different between right vs fit

English

Alternative forms

• reight (Yorkshire)
• rite (informal)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: r?t, IPA^(key): /??a?t/
• (General American) enPR: r?t, IPA^(key): /??a?t/, [??a??(t?)]
• (adverb: exactly; immediately):

  (dialectal, includes Western Canada, Northern England, Midlands) IPA^(key): /??e?t/, [??e??t?]

• Rhymes: -a?t
• Homophones: rite, wright, Wright, write, rate (dialectal; certain senses only)

Etymology 1

From Middle English right, ri?t, re?t, from Old English riht, ryht, reht (“right”), from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz (“right, direct”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?re?tós (“having moved in a straight line”), from *h?re?- (“to straighten, direct”). An Indo-European past participle, it became a Germanic adjective which has been used also as a noun since the common Germanic period. Cognate with West Frisian rjocht, Dutch recht, German recht and Recht, Swedish rätt and rät, Danish ret, Norwegian Bokmål rett, Norwegian Nynorsk rett, and Icelandic rétt. The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek ??????? (orektós) and Latin r?ctus; Albanian drejt was borrowed from Latin.

Adjective

right (comparative righter or more right, superlative rightest or rightmost)

1. (archaic) Straight, not bent.

   a right line

2. (geometry) Of an angle, having a size of 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.

3. (geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.

   a right triangle, a right prism, a right cone

4. Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.

   I thought you'd made a mistake, but it seems you were right all along.

   It's not right that one person gets all the credit for the group's work.

   • 1610, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding/Book II

     If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the inference is certainly right, "Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die."

   • 1808, Bishop Joseph Hall, Devotional works

     there are some dispositions blame-worthy in men, which are yet, in a right sense, holily ascribed unto God; as unchangeableness, and irrepentance.

   • 1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge Chapter 13

     What do you send me into London for, giving me only the right to call for my dinner at the Black Lion, which you’re to pay for next time you go, as if I was not to be trusted with a few shillings? Why do you use me like this? It’s not right of you. You can’t expect me to be quiet under it.

   • January 4 2018, Catherine Ford in the Calgary Herald, Religious-based health care raises ethical questions

     But when that patient requests access to medical care that violates some religious tenet, is it right that he or she either be denied outright or forced to seek an alternative facility?

6. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.

   Is this the right software for my computer?

7. Healthy, sane, competent.

   I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.

8. Real; veritable (used emphatically).

   You've made a right mess of the kitchen!

   • 2016, Sarah Harvey, A Laugh-out-loud Modern Love Story

     He's got a wicked sense of fun, he can be a right laugh, he's ever so broadminded – ooh, and he's got a lovely broad chest too.

   • 1670, John Milton, The History of Britain

     […] in this battle and whole business the Britons never more plainly manifested themselves to be right barbarians: no rule, no foresight, no forecast, experience, or estimation

9. (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
   • 1986 David Williamson, "What If You Died Tomorrow," Collected plays, Volume 1, Currency Press, p310

     KIRSTY: I suppose you're hungry. Would you like something to eat? / KEN: No. I'm right, thanks.

   • 2001 Catherine Menagé, Access to English, National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research, NSW: Sydney, p25

     When the sales assistant sees the customer, she asks Are you right, sir? This means Are you all right? She wants to know if he needs any help.

   • 2001 Morris Gleitzman, Two weeks with the Queen, Pan Macmillan Australia, p75

     'You lost?' / Colin spun round. Looking at him was a nurse, her eyebrows raised. / 'No, I'm right, thanks,' said Colin.'

10. (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
    • c. 1707 Joseph Adsison, The Tatler

      The lady has been disappointed on the right side.

11. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the reader's right: ?

    After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left.

12. Designed to be placed or worn outward.

    the right side of a piece of cloth

13. (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.

Synonyms

• (correctness): correct, just
• (side, direction): dexter, dextral, right-hand
• (politics): conservative, right-wing
• (as a tag question): see Appendix:English tag questions

Antonyms

• (straightness): bowed, crooked, curved
• (correctness): wrong
• (side, direction): left

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Descendants

• ? Spanish: right
• ? Welsh: reit

Etymology 2

From Middle English right, righte, from Old English rihte, rehte (“right; rightly; due; directly; straight”), from Proto-Germanic *rehta, from *rehtaz (“right; straight”).

Adverb

right (not comparable)

1. On the right side.
2. Towards the right side.
3. Exactly, precisely.
4. Immediately, directly.

5. (Britain, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite.
6. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
7. In a correct manner.

8. (dated, still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree.

Usage notes

In the US, the word "right" is used as an adverb meaning "very, quite" in most of the major dialect areas, including the Southern US, Appalachia, New England, and the Midwest, though the usage is not part of standard US English. In the UK also it is not part of the standard language but is regarded as stereotypical of the dialects of northern England, though it occurs in other dialects also.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:right.

