right

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But you know what... maybe I need the money right now to do some things I always wanted to do.

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Definitions36

Parts of speech4

Quick take

an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of right gathered in one view.

noun

location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east; "he stood on the right"

noun

the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for right.

noun

location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east; "he stood on the right"

noun

the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right

noun

those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged

noun

the hand that is on the right side of the body; "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body"

noun

a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east; "take a right at the corner"

noun

anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim"

noun

(frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights"

verb

make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"

verb

put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized"

verb

regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again"

verb

make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"

adjective

being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north; "my right hand"; "right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream"

adjective

free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"

See also: correct

adjective

socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"

See also: correct

adjective

in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess"

adjective

correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"

See also: correct

adjective

appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position"

adjective

of or belonging to the political or intellectual right

adjective

in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again now"; "put things right"

adjective

intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove"

adjective

in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"

See also: correct

adjective

having the axis perpendicular to the base; "a right angle"

adjective

(of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward; "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out"

adjective

most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes"

adjective

precisely accurate; "a veracious account"

adverb

precisely, exactly; "stand right here!"

adverb

immediately; "she called right after dinner"

adverb

exactly; "he fell flop on his face"

adverb

toward or on the right; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right"

adverb

in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"

adverb

an interjection expressing agreement

adverb

completely; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap"

adverb

(Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily"

adverb

in accordance with moral or social standards; "that serves him right"; "do right by him"

adverb

in an accurate manner; "the flower had been correctly depicted by his son"; "he guessed right"

Example sentences

But you know what... maybe I need the money right now to do some things I always wanted to do.

I know that I'm living on borrowed time right now and I could be dead at any moment.

Reasons:* The commenters who are warning about burnout are right.

I value HN at $1 billion by offering to buy only 1 share of 1 billion in common stock for $1 right now.

Hey, other comments are going to give you a few lines telling you to not quit, that you should hang in there, and that it'll be alright.

I did start this post -- if you'll reach back into distant memory -- by describing Google as "doing everything right".

Fuck the business models, projections, and funding rounds and just "do the right thing".This appears to be a royal fuck-up.

It was a flaw in her, and not everybody does that, right?Certainly not everybody.

I mean, I assume they're not, given that Apps Script only works in Spreadsheet right now, and it doesn't even have keyboard shortcuts as part of its API.

And life is a series of tradeoffs and a constant balancing act between doing what is best for us right now versus what is best for the future.

From day one of dedicated 8-hour training sessions, we're trained to find customers the right "solution" rather than get the most money.

I feel like it's almost a right of passage these days to rely heavily on a Google service, only to have something go wrong and be left out in the cold.

"Given the right flavor of influence from our community, we can only hope that he will decide to return the coins with integrity as opposed to hiding like a coward.

In reality, if any persons - right-thinking or not - are given largely unchecked authority over our lives, abuses will inevitably follow.

One thing that struck me immediately about the two companies -- an impression that has been reinforced almost daily -- is that Amazon does everything wrong, and Google does everything right.

If each bounce goes through a team with a 15-minute response time, it can be hours before the right team finally finds out, unless you build a lot of scaffolding and metrics and reporting.- every single one of your peer teams suddenly becomes a potential DOS attacker.

And this is the major factor not grasped by those today who assume that society is evolving to a point that, if only right-thinking people with good motives are given enough power over our lives, they will somehow magically transform society for the good through government action.

But assaults on privacy are but a symptom of a deeper malady as modern society increasingly believes that it can hand over massive forms of unchecked government to its politicians in the naive belief that such power can be used wisely if only we have right-thinking leaders at the helm.