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Meaning of "right about" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RIGHT ABOUT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RIGHT ABOUT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Right about can act as a noun, an adjective and an adverb.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES RIGHT ABOUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of right about in the English dictionary

The definition of right about in the dictionary is a turn executed through 180°. Other definition of right about is in the opposite direction.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RIGHT ABOUT

right
right angle
right as rain
right ascension
right away
Right Honourable
right of abode
right of search
right of way
right off
right off the bat
right oh
right on
Right Reverend
right to life
right triangle
right whale
right wing
right-angled
right-angled triangle

WORDS THAT END LIKE RIGHT ABOUT

about
bout
bring about
come about
get about
go about
hang about
just about
kick about
make no bones about
marabout
nothing to write home about
out and about
roundabout
see about
set about
talk about
thereabout
time about
walkabout
what about

Synonyms and antonyms of right about in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «right about» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RIGHT ABOUT

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

Translator English - Chinese

说得对
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

razón sobre
570 millions of speakers

English

right about
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अधिकार के बारे में
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عن الحق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

право о
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

direito sobre
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঠিক সম্পর্কে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

droit sur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Betul betul
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

recht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

権利について
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

권리 에 대한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tengen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đúng về
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சரியானது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बरोबर आहे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hakkıyla
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

a destra su
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prawo o
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

право про
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chiar despre
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

το δικαίωμα για
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

reg oor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rätt om
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rett om
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of right about

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RIGHT ABOUT»

The term «right about» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.635 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RIGHT ABOUT» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «RIGHT ABOUT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word right about.
1
Paul Begala
It seems to me the American people never really forgave the Democrats for being right about Vietnam.
2
Linda Blair
When I was 13 I asked my mother if it was possible for this to end - I'd had enough of it. And that was right about the time that we got a call for 'The Exorcist' interview.
3
Ben Bradlee
We were right about the slush fund. But Sloan did not testify about it to the Grand Jury.
4
Dorothea Brande
All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right about face which turns us from failure to success.
5
David Carradine
My big fight is not in the movie and I don't understand that decision but I know he's right about it, whatever it is. Quentin did not hire me because I'm a kung fu expert; he hired me because he liked to listen to me talk.
6
Joseph J. Ellis
To my three sons, Peter, Scott, and Alexander who pulled me from the 18th Century and back into the present on a regular basis and therefore made me a better person, thank you. And to my wife, who sits at the table there. Who is right about almost everything.
7
William Gibson
The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it.
8
Jeff Goldblum
I thought, this is a good sign. There's something perfect and right about this.
9
Laurence Housman
I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get right about its God the rest would follow.
10
Keith Jarrett
I cannot say what I think is right about music. I only know the rightness of it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RIGHT ABOUT»

Discover the use of right about in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to right about and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do ...
Explaining why traditional approaches to ethics don't work, the book considers how blind spots like ethical fading--the removal of ethics from the decision--making process--have led to tragedies and scandals such as the Challenger space ...
Max H. Bazerman, Ann E. Tenbrunsel, 2011
2
What's Right about America: Celebrating Our Nation's Values
She's keenly aware that the threats and challenges we face abroad and at home make it imperative that young people in particular understand what makes the United States unique-and why that uniqueness is worth preserving.Each chapter of What ...
Kay Granger, 2010
3
No Enemies Within: A Creative Process for Discovering What's ...
Guides the reader in transforming bad experiences and stresses by using the imagination
Dawna Markova, 1994
4
On the Wrong Side of Just about Everything, But Right about ...
"The pages of this book contain incontrovertible proof that our Lord was crucified and buried on Wednesday, not Friday; that those "left behind" are God's people, not the wicked; that America's heritage is Christian, not Judeo-Christian; ...
Dale P. Crowley, 2005
5
You have not spoken what is right about me: intertextuality ...
This book, an intertextual study of the book of Job in general and the first cycle of poetic speeches in particular, addresses the dialogical character exhibited by the speeches of the book of Job - a subject that prior Joban scholarship ...
Yohan Pyeon, 2003
6
Be Right (Romans): How to Be Right with God, Yourself, and ...
In this classic commentary by Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe, you can refresh your own understanding of this seminal work, Paul's masterpiece letter to the church in Rome.
Warren W. Wiersbe, 2010
7
The Rite to Write Right About Wright
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Geneva Anderson Thompson, 2012
8
Right about Now: Art and Theory Since the 1990s
Focusing on themes such as The Body, Interactivity, Engagement, Documentary Strategies, Money and Curating, "Right About Now" provides a map for this work, from the 1990s to the present.
Margriet Schavemaker, Mischa Rakier, 2007
9
Who Is Right about God?
This book is both important and readable, because it has been forged in the daily real time interplay between the issues and views that it discusses, and because it is given rigour and intellectual coherence by the gifted author, who has an ...
Duncan Raynor, 2008
10
100 Days of Right Believing: Daily Readings from The Power ...
What you believe is everything!
Joseph Prince, 2014

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Right about [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/right-about>. Oct 2024 ».
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