A2adjective · frequent

straight

straight · straighter · straightest

прямий, правильний, безпосередній, відвертий

прямой, правильный, нормальный, чистый

gerade, direkt, offen, rein

Not crooked, curly, or bentNot crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.

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/stɹeɪt/

» Let's go straight to the beach.

Lass uns gleich an den Strand gehen.

Пойдём прямо на пляж.

Пойдёмте прямо на пляж.

Ходімо просто на пляж.

Meaning

27 senses

Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
gerade
прямо́йprjamój
прями́йprjamýj
(usually)Direct, undeviating.
Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
having no deviations
Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
Serious rather than comedic.
In proper order; as it should be.
rechtschaffen, ordentlich
пра́вильныйprávilʹnyj, норма́льныйnormálʹnyj
пра́вильнийprávylʹnyj
In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
After four straight wins, Mudchester United are top of the league.
Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
(US)Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
a straight Republican
a straight Democrat

Examples

1233 sentences

Let's go straight to the beach.
Ходімо просто на пляж.
ruПойдём прямо на пляж.
deLass uns gleich an den Strand gehen.
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He drew a straight line on the wall.
Він намалював на стіні пряму лінію.
ruОн начертил на стене прямую линию.
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Go straight down this street and turn right at the third light.
Їдьте прямо цією вулицею і поверніть праворуч на третьому світлофорі.
ruИдите по этой улице прямо и на третьем светофоре сверните направо.
deGehen Sie diese Straße entlang geradeaus und biegen Sie an der dritten Ampel rechts ab.
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Tom came straight up to me.
Том пішов відразу до мене.
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I have straight hair.
У мене пряме волосся.
ruУ меня прямые волосы.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 3

direct, truthful, frank:

as it should be:

heterosexual:

Русский

By meaning 4

direct, truthful, frank:

as it should be:

heterosexual:

undiluted:

Deutsch

By meaning 6

direct, truthful, frank:

not crooked or bent:

as it should be:

conventional:

heterosexual:

undiluted:

Origin

From Middle English streight, streght, streiȝt, the past participle of strecchen (“to stre

From Middle English streight, streght, streiȝt, the past participle of strecchen (“to stretch”), from Old English streċċan (past participle ġestreaht, ġestreht), from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan (“to stretch”). Cognate with Scots straicht (“straight”), Dutch gestrekt (“stretched”), German gestreckt (“stretched”), Danish strakt (“stretched”), Faroese and Norn strekti (“stretched”), Icelandic strekkti (“stretched”), Norwegian strekte (“stretched”), Swedish sträckte (“stretched”). Doublet of straught. Equivalent to stretch + -ed.

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