right

/rɑɪt/ adj, adv (CORRECT)

Definition

› correct, true, or exact: He said the trip would take two hours and he was absolutely/exactly right. My watch has stopped – do you have the right time? Ellen is the right person for the job. She got every answer right.

(Definition of right adj, adv (CORRECT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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rig v ARRANGE
rig v FIX IN PLACE
rigamarole n
rigging n
right adj WISE
right adj, adv CORRECT
right adj, adv HEALTHY
right adj, adv MORAL RULE
right adj, adv SUITABLE
right adj, adv, n DIRECTION
right adv EXACTLY

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right adj, adv SUITABLE
right adj, adv HEALTHY
right adj, adv MORAL RULE
right adj WISE
right n LEGAL OPPORTUNITY
right n POLITICS

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that’s all right idiom
get off on the right foot idiom
right away idiom
right on idiom
right on (the money) idiom
in its own right, at in your own right idiom

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