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right

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?
  5. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
    Is this the right software for my computer?
  6. Healthy, sane, competent.
    I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.
  7. 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
  8. (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.'
  9. (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
    • c. 1707 Joseph Adsison, The Tatler
      The lady has been disappointed on the right side.
  10. 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.
  11. Designed to be placed or worn outward.
    the right side of a piece of cloth
  12. (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?
  4. Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance.
    You're going, right?
  5. 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

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verd

English

Etymology

See vert, verdant.

Noun

verd (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, Britain, law) The privilege of cutting green wood within a forest for fuel.
  2. (obsolete, Britain, law) The right of pasturing animals in a forest.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
  3. (obsolete) greenness; freshness
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Nares to this entry?)

Anagrams

  • RV'ed, RVed, Revd., derv, rev'd

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan vert and its variants (compare Occitan verd), from Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem (compare French vert, Spanish verde), from Latin viridis, viridem.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?v??t/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /?b?rt/

Adjective

verd (feminine verda, masculine plural verds, feminine plural verdes)

  1. green

Noun

verd m (uncountable)

  1. green

Derived terms

  • bròquil verd
  • Cap Verd
  • de més verdes en maduren
  • oliva verda
  • verdura

Related terms

  • enverdir
  • verger

See also


Estonian

Noun

verd

  1. partitive singular of veri

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin viridis.

Adjective

verd m (feminine singular verda, masculine plural verds, feminine plural verdes)

  1. green

Friulian

Alternative forms

  • vert

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.

Adjective

verd

  1. green

Related terms

  • inverdî
  • verda?
  • verdôr
  • verdure
  • verge

Hungarian

Alternative forms

  • verjed

Etymology

ver +? -d (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?v?rd]
  • Hyphenation: verd

Verb

verd

  1. second-person singular subjunctive present definite of ver

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian verde, from Latin viridis.

Adjective

verd

  1. green

Middle English

Noun

verd

  1. Alternative form of vert

Adjective

verd

  1. Alternative form of vert

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • vert

Etymology

From Old French vert, with the d to reflect its Latin etymology, viridis.

Noun

verd m (uncountable)

  1. green

Adjective

verd m (feminine singular verde, masculine plural verds, feminine plural verdes)

  1. green

Descendants

  • French: vert
    • Haitian Creole: vèt,
    • ? Wolof: wert

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ver?ld, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz.

Noun

verd f or m (definite singular verda or verden, indefinite plural verder, definite plural verdene)

  1. alternative form of verden
Derived terms
  • verdslig

Etymology 2

From Old Norse verðr

Adjective

verd (indeclinable)

  1. alternative form of verdt

References

  • “verd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ver?ld, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz. Akin to English world.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?æ?r/

Noun

verd f (definite singular verda, indefinite plural verder, definite plural verdene)

  1. (definite singular form) world (human collective existence)
  2. (definite singular form) the Earth
  3. world, planet
Derived terms
  • verdshav
  • verdsleg
  • verdsmeister
  • verdsrekord

Etymology 2

From Old Norse verðr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??rd/

Adjective

verd (neuter singular verdt, definite singular and plural verde)

  1. worth (equal in value to)
Derived terms
  • mindreverd

References

  • “verd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan vert and its variants, from Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?bert/

Adjective

verd m (feminine singular verda, masculine plural verds, feminine plural verdas)

  1. green

Noun

verd m (uncountable)

  1. green

Related terms

  • verdir
  • vergièr

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /v?rd/

Adjective

verd

  1. green

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Sutsilvan) veard

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.

Adjective

verd m (feminine singular verda, masculine plural verds, feminine plural verdas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) green

Noun

verd m

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) green

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