right
part of speech
adjective (right); adverb (right); noun (a right, rights; the right); interjection (Right!); verb (right — to put right)
meaning for a pupil
1) Right means correct, with no mistake: the right answer. tree →
2) Right means on the side of the body that most people write with, the opposite of left: my right hand. tree →
3) Right means good, fair or proper: It's not right to cheat. tree →
4) A right is something every person should be allowed to have or do: the right to learn. tree →
5) As an adverb right means exactly or at once: right here, right now. tree →
6) «Right!» or «Right then» starts something new, or means «I understand». tree →
7) (casual) «Right?» at the end asks the listener to agree; «yeah, right» (sarcasm) means I don't believe you; in UK and Irish casual talk «right» means very or real: a right mess, a right laugh. tree →
8) (rough) «You're a right idiot», «a right pain» are put-downs; «serves you right» means you got what you deserved. tree →
9) (formal) The exam voice says «correct», «accurate», «valid», «appropriate», «consistent with the established facts», «entitlement» (a right). tree →
sense in the lessons
a correct answer; the score of correct answers («Round 1: 8 of 20 right»); «N right and M wrong» together make the total (add); in maths a right angle is a square corner (90 degrees); in safety «look right, look left, look right again» (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand drive on the left); in everyday life «all right», «right away», children's rights; in casual talk «right?», «yeah right», «a right mess»; in rough talk «serves you right»; in the exam voice «Select the correct response», «valid», «accurate», «consistent with»
examples
- Right! tree →
- Round 1: 8 of 20 right. tree →
- Ben got 7 sums right and 3 wrong. How many sums did he do? tree →
- Anna answered 15 questions and got 12 right. tree →
- Raise your right hand. tree →
- Turn right at the corner. tree →
- A square has four right angles. tree →
- It is not right to take things that aren't yours. tree →
- Every child has the right to go to school. tree →
- Mia reckons plants eat soil to grow. right? → No, plants make their food from light, air and water. tree →
- «I did all my homework.» «Yeah, right.» tree →
- Of 15 items attempted, 12 were answered correctly; state the number of incorrect responses. tree →
- "He doesn't smell right!" he exclaimed. tree →
note
Carries no operation clue by itself. Trap: «N right and M wrong» together make the total, so add; «right» here is not a direction. «Got 12 right out of 15» means 3 were wrong (15 − 12). «…, right?» asks you to agree: check the claim before you say yes. «yeah, right» is sarcasm and means the opposite. «a right mess» means a real mess. A right angle is 90 degrees. Do not mix «right» with «write» (put words on paper) and «rite»: they sound the same.
In the corpora
- By the end of the call there is a plan, and he says, "Right.
- A protest is people gathering to show they strongly agree or disagree with something; in free countries peaceful protest is a right.
- Rights belong to everyone, and freedom stops where it starts to hurt others.
- Rights are things every person should have just for being human; children have special rights under a United Nations agreement.
- Laundry means sorting colours, reading labels and choosing the right temperature; a red sock in a white wash turns everything pink.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «right» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.