How to use right in a sentence Definition of right adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary If you are right about something or someone, you are correct in your judgment or…
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Conforming with or conformable to justice, law, or morality
Do the right thing and confess
In accordance with fact, reason, or truth If something is right, it is correct and agrees with the facts Clocks never told the right time You chip away at the problem until somebody comes up with the right answer.
In accordance with fact, reason, some set standard, etc. In accordance with what is good, proper, or just Correct in judgment, opinion, or action. There are 41 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word right, six of which are labelled obsolete
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In conformity with fact, reason, truth, or some standard or principle Correct in judgment, opinion, or action To say the right thing at. Complying with justice, correctness, or reason
See also the interjection senses below Wrong, incorrect, unjust that's not.
