right
verb [T] /raɪt/Definition
› formal If you right a situation or a mistake, you make it better or correct it: It's a terrible situation and we should right it as soon as possible.Correcting and mendingEditing and compiling › If a boat rights itself, it turns itself back to its correct position in the water: The canoe will right itself if it capsizes.Staying afloat, capsizing and sinking
(Definition of right verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- clean sth up phrasal verb (CRIME)
- correction noun (CHANGE)
- fiddle (about/around) with sth phrasal verb
- fine-tune verb
- fix sth up phrasal verb (REPAIR)
- I tell a lie idiom
- patch verb (PIECE OF MATERIAL)
- put/set sb right idiom
- recondition verb
- reconstruct verb
- reconstruction noun
- refine verb
- refinement noun (CHANGE)
- remedy verb
- revise verb (CHANGE)
- revised adjective
- sort verb (DEAL WITH)
- troubleshooting noun
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- work on sth phrasal verb
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