ALL meanings of to rights
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T t - adverb to rights uprightly or righteously: to obey one's conscience and live right. 1
- adverb to rights properly or fittingly: to behave right. 1
- adverb to rights advantageously, favorably, or well: to turn out right. 1
- adverb to rights toward the right hand; on or to the right: to keep right; to turn right. 1
- adverb to rights Archaic or Dialect. very; extremely: a right fine day. 1
- adverb to rights very (used in certain titles): the right reverend. 1
- verb with object to rights to put in or restore to an upright position: to right a fallen lamp. 1
- verb with object to rights to put in proper order, condition, or relationship: to right a crookedly hung picture. 1
- verb with object to rights to bring into conformity with fact; correct: to right one's point of view. 1
- verb with object to rights to do justice to; avenge: to be righted in court. 1
- verb with object to rights to redress, as a wrong. 1
- verb without object to rights to resume an upright or the proper position: After the storm the saplings righted. 1
- idioms to rights by rights, in fairness; justly: You should by rights have been asked your opinion on the matter. 1
- idioms to rights in one's own right, by reason of one's own ability, ownership, etc.; in or of oneself, as independent of others: He is a rich man in his own right. 1
- idioms to rights in the right, having the support of reason or law; correct: It pays to be stubborn when one is in the right. 1
- idioms to rights right and left, on every side; in all directions: throwing his clothes right and left; members resigning right and left. 1
- idioms to rights right away / off, without hesitation; immediately: She made a good impression right off. 1
- idioms to rights right on, Slang. exactly right; precisely. 1
- idioms to rights too right, Australian Slang. (used as an expression of emphatic agreement.) okay: “Can we meet tonight?” “Too right.”. 1
- idioms to rights to rights, into proper condition or order: to set a room to rights. 1
- adjective to rights in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct. 1
- adjective to rights in conformity with fact, reason, truth, or some standard or principle; correct: the right solution; the right answer. 1
- adjective to rights correct in judgment, opinion, or action. 1
- adjective to rights fitting or appropriate; suitable: to say the right thing at the right time. 1
- adjective to rights most convenient, desirable, or favorable: Omaha is the right location for a meatpacking firm. 1
- adjective to rights 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 to rights in a satisfactory state; in good order: to put things right. 1
- adjective to rights 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 to rights in good health or spirits: I don't feel quite right today. 1
- adjective to rights principal, front, or upper: the right side of cloth. 1
- adjective to rights (often initial capital letter) of or relating to political conservatives or their beliefs. 1
- adjective to rights socially approved, desirable, or influential: to go to the right schools and know the right people. 1
- adjective to rights formed by or with reference to a perpendicular: a right angle. 1
- adjective to rights straight: a right line. 1
- adjective to rights Geometry. having an axis perpendicular to the base: a right cone. 1
- adjective to rights 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 to rights genuine; authentic: the right owner. 1
- noun to rights a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral: You have a right to say what you please. 1
- noun to 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 to rights adherence or obedience to moral and legal principles and authority. 1
- noun to rights that which is morally, legally, or ethically proper: to know right from wrong. 1
- noun to rights a moral, ethical, or legal principle considered as an underlying cause of truth, justice, morality, or ethics. 1
- noun to 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
- noun to rights the property itself or its value. 1
- noun to rights 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 to rights that which is in accord with fact, reason, propriety, the correct way of thinking, etc. 1
- noun to rights the state or quality or an instance of being correct. 1
- noun to rights the side that is normally opposite to that where the heart is; the direction toward that side: to turn to the right. 1
- noun to rights a right-hand turn: Make a right at the top of the hill. 1
- noun to rights the portion toward the right, as of troops in battle formation: Our right crumbled. 1