[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/right.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / right [← R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/R/) # right «right» in Mova's school dictionary: **correct, with no mistake: the right answer** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech adjective (right); adverb (right); noun (a right, rights; the right); interjection (Right!); verb (right — to put right) ### meaning for a pupil 1) Right means correct, with no mistake: the right answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/#m1) 2) Right means on the side of the body that most people write with, the opposite of left: my right hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/#m2) 3) Right means good, fair or proper: It's not right to cheat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/#m3) 4) A right is something every person should be allowed to have or do: the right to learn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/#m4) 5) As an adverb right means exactly or at once: right here, right now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/#m5) 6) «Right!» or «Right then» starts something new, or means «I understand». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/#m6) 7) (casual) «Right?» at the end asks the listener to agree; «yeah, right» (sarcasm) means I don't believe you; in UK and Irish casual talk «right» means very or real: a right mess, a right laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/#m7) 8) (rough) «You're a right idiot», «a right pain» are put-downs; «serves you right» means you got what you deserved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/#m8) 9) (formal) The exam voice says «correct», «accurate», «valid», «appropriate», «consistent with the established facts», «entitlement» (a right). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/#m9) ### sense in the lessons a correct answer; the score of correct answers («Round 1: 8 of 20 right»); «N right and M wrong» together make the total (add); in maths a right angle is a square corner (90 degrees); in safety «look right, look left, look right again» (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand drive on the left); in everyday life «all right», «right away», children's rights; in casual talk «right?», «yeah right», «a right mess»; in rough talk «serves you right»; in the exam voice «Select the correct response», «valid», «accurate», «consistent with» ### examples - Right! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/#x1) - Round 1: 8 of 20 right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/#x2) - Ben got 7 sums right and 3 wrong. How many sums did he do? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/#x3) - Anna answered 15 questions and got 12 right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/#x4) - Raise your right hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/#x5) - Turn right at the corner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/#x6) - A square has four right angles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/#x7) - It is not right to take things that aren't yours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/#x8) - Every child has the right to go to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/#x9) - Mia reckons plants eat soil to grow. right? → No, plants make their food from light, air and water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/#x10) - «I did all my homework.» «Yeah, right.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/#x11) - Of 15 items attempted, 12 were answered correctly; state the number of incorrect responses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/#x12) - "He doesn't smell right!" he exclaimed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/#x13) ### note Carries no operation clue by itself. Trap: «N right and M wrong» together make the total, so add; «right» here is not a direction. «Got 12 right out of 15» means 3 were wrong (15 − 12). «…, right?» asks you to agree: check the claim before you say yes. «yeah, right» is sarcasm and means the opposite. «a right mess» means a real mess. A right angle is 90 degrees. Do not mix «right» with «write» (put words on paper) and «rite»: they sound the same. ### In the corpora - [By the end of the call there is a plan, and he says, "Right.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/7/) - [A protest is people gathering to show they strongly agree or disagree with something; in free countries peaceful protest is a right.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/13/) - [Rights belong to everyone, and freedom stops where it starts to hurt others.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/9/) - [Rights are things every person should have just for being human; children have special rights under a United Nations agreement.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/19/) - [Laundry means sorting colours, reading labels and choosing the right temperature; a red sock in a white wash turns everything pink.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home/8/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «right» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.