Meaning

8 senses
  1. That which complies with justice, law or reason.

    We're on the side of right in this contest.

    пра́воprávo

    an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature

  2. A legal, just or moral entitlement.

    You have no right to go through my personal diary.

    Recht

    пра́воprávo, права́pravá

    пра́воprávo

  3. The right side or direction.

    The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.

    the hand that is on the right side of the body

  4. The right hand or fist.

    Rechte

  5. The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; a copyright.

  6. The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.

    The political right holds too much power.

    Rechte

    пра́выйprávyj

  7. The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.

  8. A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).

    Rechte

    пра́выйprávyj

Examples

14782 sentences
  1. I can't lift my right arm.

    Я не можу підняти праву руку. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ не могу поднять правую руку. — Biga

    deIch kann meinen rechten Arm nicht heben. — xtofu80

  2. Take the road on the right.

    Поверни на дорогу справа. — deniko

    ruПоверните на дорогу справа. — Hellerick

    deNehmen Sie die rechte Straße. — faehrmann

  3. May I do it right now?

    Можна я зроблю це прямо зараз? — ChickenKiev

    ruМожно я сделаю это прямо сейчас? — Hellerick

    deKann ich es gleich machen? — Tamy

  4. You must not leave right now.

    Зараз ти не пожеш піти. — deniko

    deDu darfst gerade jetzt nicht fortgehen. — raggione

  5. You should go back right now.

    Тобі треба терміново повернутися. — aandrusiak

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
legal or moral entitlement — see also entitlement, privilege, prerogative:
Русский
By meaning 3
which complies with justice, law or reason:
legal or moral entitlement — see also entitlement, privilege, prerogative:
right-wing politicians and parties:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
legal or moral entitlement — see also entitlement, privilege, prerogative:
right hand — see also right hand:

Origin

From Middle English right, from Old English riht, reht, ġeriht (“that which is right, just

From Middle English right, from Old English riht, reht, ġeriht (“that which is right, just, or proper”), from Proto-West Germanic *reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtą (“a right”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵt- (“to straighten; direct”).

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Forms

plural: rights
Singularright
Pluralrights

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
right side:starboard3 o'clock
Close in meaning
  • anything in accord with principles of justice:rightfulness
  • the hand that is on the right side of the body:right hand
  • those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged:right wing
  • the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right:right fieldrightfield

Antonyms

4 antonyms
legal or moral entitlement:dutyB1obligationB2
wrong

Word family

57 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • right now
  • right away
  • that right now
  • the right thing
  • do that right
  • all right
  • that right away
  • right thing
  • busy right now
  • be all right
  • doing that right
  • eating right now

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
right — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto