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exclamation/raɪt/
/raɪt/
(British English, informal)- used to show that you accept a statement or an order
- ‘You may find it hurts a little at first.’ ‘Right.’
- ‘Barry's here.’ ‘Oh, right.’
- (old-fashioned) ‘I'll have a whisky and soda.’ ‘Right you are, sir.’
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- used to get somebody’s attention to say that you are ready to do something, or to tell them to do something
- Right! Let's get going.
- used to check that somebody agrees with you or has understood you
- So that's twenty of each sort, right?
- And I didn't think any more of it, right, but Mum says I should see a doctor.
- (ironic) used to say that you do not believe somebody or that you disagree with them
- ‘I won't be late tonight.’ ‘Yeah, right.’
Word OriginOld English riht (adjective and noun), rihtan (verb), rihte (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to Latin rectus ‘ruled’, from an Indo-European root denoting movement in a straight line.
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