right
That which complies with justice, law or reasonThat which complies with justice, law or reason.
» I can't lift my right arm.
Ich kann meinen rechten Arm nicht heben.
Ich kann den rechten Arm nicht heben.
Я не могу поднять правую руку.
Я не можу підняти праву руку.
Meaning
8 sensesThat 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
A legal, just or moral entitlement.
You have no right to go through my personal diary.
Recht
пра́воprávo, права́pravá
пра́воprávo
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
The right hand or fist.
Rechte
The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; a copyright.
The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
The political right holds too much power.
Rechte
пра́выйprávyj
The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).
Rechte
пра́выйprávyj
Examples
14782 sentencesI 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
Take the road on the right.
Поверни на дорогу справа. — deniko
ruПоверните на дорогу справа. — Hellerick
deNehmen Sie die rechte Straße. — faehrmann
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
You must not leave right now.
Зараз ти не пожеш піти. — deniko
deDu darfst gerade jetzt nicht fortgehen. — raggione
You should go back right now.
Тобі треба терміново повернутися. — aandrusiak
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English right, from Old English riht, reht, ġeriht (“that which is right, justFrom 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: rightsSynonyms
8 synonyms- 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 antonymsWord family
57 related wordsCollocations
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