The difference between Right and Right-wing
When used as adjectives, right means straight, not bent, whereas right-wing means of political ideologies: opposing political and social equality, especially conservative, traditional and/or reactionary politics.
Right is also interjection with the meaning: yes, that is correct.
Right is also noun with the meaning: that which complies with justice, law or reason.
Right is also adverb with the meaning: on the right side.
Right is also verb with the meaning: to correct.
check bellow for the other definitions of Right and Right-wing
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Right as an adjective (archaic):
Straight, not bent.
Examples:
"a right line"
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Right as an adjective (geometry):
Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
Examples:
"The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall."
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Right as an adjective (geometry):
Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
Examples:
"a right triangle'', ''a right prism'', ''a right cone"
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Right as an adjective:
Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
Examples:
"I thought you'd made a mistake, but it seems you were right all along."
"It's not right that one person gets all the credit for the group's work."
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Right as an adjective:
Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
Examples:
"Is this the right software for my computer?"
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Right as an adjective:
Healthy, sane, competent.
Examples:
"I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind."
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Right as an adjective:
Real; veritable (used emphatically).
Examples:
"You've made a right mess of the kitchen!"
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Right as an adjective (Australia):
All right; not requiring assistance.
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Right as an adjective (dated):
Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
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Right as an adjective:
Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the right: →
Examples:
"After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left."
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Right as an adjective:
Designed to be placed or worn outward.
Examples:
"the right side of a piece of cloth"
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Right as an adjective (politics):
Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
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Right as an adverb:
On the right side.
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Right as an adverb:
Towards the right side.
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Right as an adverb:
Exactly, precisely.
Examples:
"The arrow landed right in the middle of the target."
"Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film."
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Right as an adverb:
Immediately, directly.
Examples:
"Can't you see it? It's right beside you!"
"Tom was standing right in front of the TV, blocking everyone's view."
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Right as an adverb (British, US, dialect):
Very, extremely, quite.
Examples:
"I made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I?"
"I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much."
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Right as an adverb:
According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
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Right as an adverb:
In a correct manner.
Examples:
"Do it right or don't do it at all."
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Right as an adverb (dated, still used in some titles):
To a great extent or degree.
Examples:
"Sir, I am right glad to meet you …"
"Members of the Queen's Privy Council are styled The Right Honourable for life."
"The Right Reverend Monsignor Guido Sarducci."
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Right as a noun:
That which complies with justice, law or reason.
Examples:
"We're on the side of right in this contest."
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Right as a noun:
A legal, just or moral entitlement.
Examples:
"You have no right to go through my personal diary."
"see also'' [[in right of]]"
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Right as a noun:
The right side or direction.
Examples:
"The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop."
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Right as a noun:
The right hand.
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Right as a noun (politics):
The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
Examples:
"The political right holds too much power."
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Right as a noun:
The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
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Right as a verb (transitive):
To correct.
Examples:
"'Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible."
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Right as a verb (transitive):
To set upright.
Examples:
"The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile."
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Right as a verb (intransitive):
To return to normal upright position.
Examples:
"When the wind died down, the ship righted."
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Right as a verb (transitive):
To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
Examples:
"to right the oppressed"
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Right-wing as an adjective (politics):
Of political ideologies: opposing political and social equality, especially conservative, traditional and/or reactionary politics.
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