right

/rɑɪt/ adv

Definition

A2 to the right side: Turn right after the bridge.

A2 used at the beginning of a sentence to get someone’s attention or to show you have understood someone: Right, whose turn is it to clean up?

B1 exactly in a place or time: He’s right here with me.

right away/now B1 immediately: Do you want to start right away? I’m busy right now.

› correctly: Nothing was going right.

› all the way: Did you read it right through to the end?

(Definition of right adv from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

false, not real or not legal

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