right

Pronunciation: [rait]

Average Rank: 143

Source: ECDICT

n. 权利, 右边, 正义, 右派, 公正 a. 正确的, 对的, 恰当的, 正常的, 正直的, 正面的, 右方的 adv. 正确地, 以有利结果, 一直, 直接, 向右 vt. 扶直, 整理, 纠正, 伸冤, 使昭雪 vi. 恢复平衡 [计] 右, 权利

n. an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; it is something that nobody can take away"
n. location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east
n. those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
n. the hand that is on the right side of the body

Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Oxford 3000

Difficulty: BASIC

Exam Tags: zk gk

Plural: rights

Present Participle: righting

Past: righted

3rd Person: rights

Past Participle: righted

Word Frequency Rankings

#224

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.8% (Top 97.8% most frequent)

97.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

#40

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 99.6% (Top 99.6% most frequent)

99.6%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

#164

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 98.4% (Top 98.4% most frequent)

98.4%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.