- right
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 what is morally goodPREPOSITION▪ in the right (= having justice and truth on your side)▪
There's no doubt that he's in the right on this.
PHRASES▪ have right on your side (esp. BrE)▪I appealed against the decision because I knew I had right on my side.
▪ know right from wrong▪Children of that age don't know right from wrong.
▪ right and wrong▪She doesn't understand the difference between right and wrong.
▪ the rights and wrongs of sth▪We sat discussing the rights and wrongs of the prison system.
2 entitlementADJECTIVE▪ basic, fundamental, inalienable, unalienable (esp. AmE)▪the basic rights of all citizens
▪ absolute, perfect▪I have a perfect right to park here if I want to.
▪ equal▪ exclusive, sole▪ full▪ automatic▪Any employee who is fired has an automatic right to appeal.
▪ animal, human▪animal rights campaigners
▪human rights violations
▪ constitutional, legal, statutory▪ contractual▪ moral▪You have a moral right to that money.
▪ natural▪A man had a natural right to subsist off the crops he grew on his own land.
▪ citizenship, civil▪the civil rights movement
▪ individual▪the individual rights of its constituents
▪ gay, lesbian, women's▪ parental▪The local authority exercises parental rights over the children until foster homes are found.
▪ abortion▪ visitation, visiting (esp. BrE)▪Many prisoners lost visitation rights and had their mail confiscated.
▪ privacy▪laws covering privacy rights
▪ squatters' (BrE)▪The teenagers claimed squatters' rights and were allowed to remain in the building.
▪ pension (BrE)▪ voting▪ divine, God-given▪the old idea of the divine right of kings
▪I suppose you think you have some God-given right to tell me what to do?
▪ sovereign▪We have a sovereign right to conduct scientific research on our soil.
VERB + RIGHT▪ enjoy, have, retain▪They have no right to come onto my land.
▪ assert, claim, demand▪ know▪You can't do that to me—I know my rights.
▪ establish▪The new president undertook to establish full rights for all minorities.
▪ fight for, stand up for▪You should stand up for your rights and insist that they pay you.
▪ reserve▪I reserve the right to leave at any time I choose.
▪ gain, get▪ confer on sb, give sb, grant sb▪We were granted the exclusive rights to produce the software in Malaysia.
▪ extend▪The government extended voting rights to everyone over the age of 18.
▪ curtail, limit, restrict▪Abortion rights have been restricted in some places.
▪ exercise▪ enforce▪The landlord enforced his right to enter the property.
▪ abdicate (esp. AmE), give up, relinquish, renounce▪He renounced his right to the throne.
▪ waive▪They gave me my uncle's money, on condition that I waived all rights to his property.
▪ forfeit, lose▪ affirm, champion, defend, guarantee, preserve, promote, protect, safeguard, support, uphold▪The constitution guarantees basic human rights.
▪We promote the rights of communities.
▪ acknowledge, recognize, respect▪ affect, infringe▪These additional guarantees do not affect your statutory rights. (BrE)
▪ deny sb, trample (esp. AmE), trample on, violate▪ abolish▪ restorePREPOSITION▪ as of right (BrE), by right▪The property belongs to her as of right.
▪The property belongs to her by right.
▪ by right of▪The Normans ruled England by right of conquest.
▪ within your rights▪You're acting entirely within your rights.
▪ right of▪the right of assembly/asylum/citizenship/free speech/ownership
▪ right over▪He claimed full rights over the discovery.
▪ rights for▪equal rights for all
▪ right to▪Do I have any right to compensation?
PHRASES▪ have every right▪She has every right to feel bitter.
▪ right of way▪roads where bikes have the right of way (= cars must allow them to pass first)
▪There is no public right of way across the fields. (BrE)
3 rights legal authority/claim to sthADJECTIVE▪ film (esp. BrE), movie (esp. AmE), television▪ translation▪ foreign▪ land, property▪ intellectual property▪ patent▪They acquired her patent rights.
▪ inheritance▪ mineral▪ fishing▪ grazing▪ bragging (AmE)▪The team earned the bragging rights by taking first place in all three events.
VERB + RIGHTS▪ acquire, buy, get, obtain, purchase, secure▪Altman secured the movie rights.
▪ sell▪He sold the movie rights for $2 million.
▪ sign away▪ have, hold, own▪Lucas owned the marketing rights.
▪ reserve▪He has reserved the movie rights.
▪ grant▪The company was granted offshore oil-drilling rights.
PHRASES▪ all rights reserved (= protected or kept for the owner of the rights) (law)4 right side/directionVERB + RIGHT▪ hang (AmE, informal), take▪Take a right at the traffic lights.
PREPOSITION▪ from the right▪Look out for traffic coming from the right.
▪ on the right▪Ours is the first house on the right.
▪ to the right▪Keep over to the right.
▪ to the right of▪a hallway immediately to the right of the front door
PHRASES▪ the first, second, etc. right▪Take the first right, and then it's the second on your left.
▪ from left to right, from right to left▪The books are numbered from right to left.
5 the right in politicsADJECTIVE▪ extreme, far, radical▪ Christian, religiousPREPOSITION▪ on the right▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}He's on the extreme right of the party.
verbRight is used with these nouns as the object: ↑wrong{{Roman}}III.{{/Roman}}adj.VERBS▪ be, feel, look, seem, sound, taste▪The meat doesn't taste right to me.
▪ come, go, turn out▪I'm sure it'll all turn out right in the end.
▪ get sth▪He never gets anything right.
▪ make sth▪It may be a very easy way to make money, but that doesn't make it right.
ADVERB▪ absolutely, dead (esp. BrE), exactly, just, perfectly, quite▪You're dead right. There's nothing we can do.
▪She needs to get everything exactly right for her guests.
▪There's something not quite right about these figures.
▪ almost, more or less, mostly, nearly, partially▪Don't worry about it—that's more or less right.
▪ probably▪ morallyPREPOSITION▪ about▪You were quite right about the weather.
PHRASES▪ what you think is right▪James did what he thought was right.
Right is used with these nouns: ↑address, ↑amount, ↑angle, ↑answer, ↑approach, ↑arm, ↑arrow, ↑attitude, ↑balance, ↑blend, ↑brain, ↑channel, ↑choice, ↑circumstance, ↑click, ↑combination, ↑consistency, ↑context, ↑corner, ↑credentials, ↑decision, ↑degree, ↑diagnosis, ↑direction, ↑distance, ↑ear, ↑edge, ↑elbow, ↑eye, ↑fist, ↑fit, ↑flank, ↑foot, ↑fork, ↑half, ↑hand, ↑idiot, ↑impression, ↑ingredient, ↑interpretation, ↑jab, ↑kind, ↑knee, ↑lane, ↑leg, ↑margin, ↑message, ↑mix, ↑moment, ↑move, ↑note, ↑number, ↑occasion, ↑order, ↑palm, ↑path, ↑person, ↑place, ↑prediction, ↑price, ↑product, ↑road, ↑side, ↑size, ↑sleeve, ↑solution, ↑sort, ↑speaker, ↑spirit, ↑spot, ↑street, ↑tack, ↑tackle, ↑temperament, ↑temple, ↑thing, ↑time, ↑timing, ↑tool, ↑touch, ↑triangle, ↑turn, ↑way, ↑weight, ↑wing, ↑word{{Roman}}IV.{{/Roman}}adv.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
