Right

  • 61right — [OE] Right goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *reg ‘move in a straight line’, hence ‘direct’, hence ‘rule’, which also produced English rich and Latin rēx ‘king’ (source of English regal, royal, etc). Combination with the past… …

    Word origins

  • 62right-on — 1) adj American admirable, thoroughgoing, authentic. A term of approval from the late 1970s which derives from right on! , the 1960s exclamation of enthusiasm, support, agreement or solidarity (itself originally from black American speech). The… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 63right-on — ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n You can describe someone as right on if they have liberal or left wing ideas, especially if you disagree with them or want to make fun of them. right on → see right The people that come to watch the play are all those right… …

    English dictionary

  • 64right on — adjective 1 BrE someone who is right on or has right on opinions, supports social justice, equal rights etc: It s one of those annoyingly right on magazines about the environment. 2 AmE someone is right on when they say something that is correct… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 65right on — UK / US adjective informal 1) British someone who is right on has fashionable left wing views on political and social issues. This word often shows that you dislike people like this Her parents are very right on. right on thinking 2) American… …

    English dictionary

  • 66right — /raɪt/ adjective not left ● The credits are on the right side of the page. ■ noun a legal entitlement to something ● There is no automatic right of renewal to this contract. ● She has a right to the property. ● He has no right to the patent. ●… …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 67right — see the customer is always right do right and fear no man God’s in his heaven, all’s right with the world might is right two wrongs don’t make a right …

    Proverbs new dictionary

  • 68right — raɪt n. privilege, prerogative, something to which a person is entitled; proprietary interest; side that is opposite the left side; turn towards the right side; something which is just or virtuous; hand on the right side of the body; correctness …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 69right — When referring to the side of a unit, the right side is always from the perspective of operation. In other words, when sitting in the driver s seat or when riding a bicycle or when pushing a mower, the right side is the operator s right hand side …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 70Right-On — Infobox Album | Name = Right On Type = Live album Artist = Charly Antolini Dick Morrissey Released = 1993 Recorded = 6th May 1993 Genre = Jazz Length = Label = Bellaphone Producers = Reviews = Last album = Charly Antolini Meets Dick Morrissey… …

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