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# straight

«straight» in Mova's school dictionary: **not bent or curved; going in one direction** — 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 (straight, straighter, straightest); adverb (straight); noun (a straight)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Straight means not bent or curved; going in one direction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straight/#m1)

2) Straight means at once, without stopping: «go straight home». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straight/#m2)

3) Straight hair has no curls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straight/#m3)

4) Straight can mean honest: «a straight answer». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straight/#m4)

5) In a row with no break: «three days straight». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straight/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

a straight line or road; a straight line is the shortest way between two points; in maths: a straight angle is 180 degrees, polygons have straight sides; in everyday life: «go straight on», «sit up straight», «straight away»; phrases: «straight line», «straight ahead», «get it straight» (understand it clearly)

### examples

- Draw a straight line 8 cm long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straight/#x1)
- The road goes straight for 3 miles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straight/#x2)
- A triangle has 3 straight sides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straight/#x3)
- He walks straight home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straight/#x4)
- Use a ruler to draw straight lines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straight/#x5)
- A straight angle is 180 degrees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straight/#x6)
- Sit up straight at your desk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straight/#x7)
- Go straight ahead and turn left at the shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straight/#x8)
- It rained for five days straight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straight/#x9)
- She has long straight hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straight/#x10)
- They went straight into the courtyard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straight/#x11)

### note

Shape word: straight sides are measured and added for a perimeter. A circle has no straight sides. Homophone: strait (a narrow sea channel). «Straight away» means immediately. A straight line is the shortest way between two points.

### In the corpora

- [Heating a room with the window open sends the warm air, and the money that paid for it, straight outside.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/14/)
- [Separating means parents stop living together as a couple; it may lead to a divorce, but not always straight away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/15-when-parents-separate/6/)
- [His teacher knew straight away, because she knows how Connor writes and where he went.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/2/)
- [Never send photos to people you know only online; tell a grown-up straight away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages/9/)
- [In an emergency, call the emergency number straight away instead of asking a bot.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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