Privilegenoun
An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope.
Rightadjective
(archaic) Straight, not bent.
âa right lineâ;
Privilegenoun
(countable) A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment.
âAll first-year professors here must teach four courses a term, yet you're only teaching one! What entitled you to such a privilege?â;
Rightadjective
Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
âThe kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall.â;
Privilegenoun
An especially rare or fortunate opportunity; the good fortune (to do something).
Rightadjective
Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
âI thought you'd made a mistake, but it seems you were right all along.â; âIt's not right that one person gets all the credit for the group's work.â;
Privilegenoun
(uncountable) The fact of being privileged; the status or existence of (now especially social or economic) benefit or advantage within a given society.
Rightadjective
Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
âIs this the right software for my computer?â;
Privilegenoun
A right or immunity enjoyed by a legislative body or its members.
Rightadjective
Healthy, sane, competent.
âI'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.â;
Privilegenoun
A stock market option.
Rightadjective
Real; veritable (used emphatically).
âYou've made a right mess of the kitchen!â;
Privilegenoun
(legal) A common law doctrine that protects certain communications from being used as evidence in court.
â''Your honor, my client is not required to answer that; her response is protected by attorney-client privilege.â;
Rightadjective
(Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
Privilegenoun
(computing) An ability to perform an action on the system that can be selectively granted or denied to users; permission.
Rightadjective
(dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
Privilegeverb
(archaic) To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize
âto privilege representatives from arrestâ;
Rightadjective
Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the right: â
âAfter the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left.â;
Privilegeverb
(archaic) To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.
Rightadjective
Designed to be placed or worn outward.
âthe right side of a piece of clothâ;
Privilegenoun
A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise.
âHe pleads the legal privilege of a Roman.â; âThe privilege birthright was a double portion.â; âA people inheriting privileges, franchises, and liberties.â;
Rightadjective
(politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
Privilegenoun
See Call, Put, Spread, etc.
Rightadverb
On the right side.
Privilegeverb
To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest.
âTo privilege dishonor in thy name.â;
Rightadverb
Towards the right side.
Privilegeverb
To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.
âHe took this place for sanctuary, And it shall privilege him from your hands.â;
Rightadverb
Exactly, precisely.
âThe arrow landed right in the middle of the target.â; âLuckily we arrived right at the start of the film.â;
Privilegenoun
a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all
Rightadverb
Immediately, directly.
âCan't you see it? It's right beside you!â; âTom was standing right in front of the TV, blocking everyone's view.â;
Privilegenoun
a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right);
âsuffrage was the prerogative of white adult malesâ;
Rightadverb
Very, extremely, quite.
âI made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I?â; âI stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much.â;
Privilegenoun
(law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship
Rightadverb
According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
Privilegeverb
bestow a privilege upon
Rightadverb
In a correct manner.
âDo it right or don't do it at all.â;
Privilegenoun
a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group
âeducation is a right, not a privilegeâ; âhe has been accustomed all his life to wealth and privilegeâ;
Rightadverb
To a great extent or degree.
âSir, I am right glad to meet you …â; âMembers of the Queen's Privy Council are styled The Right Honourable for life.â; âThe Right Reverend Monsignor Guido Sarducci.â;
Privilegenoun
something regarded as a special honour
âI had the privilege of giving the Sir George Brown memorial lectureâ;
Rightinterjection
Yes, that is correct; I agree.
Privilegenoun
(especially in a parliamentary context) the right to say or write something without the risk of incurring punishment or legal action for defamation
âa breach of parliamentary privilegeâ; âhe called on MPs not to abuse their privilegeâ;
Rightinterjection
I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion.
Privilegenoun
the right of a lawyer or official to refuse to divulge confidential information.
Rightinterjection
Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
â- After that interview, I don't think we should hire her.
- Right — who wants lunch?â;
Privilegenoun
a grant to an individual, corporation, or place of special rights or immunities, especially in the form of a franchise or monopoly.
Rightinterjection
Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance.
âYou're going, right?â;
Privilegeverb
grant a privilege or privileges to
âEnglish inheritance law privileged the eldest sonâ;
Rightinterjection
Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
Privilegeverb
exempt (someone) from a liability or obligation to which others are subject
âbarristers are privileged from arrest going to, coming from, and abiding in courtâ;
Rightnoun
That which complies with justice, law or reason.
âWe're on the side of right in this contest.â;
Rightnoun
A legal or moral entitlement.
âYou have no right to go through my personal diary.â; âsee also in right ofâ;
Rightnoun
The right side or direction.
âThe pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.â;
Rightnoun
The right hand.
Rightnoun
(politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
âThe political right holds too much power.â;
Rightnoun
The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
Rightverb
(transitive) To correct.
âRighting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.â;
Rightverb
(transitive) To set upright.
âThe tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.â;
Rightverb
(intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
âWhen the wind died down, the ship righted.â;
Rightverb
(transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
âto right the oppressedâ;
Rightadjective
Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.
Rightadjective
Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.
Rightadjective
Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man in the right place; the right way from London to Oxford.
Rightadjective
Conformed to the constitution of man and the will of God, or to justice and equity; not deviating from the true and just; according with truth and duty; just; true.
âThat which is conformable to the Supreme Rule is absolutely right, and is called right simply without relation to a special end.â;
Rightadjective
Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not spurious.
âIn this battle, . . . the Britons never more plainly manifested themselves to be right barbarians.â;
Rightadjective
According with truth; passing a true judgment; conforming to fact or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not erroneous; correct; as, this is the right faith.
