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Meaning of right

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  right
      adv 1: precisely, exactly; "stand right here!"
      2: immediately; "she called right after dinner"
      3: exactly; "he fell flop on his face" [syn: {right}, {flop}]
      4: toward or on the right; also used figuratively; "he looked
         right and left"; "the party has moved right" [ant: {left}]
      5: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't
         you carry me decent?" [syn: {properly}, {decently}, {decent},
         {in good order}, {right}, {the right way}] [ant:
         {improperly}]
      6: an interjection expressing agreement [syn: {right}, {right
         on}]
      7: completely; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the
         trap"
      8: (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree; "the
         baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful
         humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right
         nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily" [syn: {mighty},
         {mightily}, {powerful}, {right}]
      9: in accordance with moral or social standards; "that serves
         him right"; "do right by him" [syn: {justly}, {right}]
      10: in an accurate manner; "the flower had been correctly
          depicted by his son"; "he guessed right" [syn: {correctly},
          {right}, {aright}] [ant: {incorrectly}, {wrong}, {wrongly}]
      adj 1: being or located on or directed toward the side of the
             body to the east when facing north; "my right hand";
             "right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right
             bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you
             are facing downstream" [ant: {left}]
      2: free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the
         correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer";
         "took the right road"; "the right decision" [syn: {correct},
         {right}] [ant: {incorrect}, {wrong}]
      3: socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party
         without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" [syn: {correct},
         {right}]
      4: in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right
         thing and confess" [ant: {wrong}]
      5: correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right" [syn:
         {right}, {correct}] [ant: {wrong}]
      6: appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a
         person's character, needs; "everything in its proper place";
         "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the
         position" [syn: {proper}, {right}]
      7: of or belonging to the political or intellectual right [ant:
         {center}, {left}]
      8: in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again
         now"; "put things right"
      9: intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove" [syn:
         {right(a)}, {right-hand(a)}]
      10: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure;
          "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open
          oysters" [syn: {correct}, {right}]
      11: having the axis perpendicular to the base; "a right angle"
      12: (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to
          face outward; "the right side of the cloth showed the
          pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out"
      13: most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good
          time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time
          is ripe for great sociological changes" [syn: {good},
          {right}, {ripe}]
      14: precisely accurate; "a veracious account" [syn: {veracious},
          {right}]
      n 1: an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or
           governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are
           endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights";
           "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but
           must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor
           Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives
           you; it is something that nobody can take away"
      2: location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the
         side to the south when a person or object faces east; "he
         stood on the right" [ant: {left}]
      3: the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
         [syn: {right field}, {rightfield}, {right}]
      4: those who support political or social or economic
         conservatism; those who believe that things are better left
         unchanged [syn: {right}, {right wing}]
      5: the hand that is on the right side of the body; "he writes
         with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with
         quick rights to the body" [syn: {right}, {right hand}]
      6: a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when
         the person is facing east; "take a right at the corner"
      7: anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he
         is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim" [syn:
         {right}, {rightfulness}] [ant: {wrong}, {wrongfulness}]
      8: (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom
         in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights"
      v 1: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the
           victims of the Holocaust" [syn: {right}, {compensate},
           {redress}, {correct}] [ant: {wrong}]
      2: put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the
         sailboat that had capsized"
      3: regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat
         righted again"
      4: make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the
         calculation" [syn: {correct}, {rectify}, {right}] [ant:
         {falsify}]

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