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right

 
 
/raɪt/ noun

Translation

LAW [C] something that the law allows you to do
yasal hak, hak
the right to free speech [+ to do sth] the right to vote203
DIRECTION [U] the right side of your body, or the direction towards this side
sağ, sağ taraf
You'll find her in the second room on the right.1718
BEHAVIOUR [U] morally correct behaviour
doğruluk, dürüstlük, adalet, haklılık
I've tried to teach them the difference between right and wrong.959972
have a/no right to do sth to have, or not have, a good reason for something
yapmaya hakkı olmak/olmamak
He has a right to be angry. She had no right to speak to me like that.1866
the Right/right political groups which support capitalism (= a system in which industries and companies are owned by people and not the government)
Sağcılar, sağ kanat, sağ
The right campaigned against the president.2135
(Definition of right noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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