ALL meanings of right away
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R r - adverb right away immediately 1
- adjective right away in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct. 1
- adjective right away in conformity with fact, reason, truth, or some standard or principle; correct: the right solution; the right answer. 1
- adjective right away correct in judgment, opinion, or action. 1
- adjective right away fitting or appropriate; suitable: to say the right thing at the right time. 1
- adjective right away most convenient, desirable, or favorable: Omaha is the right location for a meatpacking firm. 1
- adjective right away 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 away in a satisfactory state; in good order: to put things right. 1
- adjective right away 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 away in good health or spirits: I don't feel quite right today. 1
- adjective right away principal, front, or upper: the right side of cloth. 1
- adjective right away (often initial capital letter) of or relating to political conservatives or their beliefs. 1
- adjective right away socially approved, desirable, or influential: to go to the right schools and know the right people. 1
- adjective right away formed by or with reference to a perpendicular: a right angle. 1
- adjective right away straight: a right line. 1
- adjective right away Geometry. having an axis perpendicular to the base: a right cone. 1
- adjective right away 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 away genuine; authentic: the right owner. 1
- noun right away a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral: You have a right to say what you please. 1
- noun right away 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 away adherence or obedience to moral and legal principles and authority. 1
- noun right away that which is morally, legally, or ethically proper: to know right from wrong. 1
- noun right away a moral, ethical, or legal principle considered as an underlying cause of truth, justice, morality, or ethics. 1
- noun right away 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 away the property itself or its value. 1
- noun right away 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 away that which is in accord with fact, reason, propriety, the correct way of thinking, etc. 1
- noun right away the state or quality or an instance of being correct. 1
- noun right away 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 away a right-hand turn: Make a right at the top of the hill. 1
- noun right away the portion toward the right, as of troops in battle formation: Our right crumbled. 1
- noun right away (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 away the right hand: Jab with your left and punch with your right. 1
- noun right away 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 away (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 away the members of such an assembly who sit on the Right. 1
- noun right away Boxing. a blow delivered by the right hand: a right to the jaw. 1
- noun right away Baseball. right field. 1
- adverb right away in a straight or direct line; straight; directly: right to the bottom; to come right home. 1
- adverb right away quite or completely; all the way: My hat was knocked right off. 1
- adverb right away immediately; promptly: right after dinner. 1
- adverb right away exactly; precisely: right here. 1
- adverb right away correctly or accurately: to guess right. 1
- adverb right away uprightly or righteously: to obey one's conscience and live right. 1
- adverb right away properly or fittingly: to behave right. 1
- adverb right away advantageously, favorably, or well: to turn out right. 1
- adverb right away toward the right hand; on or to the right: to keep right; to turn right. 1
- adverb right away Archaic or Dialect. very; extremely: a right fine day. 1
- adverb right away very (used in certain titles): the right reverend. 1
- verb with object right away to put in or restore to an upright position: to right a fallen lamp. 1