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[ɹaɪt] [ɹaɪʔ(t̚)] [ɹeɪt] [ɹeɪʔt̚] [-aɪt] 
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- NounPLrights
- That which complies with justice, law or reason.
- We're on the side of right in this contest.
- A legal or moral entitlement.
- You have no right to go through my personal diary.
- The right side or direction.
- The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.
- (politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
- The political right holds too much power.
- The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
- That which complies with justice, law or reason.
- VerbSGrightsPRrightingPT, PPrighted
- To correct.
- Righting all the wrongs of the war will be impossible.
- To set upright.
- The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.
- VI To return to normal upright position.
- When the wind died down, the ship righted.
- To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
- to right the oppressed
- To correct.
- AdjectiveCOMrighterCOMmore rightSUPrightestSUPrightmost
- (archaic) Straight, not bent.
- a right line
- 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.
- 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.
- Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
- Is this the right software for my computer?
- Healthy, sane, competent.
- I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.
- Real; veritable.
- You've made a right mess of the kitchen!
- (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
- (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
- (archaic) Straight, not bent.
- AdverbCOMrighterCOMmore rightSUPrightestSUPrightmost
- On the right side.
- Towards the right side.
- Exactly, precisely.
- The arrow landed right in the middle of the target.
- Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film.
- Immediately, directly.
- Can't you see it? It's right beside you!
- Tom was standing right in front of the TV, blocking everyone's view.
- (Britain, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite.
- I made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I?
- I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much.
- According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
- In a correct manner.
- Do it right or don't do it at all.
- (dated, still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree.
- He b'iled right over, and the tongue-lashing he give that boss Right Liver beat anything I ever listened to. There was heap of Scriptur' language in it, and more brimstone than you'd find in a match factory.
- On the right side.
- Interjection
- Yes, that is correct; I agree.
- I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion.
- 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?
- Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance.
- You're going, right?
- Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
- Yes, that is correct; I agree.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- "Was something in the right hemisphere disinhibited by the stroke?
- The workers are erecting the new building right now.
- He's depersonalizing right now, so he's considering checking himself into the hospital.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Right and left ventricular collagen content was increased with pulmonary artery banding compared to sham-operated controls and ameliorated by macitentan.
- Right below Juan Ponce is the Palace of the Fortaleza de Santa Catalina drawn in such a way so as to highlight the Puerto Rican and the Usonian flags waving above.
- Right panels represent the time-course of a FRAP experiment: prebleach image (top), first image after bleach (middle), 100 s after start of acquisition (bottom).
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The crossed hammer and sickle symbolise the union of workers and peasantry in their fight for their rights.
- The final communiqué of the G8 summit didn't even mention human rights.
- Parallel studies are carried out for the undirectional model, where the neighbor effects do not depend on whether they are from the left or right.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of right in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Uncomparable adverbs
- Uncomparable adverbs
- Interjections
- Nouns
- Abstract nouns
- Countable nouns
- Abstract nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Adjectives
- en rights
- en rightly
- en righteousness
- en righteous
- en right-hand
Source: Wiktionary
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Grammatically, this word "right" is an adjective. It's also an adverb, more specifically, an uncomparable adverb. It's also an interjection. It's also a noun, more specifically, an abstract noun and a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb.