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📖 Определения и значения для слова right

📒 true or correct as a fact

  • Did you get the answer right?
  • ‘What's the right time?’ ‘10.37.’
  • That's exactly right.

📒 correct in your opinion or judgement

  • right about something You were quite right about the weather.
  • right to do something They're absolutely right to be cautious.
  • ‘It's not easy.’ ‘Yeah, you're right.’

📒 correct for a particular situation or thing, or for a particular person

  • Have you got the right money (= the exact amount) for the bus fare?
  • What's the right way to do this?
  • You're not holding it the right way up.

📒 morally good or acceptable; correct according to law or a person’s duty

  • I hope we're doing the right thing.
  • I don't know, it just doesn't seem right.
  • On some level this just feels right.

📒 in a normal or good enough condition

  • I don't feel quite right today (= I feel ill).
  • Things aren't right between her parents.
  • If only I could have helped put matters right.

📒 socially fashionable or important

  • She knows all the right people (= for example, people who can help her in her career).
  • They make sure that their children go to the right schools.
  • I wore the best clothes and was seen in all the right places.

📒 of, on or towards the side of the body that is towards the east when a person faces north

  • your right hand/arm/foot/leg
  • My right eye is weaker than my left eye.
  • Keep on the right side of the road.

📒 used to emphasize something bad

  • You made a right mess of that!
  • I felt a right idiot.

📒 to be able to take advantage of opportunities when they come

  • His success was down to being in the right place at the right time.

📒 to start a relationship well/badly

  • I seem to have got off on the wrong foot with the new boss.

📒 to make somebody pleased with you/annoyed with you

📒 used to say that somebody is willing to give up a lot in order to have or do something that they really want

  • I'd have given my right arm to have been there with them.

📒 to be a sensible person

📒 to have found a very good or successful way of living, doing something, etc.

  • He's certainly got the right idea—retiring at 55.
  • The party had the right idea, but failed to win over the voters.

📒 used to say that somebody’s intentions are kind and sincere even though they sometimes do the wrong thing

📒 to do, say or write something that is suitable/not suitable for a particular occasion

  • It is a bizarre tale and the author hits just the right note of horror and disbelief.
  • Unfortunately, the president struck the wrong note in his speech, ignoring the public mood.

📒 (not) thinking clearly; (not) able to make sensible decisions

  • Who in their right mind would spend $50 000 on a pair of shoes?

📒 having the power to do something gives you the right to do it

  • Their foreign policy is based on the principle that ‘might is right’.

📒 younger or older than 40, 50, etc. years of age

📒 thinking or behaving in the right/wrong way

  • We haven’t found a cure yet—but we are on the right track.
  • The new manager successfully got the team back onto the right track.
  • The police were on the wrong track when they treated the case as a revenge killing.

📒 to do exactly the right things to please somebody

  • a new satirical comedy show that pushes all the right buttons

📒 in excellent health or condition

📒 certainly; in a way that cannot be denied

  • You heard me right enough (= so don't pretend that you did not).

📒 used to express strong approval or support

📒 with the top part turned to the top; in the correct, normal position

  • I dropped my toast, but luckily it fell right side up.

📒 used to say that everything will be all right, even if there is a problem now

📒 used to say that there is no doubt about something

  • ‘We need to stick together.’ ‘Too right!’
  • ‘I'll have to do it again.’ ‘Too right you will.’
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