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I'm not sure about prizes. I don't know how far you can seriously raise public consciousness about poetry. Having a 'National Poetry Day,' like a 'No Smoking Day,' is just shelving the problem. Things which should by rights be every day are not best served by these things.
John Fuller

Meaning of "by rights" in the English dictionary

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WHAT DOES BY RIGHTS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of by rights in the English dictionary

The definition of by rights in the dictionary is if something is not the case but you think that it should be, you can say that by rights it should be the case.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BY RIGHTS

by nature
by no manner of means
by no means
by numbers
by one´s bootstraps
by reason of
by request
by return
by return of post
by right
by rote
by the balls
by the bye
by the dozen
by the lee
by the neck
by the same token
by the seat of one´s pants
by the skin of one´s teeth
by the vanload

WORDS THAT END LIKE BY RIGHTS

animal rights
Bill of Rights
bragging rights
bright lights
brights
civil rights
hazard warning lights
heights
highlights
human rights
knights
lights
nights
northern lights
rights
sights
the bright lights
thoughts
tights
traffic lights
voting rights

Synonyms and antonyms of by rights in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BY RIGHTS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «by rights» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of by rights

Translation of «by rights» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BY RIGHTS

Find out the translation of by rights to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of by rights from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «by rights» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

由权
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

por los derechos
570 millions of speakers

English

by rights
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अधिकार से
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

من حقوق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

правами
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

por direitos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অধিকার দ্বারা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

par des droits
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Oleh hak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

durch Rechte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

権利による
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

권한 에 의해
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dening hak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bởi quyền
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உரிமைகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अधिकारांनुसार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Haklara göre
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dai diritti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prawami
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

правами
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de drepturi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

από δικαιώματα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

deur regte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

av rättigheter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

av rettigheter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of by rights

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BY RIGHTS»

The term «by rights» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.580 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BY RIGHTS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about by rights

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5 QUOTES WITH «BY RIGHTS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word by rights.
1
John Fuller
I'm not sure about prizes. I don't know how far you can seriously raise public consciousness about poetry. Having a 'National Poetry Day,' like a 'No Smoking Day,' is just shelving the problem. Things which should by rights be every day are not best served by these things.
2
O. Henry
By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.
3
Wyndham Lewis
A hundred things are done today in the divine name of Youth, that if they showed their true colors would be seen by rights to belong rather to old age.
4
James Payn
For my part, I do not feel that the scheme of future happiness, which ought by rights to be in preparation for me, will be at all interfered with by my not meeting again the man I have in my. mind.
5
Agnes Repplier
The thinkers of the world should by rights be guardians of the world's mirth.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BY RIGHTS»

Discover the use of by rights in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to by rights and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Nation by Rights: National Cultures, Sexual Identity ...
But how does this dynamic play out in the construction of the 'national imaginary'? This book helps reformulate how we use rights - to what end and through what means.
Carl Franklin Stychin, 1998
2
Moral Rights and Political Freedom
Part I - Rights
Tara Smith, 1995
3
Morals, Rights and Practice in the Human Services: Effective ...
Work within the human services is increasingly influenced by rights-based thinking, and this book offers advice for the practitioner on how to translate abstract rights theory into their everyday practice.
Marie Connolly, Tony Ward, 2007
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The works of William Shakespeare, the text revised by A. Dyce
(214) " One fire drives out one fire ; one nail, one nail; Mights by rights falter, strengths by strengths do fail." The folio has "Rights by rights fouler, strengths," to. , which editors and critics have thus variously altered ; " Right's by right fouler," to. , ...
William Shakespeare, Alexander Dyce, 1865
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A Field of One's Own: Gender and Land Rights in South Asia
An analysis of gender and property throughout South Asia which argues that the most important economic factor affecting women is the gender gap in command over property.
Bina Agarwal, 1994
6
The Edinburgh encyclopædia conducted by David Brewster, with ...
But if, on the other hand, Justinian, and the writers who have followed him, mean only by rights of persons, rights of things, and actions, three great classes of rights comprehending the whole subject of law, there seems no good objection to the ...
David Brewster, 1832
7
Universal Human Rights: Moral Order in a Divided World
Basic rights, as understood here, are not to be superseded or significantly impaired in the normal case by rights that are not universal; by universal rights that are not well established in the ways just described; or by other normative ...
David A. Reidy, Mortimer N. S. Sellers, 2005
8
Rights at Work: Employment Relations in the Post-Union Era
For example, workers may achieve enhanced job security by means of seniority rights, by extensive layoff-notice requirements, by rights to retraining, or by guarantees of substantial severance pay. Each right offers the worker some protection ...
Richard Edwards, 2011
9
The Works of William Shakespeare: King Henry VIII. Troilus ...
One fire drives out one fire; one nail, one nail; Rights by rights fouler, strengths by strengths do fail. 55 Come, let's away. When, Caius, Rome is thine, Thou art poor' st of all ; then shortly art thou mine. [Exeunt. ACT V. SCENE I. Rome. A public ...
William Shakespeare, William George Clark, William Aldis Wright, 1865
10
Bound By Darkness
. . Praise for Alexandra Ivy _Beyond the Darkness kept me riveted! The Guardians of Eternity series is highly addictive.
Alexandra Ivy, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BY RIGHTS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term by rights is used in the context of the following news items.
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India uses AFSPA to avoid holding forces accountable for human …
On July 5, the AFSPA - called draconian by rights groups - completed its silver jubilee in Kashmir where an anti-India insurgency has claimed ... «GreaterKashmir.com, Jul 15»
2
Companies put debt over equity, raise Rs 1.33 lakh crore from markets
In the equity segment, money was raised through the preferential route (Rs 15,891 crore), followed by rights issue (Rs 7,498 crore), initial public ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
3
The Clinton campaign shows that establishment politicians aren't as …
“Clinton has campaigned aggressively for a nomination that should, by rights, already be hers. She has contorted herself wildly, recanted her ... «Conservative Home, Jul 15»
4
Hungary to tighten asylum rules amid criticism from EU, UN
Efforts by the Hungarian government to paint refugees as a threat to the country are condemned by rights groups. ECRI also said that migrants ... «Daily Sabah, Jul 15»
5
Bill would allow cameras in Illinois nursing homes
... in order for them to help figure out what's going on, but I think by rights they should [family members] be monitoring it and not us," she said. «KFVS, Jul 15»
6
No Yankees voted in as starters for 2015 All-Star Game
Since Miggy is injured, by rights, Teix should be there. Gritner is 1st among AL LFers in War and OPS, and 5th among all AL OFers in War and ... «River Avenue Blues, Jul 15»
7
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... as her current P.B. All in all, her form reads well for this and by rights she should be the fav unless Godbolt's gelding is better than we think. «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
8
From Rio 2016 qualification to local league cricket
By rights, looking at our squad and our world ranking, we should be qualifying for the Olympics. But the way the qualification system was set-up ... «Get Bucks, Jul 15»
9
Decoding Kit Harington's Wimbledon locks: celebrity haircuts as …
No shampoo north of the wall. Photograph: c.HBO/Everett/REX/c.HBO/Everett/REX. By rights, Kit Harington should have done the same thing. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Egypt journalists face jail for reporting non-government terrorism …
... attempt to speed up the punishment of terrorists, but condemned by rights campaigners as a backdoor attempt to curb basic legal rights. «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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