Synonyms

• (on the right side): rightward, rightwise
• (towards the right side): rightward, rightways
• (exactly, precisely): exactly, just, precisely, smack-dab; see also Thesaurus:exactly
• (immediately, directly): right smack, slap-bang
• (very, extremely): ever so; see also Thesaurus:very
• (according to fact or truth): in point of fact, in truth; see also Thesaurus:actually
• (correct manner): correctly, properly

Derived terms

• right away
• right now
• right quick
• right smart

Related terms

• downright
• upright

Translations

Interjection

right

1. Yes, that is correct; I agree.
   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     Tell her you’re here. — Right, thanks, Pete.

2. I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion.
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?

5. Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance.

   You're going, right?

6. Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
   • 1987, Withnail and I:

     Withnail: Right ... I'm gonna do the washing up.

Translations

Derived terms

• yeah right

Etymology 3

From Middle English right, righte, reght, reghte, ri?t, ri?te, from Old English riht, reht, ?eriht (“that which is right, just, or proper; a right; due; law; canon; rule; direction; justice; equity; standard”), from Proto-West Germanic *reht, from Proto-Germanic *reht? (“a right”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?re?tom, from Proto-Indo-European *h?re?t- (“to straighten; direct”). Cognate with Dutch recht (“a right; privilege”), German Recht (“a right”).

Noun

right (plural rights)

1. That which complies with justice, law or reason.

2. A legal, just or moral entitlement.
   • 1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk

     There are no rights whatever, without corresponding duties.
3. The right side or direction.

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.

7. The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
8. (surfing) A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).

   Antonym: left

Synonyms

• (right side): starboard, 3 o'clock

Antonyms

• (legal or moral entitlement): duty, obligation

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 4

From Middle English righten, reghten, ri?ten, from Old English rihtan, ?erihtan (“to straighten, judge, set upright, set right”), from Proto-West Germanic *rihtijan, from Proto-Germanic *rihtijan? (“to straighten; rectify; judge”).

Verb

right (third-person singular simple present rights, present participle righting, simple past and past participle righted)

1. (transitive) To correct.

2. (transitive) To set upright.

3. (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.

4. (transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
   • c. 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III

     So just is God, to right the innocent.

   • 1776, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, Declaration of Independence

     All experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

Derived terms

• aright
• beright
• eright
• unright

Translations

Further reading

• right at OneLook Dictionary Search
• right in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• girth, grith

Middle English

Alternative forms

• re?t, ri?te, ri?t, ry?t, ryght, righte, riht

Etymology

From Old English riht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rixt/, [riçt]
• Rhymes: -ixt

Noun

right (plural rightes or righten)

1. A good deed, right action
2. A just or equitable action
3. A law, ruling, judgement or rule
4. A right, entitlement or privilege
5. Truth, correctness
6. right (direction; as opposed to the left)

Descendants

• English: right
  • ? Spanish: right
  • ? Welsh: reit
  • Northumbrian: reet
• Scots: richt

References

• “right, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-18.

Adjective

right (plural and weak singular righte, comparative rightre, superlative rightest)

1. straight, not bent
2. On the or at the right (as opposed to left)
3. Morally correct or justified
4. Legally correct or justified
5. real, genuine, authentic, true
6. natural, undisturbed

Related terms

• rightful

Descendants

• English: right
  • ? Spanish: right
  • ? Welsh: reit
• Scots: richt
• Yola: reicht, riaught

References

• “right, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-18.

Spanish

Etymology

From English right fielder.

Noun

right m (plural rights)

1. (baseball) right fielder

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

Possibly from Middle English fit (“an adversary of equal power”).

Adjective

fit (comparative fitter, superlative fittest)

1. Suitable, proper.
2. Adapted to a purpose or environment.
3. In good shape; physically well.

4. (Britain, informal, chiefly slang) Sexually attractive; good-looking; fanciable.
5. Prepared; ready.

   • So fit to shoot, she singled forth among her foes who first her quarry's strength should feel.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

fit (third-person singular simple present fits, present participle fitting, simple past and past participle fitted or fit)

1. (transitive) To be suitable for.
   • 1918, Richard Dennis Teall Hollister, Speech-making, publ. George Wahr, pg. 81:

     The speaker should be certain that his subject fits the occasion.

2. (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.

3. (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape
   • 2016 February 2, Kate Winslet & al., Jimmy Kimmel Live!

     Even though in a way you let him freeze to death in the water, because the way I see it...
     I agree. Y'know, I think he actually could have fitted on that bit of door.
     There was plenty of room on the raft.
     I know. I know, I know.

4. (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
   1. (transitive) To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.

5. (transitive) To be in agreement with.
6. (transitive) To adjust.

