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