RIGHT


Meaning of RIGHT in English

n.

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English riht, from riht, adjective

Date: before 12th century

1 : qualities (as adherence to duty or obedience to lawful authority) that together constitute the ideal of moral propriety or merit moral approval

2 : something to which one has a just claim: as a : the power or privilege to which one is justly entitled <voting right s > <his right to decide> b (1) : the interest that one has in a piece of property ― often used in plural <mineral right s > (2) plural : the property interest possessed under law or custom and agreement in an intangible thing especially of a literary and artistic nature <film right s of the novel>

3 : something that one may properly claim as due <knowing the truth is her right >

4 : the cause of truth or justice

5 a : RIGHT HAND 1A also : a blow struck with this hand <gave him a hard right on the jaw> b : the location or direction of the right side <woods on his right > c : the part on the right side d : RIGHT FIELD e : a turn to the right <take a right at the stop sign>

6 a : the true account or correct interpretation b : the quality or state of being factually correct

7 often capitalized a : the part of a legislative chamber located to the right of the presiding officer b : the members of a continental European legislative body occupying the right as a result of holding more conservative political views than other members

8 a often capitalized : individuals professing support of the established order and favoring traditional attitudes and practices and conservative governmental policies b often capitalized : a conservative position

9 a : a privilege given stockholders to subscribe pro rata to a new issue of securities generally below market price b : the negotiable certificate evidencing such privilege ― usually used in plural

– right · most \ - ˌ m ō st \ adjective

– by rights also by all rights : with reason or justice : PROPERLY

– in one's own right : by virtue of one's own qualifications or properties

– of right

1 : as an absolute right

2 : legally or morally exactable

– to rights : into proper order

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.