right

1. (adj) Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below. 2. (adj) Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: → 3. (adj) Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation. 4. (adj) Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose. 5. (adj) Healthy, sane, competent. 6. (adj) (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative. 7. (adv) In a correct manner. 8. (adv) According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really. 9. (n) That which complies with justice, law or reason. 10. (n) A legal, just or moral entitlement. 11. (v) (transitive) To set upright. 12. (v) (intransitive) To return to normal upright position. 13. (v) (transitive) To correct. 14. (v) (transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of. 15. (adj) Designed to be placed or worn outward. 16. (adj) (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate. 17. (adv) (British, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite. 18. (adv) Exactly, precisely. 19. (adv) Immediately, directly. 20. (adj) (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance. 21. (adj) (geography) Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's right when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the south bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥴ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the right side of the river. 22. (adj) (geometry) Of an angle, measuring 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines. 23. (adj) (geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc. 24. (adj) Real; veritable (used emphatically). 25. (adj) Of or relating to the right whale. 26. (adv) On the right side. 27. (adv) Towards the right side. 28. (n) The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc. 29. (n) (surfing) A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore). 30. (n) (politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group. 31. (n) The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; a copyright. 32. (n) The right side or direction. 33. (n) The right hand or fist. 34. (adv) (dated, still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree. 35. (adj) (archaic) Straight, not bent. 36. (n) (politics) The political right wing seen as a whole, as distinguished from an individual right-wing political party.