right
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: rīt
ipa: /ˈɹaɪt/
ipa: [ˈɹaɪt]
ipa: [ˈɹɒɪʔ]
ipa: /ˈɹiːt/
ipa: /ˈɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɹiːt/
enpr: rīt
ipa: /ˈɹaɪt/
ipa: [ˈɹaɪt]
ipa: [ˈɹaɪθ̠]
ipa: [ˈɻɐʏt]
ipa: [-ʔ]
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈɹo̞ɪ/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈɹəɪ/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈɹo̞ɪʔ/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈɹəɪʔ/
ipa: /ˈɹʌɪt/
note: especially Nova Scotia
ipa: /ˈɹeɪt/
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [ɹəi̯t]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [ɹei̯t]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [-ʔ]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [-ɾ̥]
ipa: /ˈɹaɪt/
ipa: [ˈɹɑe̯t]
ipa: /ˈɹaɪt/
ipa: [ˈɹäːtʰ]
homophone: rite
homophone: wright
homophone: Wright
homophone: write
homophone: rate (dialectal; certain senses only)
rhymes: -aɪt
Forms: form: ryght
form: reight
form: rite
Etymology: From Middle English right, righte, from Old English rihte, rehte (“right; rightly; due; directly; straight”), from Proto-Germanic *rehta, from *rehtaz (“right; straight”).
Senses: examples: text: Sam Tyler: Look, look, you know when I said I wasn't wrong? Well, I was. But I was right about this not being the IRA. I was right to follow my instincts. Like you said, go with your gut feeling. I'm just taking your lead.
Gene Hunt: So I'm right.
Sam Tyler: We both are.
Gene Hunt: Right.
Sam Tyler: Right.
Gene Hunt: Just as long as I'm more right than you.
ref: 2007 March 6, Julie Rutterford, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 3:
text: Tell her you’re here.
Right. Thanks, Pete.
ref: 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
text: — United's the best team in the country.
— Right. And they'll go all the way for sure.
— Damn right they will.
glosses: Yes, that is correct; I agree.
examples: text: Sam Tyler: Look, look, you know when I said I wasn't wrong? Well, I was. But I was right about this not being the IRA. I was right to follow my instincts. Like you said, go with your gut feeling. I'm just taking your lead.
Gene Hunt: So I'm right.
Sam Tyler: We both are.
Gene Hunt: Right.
Sam Tyler: Right.
Gene Hunt: Just as long as I'm more right than you.
ref: 2007 March 6, Julie Rutterford, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 3:
text: — United's the best team in the country, so they'll come up with something.
— Right. And do you think they'll go all the way?
glosses: I have listened to what you just said and I acknowledge your assertion or opinion, regardless of whether I agree with it (opinion) or can verify it (assertion).
examples: text: — After that interview, I don't think we should hire her.
— Right. Who wants lunch?
glosses: Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
examples: text: You're going, right?
text: I went downstairs, right, and I was going to call her, but I found this note, right, so what am I supposed to do now?
glosses: Used to check listener engagement and (especially) agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof.
examples: text: Withnail: Right […] I'm gonna do the washing up.
ref: 1987, Withnail and I:
glosses: Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
Synonyms: sense: I agree
word: all right
sense: I agree
word: alright
sense: I agree
word: right on
sense: I agree
word: damn right
sense: I agree
word: damn straight
sense: I acknowledge, regardless of agreement
word: all right
sense: I acknowledge, regardless of agreement
word: alright
sense: I acknowledge, regardless of agreement
word: OK
sense: I acknowledge, regardless of agreement
word: okay
sense: I acknowledge, regardless of agreement
word: hmm
sense: I acknowledge, regardless of agreement
word: mmm
sense: signpost marking change of subject
word: all right
sense: signpost marking change of subject
word: alright
sense: signpost marking change of subject
word: well
sense: confirming attention, understanding, and/or agreement
word: all right
sense: confirming attention, understanding, and/or agreement
word: alright
sense: confirming attention, understanding, and/or agreement
word: y'know
sense: confirming attention, understanding, and/or agreement
word: do you know what I'm saying
sense: confirming attention, understanding, and/or agreement
word: you know what I'm saying
sense: confirming attention, understanding, and/or agreement
word: eh
Derived terms: yeah right