âYou are right, Justice, and you weigh this well.â; âIf there be no prospect beyond the grave, the inference is . . . right, "Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die."â;
Rightadjective
Most favorable or convenient; fortunate.
âThe lady has been disappointed on the right side.â;
Rightadjective
Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action is usually stronger than on the other side; - opposed to left when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the right side, hand, arm. Also applied to the corresponding side of the lower animals.
âBecame the sovereign's favorite, his right hand.â;
Rightadjective
Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated; correctly done.
Rightadjective
Designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side of a piece of cloth.
â"Right," cries his lordship.â;
Rightadverb
In a right manner.
Rightadverb
In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide.
âUnto Dian's temple goeth she right.â; âLet thine eyes look right on.â; âRight across its track there lay,Down in the water, a long reef of gold.â;
Rightadverb
Exactly; just.
âCame he right now to sing a raven's note?â;
Rightadverb
According to the law or will of God; conforming to the standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live right; to judge right.
Rightadverb
According to any rule of art; correctly.
âYou with strict discipline instructed right.â;
Rightadverb
According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really; correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right.
âRight as it were a steed of Lumbardye.â; âHis wounds so smarted that he slept right naught.â;
Rightadverb
In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant.
âFor which I should be right sorry.â; â[I] return those duties back as are right fit.â;
Rightnoun
That which is right or correct.
âSeldom your opinions err;Your eyes are always in the right.â;
Rightnoun
A just judgment or action; that which is true or proper; justice; uprightness; integrity.
âLong love to her has borne the faithful knight,And well deserved, had fortune done him right.â;
Rightnoun
That to which one has a just claim.
âThere are no rights whatever, without corresponding duties.â;
Rightnoun
That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal.
âBorn free, he sought his right.â; âHast thou not right to all created things?â; âMen have no right to what is not reasonable.â;
Rightnoun
The right side; the side opposite to the left.
âLed her to the Souldan's right.â;
Rightnoun
Privilege or immunity granted by authority.
Rightnoun
In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists. See Center, 5.
Rightnoun
The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
âHe should himself use it by right.â; âI should have been a woman by right.â;
Rightverb
To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct.
Rightverb
To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate.
âSo just is God, to right the innocent.â; âAll experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.â;
Rightverb
To recover the proper or natural condition or position; to become upright.
Rightverb
Hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or boat, after careening.
Rightnoun
an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature;
âthey are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rightsâ; âCertain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the peopleâ; âa right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take awayâ;
Rightnoun
(frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing;
âmineral rightsâ; âfilm rightsâ;
Rightnoun
location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east;
âhe stood on the rightâ;
Rightnoun
a turn to the right;
âtake a right at the cornerâ;
Rightnoun
those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
Rightnoun
anything in accord with principles of justice;
âhe feels he is in the rightâ; âthe rightfulness of his claimâ;
Rightnoun
the hand that is on the right side of the body;
âhe writes with his right hand but pitches with his leftâ; âhit him with quick rights to the bodyâ;
Rightnoun
the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
Rightverb
make reparations or amends for;
âright a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaustâ;
Rightverb
put in or restore to an upright position;
âThey righted the sailboat that had capsizedâ;
Rightverb
regain an upright or proper position;
âThe capsized boat righted againâ;
Rightverb
make right or correct;
âCorrect the mistakesâ; ârectify the calculationâ;
Rightadjective
free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth;
âthe correct answerâ; âthe correct versionâ; âthe right answerâ; âtook the right roadâ; âthe right decisionâ;
Rightadjective
being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north;
âmy right handâ; âright center fieldâ; âa right-hand turnâ; âthe right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstreamâ;
Rightadjective
socially right or correct;
âit isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbyeâ; âcorrect behaviorâ;
Rightadjective
in conformance with justice or law or morality;
âdo the right thing and confessâ;
Rightadjective
correct in opinion or judgment;
âtime proved him rightâ;
Rightadjective
appropriate for a condition or occasion;
âeverything in its proper placeâ; âthe right man for the jobâ; âshe is not suitable for the positionâ;
Rightadjective
of or belonging to the political or intellectual left
Rightadjective
in or into a satisfactory condition;
âthings are right again nowâ; âput things rightâ;
Rightadjective
intended for the right hand;
âa right-hand gloveâ;
Rightadjective
in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure;
âwhat's the right word for this?â; âthe right way to open oystersâ;
Rightadjective
having the axis perpendicular to the base;
âa right angleâ;
Rightadjective
of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face outward;
âthe right side of the cloth showed the patternâ; âbe sure your shirt is right side outâ;
Rightadjective
most suitable or right for a particular purpose;
âa good time to plant tomatoesâ; âthe right time to actâ; âthe time is ripe for great sociological changesâ;
Rightadverb
precisely, exactly;
âstand right here!â;
Rightadverb
immediately;
âshe called right after dinnerâ;
Rightadverb
exactly;
âhe fell flop on his faceâ;
Rightadverb
toward or on the right; also used figuratively;
âhe looked right and leftâ; âthe party has moved rightâ;
Rightadverb
in the right manner;
âplease do your job properly!â; âcan't you carry me decent?â;
Rightadverb
an interjection expressing agreement
Rightadverb
completely;
âshe felt right at homeâ; âhe fell right into the trapâ;
Rightadverb
(Southern regional intensive) very;
âthe baby is mighty cuteâ; âhe's mighty tiredâ; âit is powerful humidâ; âthat boy is powerful big nowâ; âthey have a right nice placeâ;
Rightadverb
in accordance with moral or social standards;
âthat serves him rightâ; âdo right by himâ;
Rightadverb
in a correct manner;
âhe guessed rightâ;