right
/ɹaɪt/ verb A2- To correct. · Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.
- To set upright. · The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.
- To return to normal upright position. · When the wind died down, the ship righted.
- To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of. · to right the oppressed
He/she/it rights · Past righted · Past participle righted · -ing form righting
Verb forms
- Base form
- right
- He/she/it
- rights
- Past
- righted
- Past participle
- righted
- -ing form
- righting
From the library
“That’s right!” exclaimed a multitude of voices, “go, and return as quickly as you can!”
She’s never been taught what is right.
“The truth is,” replied Dantès, “that I am too happy for noisy mirth; if that is what you meant by your observation, my worthy friend, you are right; joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.”
Come, come,” continued he, patting Edmond’s shoulder kindly, “you did very right, Dantès, to follow Captain Leclere’s instructions, and touch at Elba, although if it were known that you had conveyed a packet to the marshal, and had conversed with the emperor, it might bring you into trouble.”
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