7. (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
8. (transitive) To equip or supply.

9. (transitive) To make ready.
10. (intransitive, archaic) To be seemly.
11. To be proper or becoming.
12. (intransitive) To be in harmony.

Usage notes

• In senses 1 to 6, this is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

fit (plural fits)

1. The degree to which something fits.

2. Conformity of elements one to another.

3. The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
4. (advertising) Measure of how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.

5. (statistics) Goodness of fit.
6. (bridge) The quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump.

Usage notes

Usually used in the singular preceded by an indefinite article and an adjective.

Translations

References

• (advertising): The Advertising Research Handbook Charles E. Young, Ideas in Flight, Seattle, Washington, April 2005

Etymology 2

Unknown, possibly from Old English fitt (“song”), or from the sense of fitted to length.

Noun

fit (plural fits)

1. (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
   • 1771, Samuel Johnson, "Letter to Bennet Langton, Esq. (March 20)," in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), vol 2:

     Dr. Percy has written a long ballad in many fits.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary: fit, fyte n. 1

Etymology 3

Unknown, possibly from Old English fitt (“conflict”).Probably cognate with Italian fitta (“pain, especially sudden and stabbing pain”).See more at Latin f?gere.

Noun

fit (plural fits)

1. A seizure or convulsion.

2. (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
3. A sudden outburst of emotion.

   Synonyms: blowout, hissy, tantrum, spell, moment

4. A sudden burst (of an activity).

   Synonyms: flurry, frenzy, paroxysm

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

fit (third-person singular simple present fits, present participle fitting, simple past and past participle fitted)

1. (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.
   • 2016, 18 May, Three dogs die and seven more ill after drinking from the same Kent lake amid contamination fears (in The Telegraph)

     A spokesman said: "It is believed they (the dogs) got into the lake and drank from it. They came out and started fitting. Shortly after that three of them died and vets are attempting to resuscitate the other one."

Etymology 4

Verb

fit

1. (African-American Vernacular, dated) Fought.
   • Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho

     Joshua fit the battle of Jericho and the walls came tumbling down

Anagrams

• ITF, TIF, if't

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Of onomatopoetic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fit]

Noun

fit (definite accusative fiti, plural fitl?r)

1. whistle
2. siren (a device that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device)

Declension

Derived terms

• fit çalmaq (“to whistle”)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?fit/
• Rhymes: -it

Adjective

fit (feminine fita, masculine plural fits, feminine plural fites)

1. fixed (of eyes, regard, etc.)

Noun

fit m (plural fits)

1. target

Chinese

Etymology

Borrowed from English fit.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fit

1. (Cantonese) fit (physically well; in good shape)

Czech

Adjective

fit

1. fit, healthy

Usage notes

• This adjective is indeclinable.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t

Adjective

fit (comparative fitter, superlative fitst)

1. fit (in good shape)

Inflection

French

Pronunciation

Verb

fit

1. third-person singular past historic of faire

German

Etymology

From English fit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Adjective

fit (comparative fitter, superlative am fittesten)

1. fit (in good physical shape)

Declension

Derived terms

• Fitmacher
• Fitness (rarely Fitheit)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Noun

fit f (genitive singular fitjar, nominative plural fitjar)

1. (zoology) web, interdigital webbing, a membrane that connects the digits of an animal
2. (knitting) a casting on, casting on

Declension

Related terms

• breiðafit
• fitja
• fuglafit
• fuglsfit
• gullfit
• hundafit
• lykkjufit
• Halldórufit
• silfurfit
• skollafit
• sundfit

Further reading

• A deliberation on the word "fit" on the Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum ("Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies")

Latin

Verb

fit

1. third-person singular present passive indicative of faci?
2. third-person singular present active indicative of f??

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From English fit, probably through German fit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fit/
• Rhymes: -it

Adjective

fit (masculine fitten, neuter fit, comparative méi fit, superlative am fitsten)

1. fit (in good shape)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fit.

Noun

fit f (definite singular fita or fiti, indefinite plural fitjar or fiter, definite plural fitjane or fitene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by fet

Old Norse

Noun

fit f (genitive fitjar, plural fitjar)

1. (zoology, anatomy) webbed foot (of swimming birds)
2. (zoology, anatomy) flippers (of a seal)
3. (landform) meadowland on the banks of a lake or river

Declension

References

• fit in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Scots

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

fit (plural fits)

1. foot
2. lower end (of a street, river, field etc)

Derived terms

• fitbaw

Verb

fit (third-person singular present fits, present participle fitin, past fitt, past participle fitt)

1. to foot

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronoun

fit

1. Doric form of what

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fit]

Noun

fit (nominative plural fits)

1. (male or female) fish (cold-blooded vertebrate)

Declension

Derived terms

See also