I.
noun
1 what is morally good
PREPOSITION
▪ in the ~ (= having justice and truth on your side)
▪
There's no doubt that he's in the ~ on this.
PHRASES
▪ have ~ on your side ( esp. BrE )
▪
I appealed against the decision because I knew I had ~ on my side.
▪ know ~ from wrong
▪
Children of that age don't know ~ from wrong.
▪ ~ and wrong
▪
She doesn't understand the difference between ~ and wrong.
▪ the ~s and wrongs of sth
▪
We sat discussing the ~s and wrongs of the prison system.
2 entitlement
ADJECTIVE
▪ basic , fundamental , inalienable , unalienable ( esp. AmE )
▪
the basic ~s of all citizens
▪ absolute , perfect
▪
I have a perfect ~ to park here if I want to.
▪ equal
▪ exclusive , sole
▪ full
▪ automatic
▪
Any employee who is fired has an automatic ~ to appeal.
▪ animal , human
▪
animal ~s campaigners
▪
human ~s violations
▪ constitutional , legal , statutory
▪ contractual
▪ moral
▪
You have a moral ~ to that money.
▪ natural
▪
A man had a natural ~ to subsist off the crops he grew on his own land.
▪ citizenship , civil
▪
the civil ~s movement
▪ individual
▪
the individual ~s of its constituents
▪ gay , lesbian , women's
▪ parental
▪
The local authority exercises parental ~s over the children until foster homes are found.
▪ abortion
▪ visitation , visiting ( esp. BrE )
▪
Many prisoners lost visitation ~s and had their mail confiscated.
▪ privacy
▪
laws covering privacy ~s
▪ squatters' ( BrE )
▪
The teenagers claimed squatters' ~s and were allowed to remain in the building.
▪ pension ( BrE )
▪ voting
▪ divine , God-given
▪
the old idea of the divine ~ of kings
▪
I suppose you think you have some God-given ~ to tell me what to do?
▪ sovereign
▪
We have a sovereign ~ to conduct scientific research on our soil.
VERB + RIGHT
▪ enjoy , have , retain
▪
They have no ~ to come onto my land.
▪ assert , claim , demand
▪ know
▪
You can't do that to me—I know my ~s.
▪ establish
▪
The new president undertook to establish full ~s for all minorities.
▪ fight for , stand up for
▪
You should stand up for your ~s and insist that they pay you.
▪ reserve
▪
I reserve the ~ to leave at any time I choose.
▪ gain , get
▪ confer on sb , give sb , grant sb
▪
We were granted the exclusive ~s to produce the software in Malaysia.
▪ extend
▪
The government extended voting ~s to everyone over the age of 18.
▪ curtail , limit , restrict
▪
Abortion ~s have been restricted in some places.
▪ exercise
▪ enforce
▪
The landlord enforced his ~ to enter the property.
▪ abdicate ( esp. AmE ), give up , relinquish , renounce
▪
He renounced his ~ to the throne.
▪ waive
▪
They gave me my uncle's money, on condition that I waived all ~s to his property.
▪ forfeit , lose
▪ affirm , champion , defend , guarantee , preserve , promote , protect , safeguard , support , uphold
▪
The constitution guarantees basic human ~s.
▪
We promote the ~s of communities.
▪ acknowledge , recognize , respect
▪ affect , infringe
▪
These additional guarantees do not affect your statutory ~s. ( BrE )
▪ deny sb , trample ( esp. AmE ), trample on , violate
▪ abolish
▪ restore
PREPOSITION
▪ as of ~ ( BrE ), by ~
▪
The property belongs to her as of ~.
▪
The property belongs to her by ~.
▪ by ~ of
▪
The Normans ruled England by ~ of conquest.
▪ within your ~s
▪
You're acting entirely within your ~s.
▪ ~ of
▪
the ~ of assembly/asylum/citizenship/free speech/ownership
▪ ~ over
▪
He claimed full ~s over the discovery.
▪ ~s for
▪
equal ~s for all
▪ ~ to
▪
Do I have any ~ to compensation?
PHRASES
▪ have every ~
▪
She has every ~ to feel bitter.
