ALL meanings of right and left
right and left
R r - adjective right and left in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct. 1
- adjective right and left in conformity with fact, reason, truth, or some standard or principle; correct: the right solution; the right answer. 1
- adjective right and left correct in judgment, opinion, or action. 1
- adjective right and left fitting or appropriate; suitable: to say the right thing at the right time. 1
- adjective right and left most convenient, desirable, or favorable: Omaha is the right location for a meatpacking firm. 1
- adjective right and left of, relating to, or located on or near the side of a person or thing that is turned toward the east when the subject is facing north (opposed to left). 1
- adjective right and left in a satisfactory state; in good order: to put things right. 1
- adjective right and left sound, sane, or normal: to be in one's right mind; She wasn't right in her head when she made the will. 1
- adjective right and left in good health or spirits: I don't feel quite right today. 1
- adjective right and left principal, front, or upper: the right side of cloth. 1
- adjective right and left (often initial capital letter) of or relating to political conservatives or their beliefs. 1
- adjective right and left socially approved, desirable, or influential: to go to the right schools and know the right people. 1
- adjective right and left formed by or with reference to a perpendicular: a right angle. 1
- adjective right and left straight: a right line. 1
- adjective right and left Geometry. having an axis perpendicular to the base: a right cone. 1
- adjective right and left Mathematics. pertaining to an element of a set that has a given property when placed on the right of an element or set of elements of the given set: a right identity. 1
- adjective right and left genuine; authentic: the right owner. 1
- noun right and left a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral: You have a right to say what you please. 1
- noun right and left 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 right and left adherence or obedience to moral and legal principles and authority. 1
- noun right and left that which is morally, legally, or ethically proper: to know right from wrong. 1
- noun right and left a moral, ethical, or legal principle considered as an underlying cause of truth, justice, morality, or ethics. 1
- noun right and left 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
- noun right and left the property itself or its value. 1
- noun right and left Finance. the privilege, usually preemptive, that accrues to the owners of the stock of a corporation to subscribe to additional shares of stock or securities convertible into stock at an advantageous price. Often, rights. the privilege of subscribing to a specified amount of a stock or bond issue, or the document certifying this privilege. 1
- noun right and left that which is in accord with fact, reason, propriety, the correct way of thinking, etc. 1
- noun right and left the state or quality or an instance of being correct. 1
- noun right and left the side that is normally opposite to that where the heart is; the direction toward that side: to turn to the right. 1
- noun right and left a right-hand turn: Make a right at the top of the hill. 1
- noun right and left the portion toward the right, as of troops in battle formation: Our right crumbled. 1
- noun right and left (in a pair) the member that is shaped for, used by, or situated on the right side: Is this shoe a left or a right? 1
- noun right and left the right hand: Jab with your left and punch with your right. 1
- noun right and left the Right. the complex of individuals or organized groups opposing change in a liberal direction and usually advocating maintenance of the established social, political, or economic order. the position held by these people: The Depression led to a movement away from the Right. Compare left1 (defs 6a, b). right wing. 1
- noun right and left (usually initial capital letter) the part of a legislative assembly, especially in continental Europe, that is situated on the right side of the presiding officer and that is customarily assigned to members of the legislature who hold more conservative or reactionary views than the rest of the members. 1
- noun right and left the members of such an assembly who sit on the Right. 1
- noun right and left Boxing. a blow delivered by the right hand: a right to the jaw. 1
- noun right and left Baseball. right field. 1
- adverb right and left in a straight or direct line; straight; directly: right to the bottom; to come right home. 1
- adverb right and left quite or completely; all the way: My hat was knocked right off. 1
- adverb right and left immediately; promptly: right after dinner. 1
- adverb right and left exactly; precisely: right here. 1
- adverb right and left correctly or accurately: to guess right. 1
- adverb right and left uprightly or righteously: to obey one's conscience and live right. 1
- adverb right and left properly or fittingly: to behave right. 1
- adverb right and left advantageously, favorably, or well: to turn out right. 1
- adverb right and left toward the right hand; on or to the right: to keep right; to turn right. 1
- adverb right and left Archaic or Dialect. very; extremely: a right fine day. 1
- adverb right and left very (used in certain titles): the right reverend. 1
- verb with object right and left to put in or restore to an upright position: to right a fallen lamp. 1
- verb with object right and left to put in proper order, condition, or relationship: to right a crookedly hung picture. 1