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