"be right" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: is right [present, singular, third-person], being right [participle, present], was right [past], been right [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|be<is,being,was,been> right}} be right (third-person singular simple present is right, present participle being right, simple past was right, past participle been right)
  1. To be correct in one's judgment or statement about something. (This entry is a translation hub.) Translations (be correct in one's judgement or statement about something): أَصَابَ (ʔaṣāba) (Arabic), أَحَقَّ (ʔaḥaqqa) (Arabic), كَانَ عَلَى حَقٍّ (kāna ʕalā ḥaqqin) (Arabic), мець ра́цыю (mjecʹ rácyju) [imperfective] (Belarusian), прав съм (prav sǎm) (Bulgarian), 是對的 (Chinese Mandarin), 是对的 (shì duì de) (Chinese Mandarin), mít pravdu [imperfective] (Czech), have ret (Danish), gelijk hebben (Dutch), ĝusti (Esperanto), pravi (Esperanto), olla oikeassa (Finnish), avoir raison (French), recht haben (German), im Recht sein (German), έχω δίκιο (écho díkio) (Greek), igaza van (Hungarian), benar (Indonesian), avere ragione (Italian), 正しい (tadashii) (Japanese), 옳다 (olta) (Korean), 맞다 (matda) (Korean), rēctē dīcō/loquor/agō/putō/sentiō (Latin), ha rett (Norwegian), mieć rację [imperfective] (Polish), mieć słuszność [imperfective] (Polish), estar certo (Portuguese), ter razão (Portuguese), avea dreptate (Romanian), быть пра́вым (bytʹ právym) [imperfective] (Russian), tener razón (Spanish), estar en lo correcto (Spanish), ha rätt (Swedish), ถูก (tùuk) (Thai), haklı (Turkish), ма́ти ра́цію (máty ráciju) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), đúng (Vietnamese)
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Inflected forms

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          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
          "word": "pravi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
          "word": "olla oikeassa"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
          "word": "avoir raison"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
          "word": "recht haben"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
          "word": "im Recht sein"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "écho díkio",
          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
          "word": "έχω δίκιο"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
          "word": "igaza van"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
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          "word": "avere ragione"
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          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
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          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
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          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
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          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
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          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
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          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
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          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
          "word": "ter razão"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
          "word": "avea dreptate"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bytʹ právym",
          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
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          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
          "word": "tener razón"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
          "word": "ha rätt"
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "tùuk",
          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
          "word": "ถูก"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
          "word": "haklı"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "máty ráciju",
          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ма́ти ра́цію"
        },
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
          "word": "đúng"
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      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
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      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "是對的"
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      "roman": "shì duì de",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "是对的"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "have ret"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "gelijk hebben"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "ĝusti"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "pravi"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "olla oikeassa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "avoir raison"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "recht haben"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "im Recht sein"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "écho díkio",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "έχω δίκιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "igaza van"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "benar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "avere ragione"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tadashii",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "正しい"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "olta",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "옳다"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "matda",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "맞다"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "rēctē dīcō/loquor/agō/putō/sentiō"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "ha rett"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mieć rację"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
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      "word": "mieć słuszność"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "estar certo"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "ter razão"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "avea dreptate"
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      "roman": "bytʹ právym",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
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      "word": "быть пра́вым"
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      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "tener razón"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "estar en lo correcto"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "ha rätt"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tùuk",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "ถูก"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "haklı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "máty ráciju",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "ма́ти ра́цію"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "be correct in one's judgement or statement about something",
      "word": "đúng"
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  "word": "be right"
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