Cambridge Dictionaries online Cambridge Dictionaries online

The most popular online dictionary and thesaurus for learners of English

  

right

 
 
/raɪt/ adjective

Translation

CORRECT correct or true
doğru
He only got half the answers right. You're right about Alison - she's incredible! "You came here in 1979, didn't you?" "That's right."316
DIRECTION [always before noun] on or towards the side of your body that is to the east when you are facing north
sağ, sağ tarafta/tarafa
your right hand There's a tree on the right side of the house.1718
SUITABLE suitable or best in a particular situation
uygun, tamam, en iyi, haklı, doğru, yerinde, isabetli
I'm not sure she's the right person for the job. Are we going in the right direction?1889665
ACCEPTABLE fair or morally acceptable
doğru, adil, ahlaken kabuledilebilir, doğruluk, dürüstlük
It's not right to criticize him behind his back.6659591908
put sth right to solve a problem
çözmek, halletmek,
1900
COMPLETE [always before noun] UK informal used for emphasizing when something is bad
oldukça, tamamen, baştan sona, gerçek, tam
His house is a right mess. → See also all right adjective adverb1245
(Definition of right adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

“right” in other dictionaries

Word of the Day

bogus

false, not real or not legal

Word of the Day

Blog

Read our blog about how the English language behaves.

Learn More

New Words

Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.

Learn More