adjective

 

correct correct or true

He only got half the answers right.

 

direction on or towards the side of your body that is to the east when you are facing north

your right hand

 

suitable suitable or best in a particular situation

I'm not sure she's the right person for the job.

 

acceptable fair or morally acceptable

It's not right to criticize him behind his back.

 

complete used for emphasizing when something is bad

His house is a right mess.

 

adverb

 

exactly exactly in a place or time

He's right here with me.

 

correctly correctly

Nothing was going right.

 

direction to the right side

Turn right after the bridge.

 

all all the way

 

in speech used at the beginning of a sentence to get someone's attention or to show you have understood someone

Right, who's turn is it to tidy up?

 

noun

 

law something that the law allows you to do

the right to free speech

 

direction the right side of your body, or the direction towards this side

 

behaviour morally correct behaviour

I've tried to teach them the difference between right and wrong.

 

verb

 

to put something back in a vertical position, or to return to a vertical position

The boat righted itself and I rowed us back to the shore.