▪ ~ of way
▪
roads where bikes have the ~ of way ( = cars must allow them to pass first )
▪
There is no public ~ of way across the fields. ( BrE )
3 rights legal authority/claim to sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ film ( esp. BrE ), movie ( esp. AmE ), television
▪ translation
▪ foreign
▪ land , property
▪ intellectual property
▪ patent
▪
They acquired her patent ~s.
▪ inheritance
▪ mineral
▪ fishing
▪ grazing
▪ bragging ( AmE )
▪
The team earned the bragging ~s by taking first place in all three events.
VERB + RIGHTS
▪ acquire , buy , get , obtain , purchase , secure
▪
Altman secured the movie ~s.
▪ sell
▪
He sold the movie ~s for $2 million.
▪ sign away
▪ have , hold , own
▪
Lucas owned the marketing ~s.
▪ reserve
▪
He has reserved the movie ~s.
▪ grant
▪
The company was granted offshore oil-drilling ~s.
PHRASES
▪ all ~s reserved (= protected or kept for the owner of the rights) ( law )
4 right side/direction
VERB + RIGHT
▪ hang ( AmE , informal ), take
▪
Take a ~ at the traffic lights.
PREPOSITION
▪ from the ~
▪
Look out for traffic coming from the ~.
▪ on the ~
▪
Ours is the first house on the ~.
▪ to the ~
▪
Keep over to the ~.
▪ to the ~ of
▪
a hallway immediately to the ~ of the front door
PHRASES
▪ the first, second, etc. ~
▪
Take the first ~, and then it's the second on your left.
▪ from left to ~ , from ~ to left
▪
The books are numbered from ~ to left.
5 the right in politics
ADJECTIVE
▪ extreme , far , radical
▪ Christian , religious
PREPOSITION
▪ on the ~
▪
He's on the extreme ~ of the party.
II.
verb
Right is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ wrong
III.
adj.
VERBS
▪ be , feel , look , seem , sound , taste
▪
The meat doesn't taste ~ to me.
▪ come , go , turn out
▪
I'm sure it'll all turn out ~ in the end.
▪ get sth
▪
He never gets anything ~.
▪ make sth
▪
It may be a very easy way to make money, but that doesn't make it ~.
ADVERB
▪ absolutely , dead ( esp. BrE ), exactly , just , perfectly , quite
▪
You're dead ~. There's nothing we can do.
▪
She needs to get everything exactly ~ for her guests.
▪
There's something not quite ~ about these figures.
▪ almost , more or less , mostly , nearly , partially
▪
Don't worry about it—that's more or less ~.
▪ probably
▪ morally
PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪
You were quite ~ about the weather.
PHRASES
▪ what you think is ~
▪
James did what he thought was ~.
Right is used with these nouns: ↑ address , ↑ amount , ↑ angle , ↑ answer , ↑ approach , ↑ arm , ↑ arrow , ↑ attitude , ↑ balance , ↑ blend , ↑ brain , ↑ channel , ↑ choice , ↑ circumstance , ↑ click , ↑ combination , ↑ consistency , ↑ context , ↑ corner , ↑ credentials , ↑ decision , ↑ degree , ↑ diagnosis , ↑ direction , ↑ distance , ↑ ear , ↑ edge , ↑ elbow , ↑ eye , ↑ fist , ↑ fit , ↑ flank , ↑ foot , ↑ fork , ↑ half , ↑ hand , ↑ idiot , ↑ impression , ↑ ingredient , ↑ interpretation , ↑ jab , ↑ kind , ↑ knee , ↑ lane , ↑ leg , ↑ margin , ↑ message , ↑ mix , ↑ moment , ↑ move , ↑ note , ↑ number , ↑ occasion , ↑ order , ↑ palm , ↑ path , ↑ person , ↑ place , ↑ prediction , ↑ price , ↑ product , ↑ road , ↑ side , ↑ size , ↑ sleeve , ↑ solution , ↑ sort , ↑ speaker , ↑ spirit , ↑ spot , ↑ street , ↑ tack , ↑ tackle , ↑ temperament , ↑ temple , ↑ thing , ↑ time , ↑ timing , ↑ tool , ↑ touch , ↑ triangle , ↑ turn , ↑ way , ↑ weight , ↑ wing , ↑ word
IV.
adv.
Right is used with these verbs: ↑ guess , ↑ spell