{
    "term": "right",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "true or correct as a fact",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Did you **get **the answer **right**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘What's the right time?’ ‘10.37.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "That's **exactly right**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘David, isn't it?’ ‘Yes, **that's right**.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was Monday you went to see Angie, right?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let me **get this right** *(= understand correctly)*—you want us to do an extra ten hours' work for no extra pay?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I got about half the answers right."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's something not quite right about these figures."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A few details are missing, but the description is more or less right."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["absolutely", "dead", "exactly"],
                "preposition": ["about"],
                "phrases": ["what you think is right"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "correct in your opinion or judgement",
            "sensetop": "right about somethingright to do somethingright in doing something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You were **quite right **about the weather.",
                    "contextForm": "right about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They're **absolutely right **to be cautious.",
                    "contextForm": "right to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘It's not easy.’ ‘Yeah, **you're right**.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Am I right in thinking** we've met before?",
                    "contextForm": "right in doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "History has proved him right."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He never **gets **anything **right**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't believe she's right in this case."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was right about Tom having no money."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You're dead right. There's nothing we can do."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["absolutely", "dead", "exactly"],
                "preposition": ["about"],
                "phrases": ["what you think is right"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "correct for a particular situation or thing, or for a particular person",
            "sensetop": "right for somebody",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Have you got the **right money** *(= the exact amount)* for the bus fare?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What's the **right way** to do this?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You're not holding it **the right way up**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you sure you've got that on **the right way round**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is **a step in the right direction**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Next time we'll **get it right**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's definitely the right person for the job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm glad you split up. She wasn't right for you.",
                    "contextForm": "right for somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was waiting for the right moment to ask him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I think we made the **right decision**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is this the right way to the beach?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's definitely the right person to ask."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't think she was right for you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's made the right decision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you sure that sweater's on the right way (around)?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She needs to get everything exactly right for her guests."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm sure it'll all turn out right in the end."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Customers have 30 days to decide if the finished product looks right with their decor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Next time we'll get it exactly right."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["absolutely", "dead", "exactly"],
                "preposition": ["about"],
                "phrases": ["what you think is right"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "morally good or acceptable; correct according to law or a person’s duty",
            "sensetop": "right to do somethingit's right to do somethingit's right that…",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I hope we're doing **the right thing**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't know, it just doesn't **seem right**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "On some level this just **feels right**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You were **quite right** to criticize him.",
                    "contextForm": "right to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's **only right **to warn you of the risk.",
                    "contextForm": "it's right to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's right that he should be punished.",
                    "contextForm": "it's right that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It may be a very easy way to make money, but that doesn't make it right."
                },
                {
                    "text": "James did what he thought was right."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hunting may be legal, but that doesn't make it right."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I think you were right to do what you did."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was doing what I thought was right."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You were quite right to tell me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is it ever right to kill?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["absolutely", "dead", "exactly"],
                "preposition": ["about"],
                "phrases": ["what you think is right"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "in a normal or good enough condition",
            "labels": "(offensive)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I don't **feel** quite **right** today *(= I feel ill)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Things aren't right between her parents."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If only I could have helped **put** matters **right**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That sausage doesn't smell right."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The meat doesn't taste right to me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We talk about the reasons why something doesn't look right."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's not quite right in the head (= has a mental condition)."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["absolutely", "dead", "exactly"],
                "preposition": ["about"],
                "phrases": ["what you think is right"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "socially fashionable or important",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She knows all the **right people** *(= for example, people who can help her in her career)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They make sure that their children go to the right schools."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wore the best clothes and was seen in all the right places."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you know the right people, it opens more and more doors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is the consummate politician, a man who went to all the right schools and played by all the right rules."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "of, on or towards the side of the body that is towards the east when a person faces north",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "your **right hand/arm/foot/leg**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My right eye is weaker than my left eye."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Keep on the **right side** of the road."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Take a right turn at the intersection."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "used to emphasize something bad",
            "labels": "(British English, informal, especially disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You made a right mess of that!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I felt a right idiot."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be able to take advantage of opportunities when they come",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His success was down to being in the right place at the right time."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to start a relationship well/badly",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I seem to have got off on the wrong foot with the new boss."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make somebody pleased with you/annoyed with you",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that somebody is willing to give up a lot in order to have or do something that they really want",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'd have given my right arm to have been there with them."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be a sensible person",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have found a very good or successful way of living, doing something, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's certainly got the right idea—retiring at 55."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The party had the right idea, but failed to win over the voters."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that somebody’s intentions are kind and sincere even though they sometimes do the wrong thing",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do, say or write something that is suitable/not suitable for a particular occasion",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It is a bizarre tale and the author hits just the right note of horror and disbelief."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unfortunately, the president struck the wrong note in his speech, ignoring the public mood."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "(not) thinking clearly; (not) able to make sensible decisions",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Who in their right mind would spend $50 000 on a pair of shoes?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "having the power to do something gives you the right to do it",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Their foreign policy is based on the principle that ‘might is right’."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "younger or older than 40, 50, etc. years of age",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "thinking or behaving in the right/wrong way",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We haven’t found a cure yet—but we are on the right track."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new manager successfully got the team back onto the right track."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police were on the wrong track when they treated the case as a revenge killing."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do exactly the right things to please somebody",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a new satirical comedy show that pushes all the right buttons"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in excellent health or condition",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "certainly; in a way that cannot be denied",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You heard me right enough *(= so don't pretend that you did not)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to express strong approval or support",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "with the top part turned to the top; in the correct, normal position",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I dropped my toast, but luckily it fell right side up."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that everything will be all right, even if there is a problem now",
            "labels": "(Australian English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that there is no doubt about something",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘We need to stick together.’ ‘Too right!’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘I'll have to do it again.’ ‘Too right you will.’"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/raɪt/",
                "audio": "ri/right/right__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/raɪt/",
                "audio": "ri/right/right__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English riht (adjective and noun), rihtan (verb), rihte (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to Latin rectus ‘ruled’, from an Indo-European root denoting movement in a straight line."
}