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- [rahyts]
- /raɪts/
- /raɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [rahyts]
- /raɪts/
Definitions of rights word
- noun rights a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral: You have a right to say what you please. 1
- noun rights Sometimes, rights. that which is due to anyone by just claim, legal guarantees, moral principles, etc.: women's rights; Freedom of speech is a right of all Americans. 1
- noun rights adherence or obedience to moral and legal principles and authority. 1
- noun rights that which is morally, legally, or ethically proper: to know right from wrong. 1
- noun rights a moral, ethical, or legal principle considered as an underlying cause of truth, justice, morality, or ethics. 1
- noun rights Sometimes, rights. the interest or ownership a person, group, or business has in property: He has a 50-percent right in a silver mine. The author controls the screen rights for the book. 1
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Origin of rights
First appearance:
before 1895 One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Rights
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
rights popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
rights usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rights
noun rights
- civil liberty — the right of an individual to certain freedoms of speech and action
- civil rights — Civil rights are the rights that people have in a society to equal treatment and equal opportunities, whatever their race, sex, or religion.
- dibs — If someone has dibs on something, or if they have first dibs on it, they have the right to have it before anyone else.
- due — together; in unison.
adjective rights
- amens — verily; truly.
- counterrevolutionaries — Plural form of counterrevolutionary.
- crickets — Plural form of cricket.
- desirables — Plural form of desirable.
- invariants — Plural form of invariant.
interjection rights
verb rights
- counterchecks — Plural form of countercheck.
- cures — Plural form of cure.
- mends — to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
Antonyms for rights
noun rights
- abominations — Plural form of abomination.
- affronts — Plural form of affront.
- atrocities — acts of extreme cruelty, esp against prisoners or civilians in wartime
- corrigenda — Plural form of corrigendum.
- crimes — Plural form of crime.
adjective rights
verb rights
- inverts — Plural form of invert.
Top questions with rights
- what is the bill of rights?
- who wrote the bill of rights?
- what are the bill of rights?
- why was the bill of rights added to the constitution?
- what are civil rights?
- what are humanitarian rights?
- when was the civil rights movement?
- what are human rights?
- what was the civil rights movement?
- when was the bill of rights written?
- what are natural rights?
- what is the purpose of the bill of rights?
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