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Definition of right 1 in English English dictionary

heart in the right place: see heart it serves you right: see serve on the right side of: see side

If you right something or if it rights itself, it returns to its normal or correct state, after being in an undesirable state. They recognise the urgency of righting the economy Your eyesight rights itself very quickly

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. She wasn't entirely in the right in the wrong

If you think that someone was right to do something, you think that there were good moral reasons why they did it. You were right to do what you did, under the circumstances wrong + rightly right·ly The crowd screamed for a penalty but the referee rightly ignored them

Right is used to refer to activities or actions that are considered to be morally good and acceptable. It's not right, leaving her like this wrong Right is also a noun. At least he knew right from wrong. + rightness right·ness Many people have very strong opinions about the rightness or wrongness of abortion

If you right a wrong, you do something to make up for a mistake or something bad that you did in the past. We've made progress in righting the wrongs of the past = rectify

If something is right, it is correct and agrees with the facts. That's absolutely right Clocks never told the right time The barman tells me you saw Ann on Tuesday morning. Is that right? = correct wrong Right is also an adverb. He guessed right about some things. + rightly right·ly She attended one meeting only, if I remember rightly

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If you put something right, you correct something that was wrong or that was causing problems. We've discovered what's gone wrong and are going to put it right

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If something such as a choice, action, or decision is the right one, it is the best or most suitable one. She'd made the right choice in leaving New York The right decision was made, but probably for the wrong reasons wrong + rightly right·ly She hoped she'd decided rightly

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. I can't think of anything in my life that's going right

If you say that someone is seen in all the right places or knows all the right people, you mean that they go to places which are socially acceptable or know people who are socially acceptable. He was always to be seen in the right places wrong

If you right something that has fallen or rolled over, or if it rights itself, it returns to its normal upright position. He righted the yacht and continued the race The helicopter turned at an awful angle before righting itself

If something is not right, there is something unsatisfactory about the situation or thing that you are talking about. Ratatouille doesn't taste right with any other oil wrong

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. Walking, done in the right way, is a form of aerobic exercise The chocolate is then melted down to exactly the right temperature. = correct wrong Right is also an adverb. To make sure I did everything right, I bought a fat instruction book. = correctly

If someone is right about something, they are correct in what they say or think about it. Ron has been right about the result of every General Election but one wrong + rightly right·ly He rightly assumed that the boy was hiding

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. wrong