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Alphabet: Icelandic alphabet

Results for: "right"

Translating from English to Icelandic

Translations:

right — legal or moral entitlement
→ réttindi n/pl
→ réttur
right — of direction, opposite of left
→ hægri
right — complying with justice, correct
→ réttur

More translations:

right
→ hægri
right
→ réttur
right
→ (siðferðilega) réttur
right
→ viðeigandi
right
→ réttur, réttindi
right
→ sem hefur á réttu að standa
right
→ hægri-, hægrihandar
right
→ hægri-, hægrisinnaður
right
→ nákvæmlega
right
→ strax
right
→ rétt (við), beint
right
→ alveg, gjörsamlega
right
→ til hægri
right
→ rétt, vel
right
→ rétta við, *af; komast á réttan kjöl
right
→ bæta úr
right
→ allt í lagi; skal gert

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (8)

1. an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature;
- Example: "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"
- Example: "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Example: "a right is not something that somebody gives you it is something that nobody can take away";

2. location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east;
- Example: "he stood on the right"

3. the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right;
[syn: right field, rightfield, right]

4. those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged;
[syn: right, right wing]

5. the hand that is on the right side of the body;
- Example: "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"
- Example: "hit him with quick rights to the body"
[syn: right, right hand]

6. a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east;
- Example: "take a right at the corner"

7. anything in accord with principles of justice;
- Example: "he feels he is in the right"
- Example: "the rightfulness of his claim"
[syn: right, rightfulness]

8. (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing;
- Example: "mineral rights"
- Example: "film rights"


VERB (4)

1. make reparations or amends for;
- Example: "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
[syn: right, compensate, redress, correct]

2. put in or restore to an upright position;
- Example: "They righted the sailboat that had capsized"

3. regain an upright or proper position;
- Example: "The capsized boat righted again"

4. make right or correct;
- Example: "Correct the mistakes"
- Example: "rectify the calculation"
[syn: correct, rectify, right]


ADJECTIVE (14)

1. being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north;
- Example: "my right hand"
- Example: "right center field"
- Example: "a right-hand turn"
- Example: "the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream"

2. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth;
- Example: "the correct answer"
- Example: "the correct version"
- Example: "the right answer"
- Example: "took the right road"
- Example: "the right decision"
[syn: correct, right]

3. socially right or correct;
- Example: "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"
- Example: "correct behavior"
[syn: correct, right]

4. in conformance with justice or law or morality;
- Example: "do the right thing and confess"

5. correct in opinion or judgment;
- Example: "time proved him right"
[syn: right, correct]

6. appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs;
- Example: "everything in its proper place"
- Example: "the right man for the job"
- Example: "she is not suitable for the position"
[syn: proper, right]

7. of or belonging to the political or intellectual right;

8. in or into a satisfactory condition;
- Example: "things are right again now"
- Example: "put things right"

9. intended for the right hand;
- Example: "a right-hand glove"
[syn: right(a), right-hand(a)]

10. in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure;
- Example: "what's the right word for this?"
- Example: "the right way to open oysters"
[syn: correct, right]

11. having the axis perpendicular to the base;
- Example: "a right angle"

12. (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward;
- Example: "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"
- Example: "be sure your shirt is right side out"

13. most suitable or right for a particular purpose;
- Example: "a good time to plant tomatoes"
- Example: "the right time to act"
- Example: "the time is ripe for great sociological changes"
[syn: good, right, ripe]

14. precisely accurate;
- Example: "a veracious account"
[syn: veracious, right]


ADVERB (10)

1. precisely, exactly;
- Example: "stand right here!"

2. immediately;
- Example: "she called right after dinner"

3. exactly;
- Example: "he fell flop on his face"
[syn: right, flop]

4. toward or on the right; also used figuratively;
- Example: "he looked right and left"
- Example: "the party has moved right"

5. in the right manner;
- Example: "please do your job properly!"
- Example: "can't you carry me decent?"
[syn: properly, decently, decent, in good order, right, the right way]

6. an interjection expressing agreement;
[syn: right, right on]

7. completely;
- Example: "she felt right at home"
- Example: "he fell right into the trap"

8. (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree;
- Example: "the baby is mighty cute"
- Example: "he's mighty tired"
- Example: "it is powerful humid"
- Example: "that boy is powerful big now"
- Example: "they have a right nice place"
- Example: "they rejoiced mightily"
[syn: mighty, mightily, powerful, right]

9. in accordance with moral or social standards;
- Example: "that serves him right"
- Example: "do right by him"
[syn: justly, right]

10. in an accurate manner;
- Example: "the flower had been correctly depicted by his son"
- Example: "he guessed right"
[syn: correctly, right, aright]