the right to tighten it.
- 3.
Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
That's not the right thing to do.
So I was right all along? C'mon. I want to hear you say it.
Đồng nghĩa: correct, just
- 4.
Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
Is this the right software for my computer?
- 5.
Healthy, sane, competent.
I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.
- 6.
Real; veritable (used emphatically).
You've made a right mess of the kitchen!
- 7.
(geometry) Of an angle, measuring 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.
- 8.
(geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
a right triangle a right prism a right cone
- 9.
(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.
The Louvre Museum is on the right bank of the Seine.
- 10.
Designed to be placed or worn outward.
the right side of a piece of cloth Begin this stitch on the right side.
- 11.
(politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
Đồng nghĩa: right-wing, conservative
- 12.
(Australia)All right; not requiring assistance.
Đồng nghĩa: all right, OK
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(not comparable)On the right side.
- 2.
(not comparable)Towards the right side.
- 3.
(not comparable)Exactly, precisely.
The arrow landed right in the middle of the target.
Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film.
- 4.
(not comparable)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.
You come right home this instant!
- 5.
(British, US, dialectal, not comparable)(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.
- 6.
(not comparable)According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
- 7.
(not comparable)In a correct manner.
Do it right or don't do it at all.
Nothing is going right for me lately.
interjection
interjectionryghtreightrite
- 1.
Yes, that is correct; I agree.
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.
- 2.
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).
— 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?
- 3.
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?
- 4.
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?
- 5.
Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
That which complies with justice, law or reason.
We're on the side of right in this contest.
- 2.
A legal, just or moral entitlement.
You have no right to go through my personal diary.
- 3.
The right side or direction.
The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.
- 4.
The right hand or fist.
- 5.
The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; a copyright.
- 6.
(politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
The political right holds too much power.
- 7.
The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
Đồng nghĩa: right side
- 8.
(surfing) A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To correct.
Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.
- 2.
(transitive)To set upright.
The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.
- 3.
(intransitive)To return to normal upright position.
When the wind died down, the ship righted.
- 4.
(transitive)To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
to right the oppressed
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ine-pro gmw-pro 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 *reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz (right, straight; just, morally upright), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (right, straightened), from *h₃reǵ- (to straighten; to righten).