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# rightful

«rightful» in Mova's school dictionary: **having the true and lawful right to something, such as a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (no change for comparison)

### meaning for a pupil

Rightful means having the true and lawful right to something, such as a place, a title or a possession. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rightful/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

the true ruler or owner who has been kept from their place, and is at last restored in a tale

### examples

- The rightful queen came home at last. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rightful/#x1)
- Give the toy back to its rightful owner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rightful/#x2)
- She was the rightful heir to the throne. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rightful/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rightful» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rightful/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.