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off

verb

adjective

  • Not in operation or operational.
    • usage: "the oven is off"; "the lights are off"
  • Below a satisfactory level.
    • usage: "an off year for tennis"; "his performance was off"
  • Of events. ( no longer planned or scheduled)
    • usage: "the wedding is definitely off"
  • In an unpalatable state.
    • usage: "sour milk"
  • Not performing or scheduled for duties.
    • usage: "He's off every Tuesday"

adverb

  • From a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete. )
    • usage: "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach"
  • At a distance in space or time)
    • usage: "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away. "; "away back in the 18th century"
  • No longer on or in contact or attached.
    • usage: "clean off the dirt"; "he shaved off his mustache"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
  • (adv.) Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; as, to look off.
  • (n.) The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.
  • (interj.) Away; begone; -- a command to depart.
  • (prep.) Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore.
  • (a.) On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot; in the United States, the right side; as, the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse or ox; the off leg.
  • (adv.) In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:.
  • (adv.) Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation; as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like.
  • (adv.) Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off.
  • (adv.) Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.
  • (adv.) Denoting opposition or negation.
  • (a.) Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs or is absent from his post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent; as, he took an off day for fishing: an off year in politics.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
right

noun

  • An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature.
    • usage: "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"
  • Location near or direction toward the right side; i. E. The side to the south when a person or object faces east.
    • usage: "he stood on the right"
  • The piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right.
  • Those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged.
  • The hand that is on the right side of the body.
    • usage: "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body"
  • A turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east.
    • usage: "take a right at the corner"
  • Anything in accord with principles of justice.
    • usage: "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim"
  • Frequently plural. ( the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing)
    • usage: "mineral rights"; "film rights"

verb

  • Make reparations or amends for.
    • usage: "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
  • Put in or restore to an upright position.
    • usage: "They righted the sailboat that had capsized"
  • Regain an upright or proper position.
    • usage: "The capsized boat righted again"
  • Make right or correct.
    • usage: "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"

adjective

  • Being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north.
    • usage: "my right hand"; "right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream"
  • Free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth.
    • usage: "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"
  • Socially right or correct.
    • usage: "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"
  • In conformance with justice or law or morality.
    • usage: "do the right thing and confess"
  • Correct in opinion or judgment.
    • usage: "time proved him right"
  • Appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs.
    • usage: "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position"
  • Of or belonging to the political or intellectual right.
  • In or into a satisfactory condition.
    • usage: "things are right again now"; "put things right"
  • Intended for the right hand.
    • usage: "a right-hand glove"
  • In accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure.
    • usage: "what's the right word for this"; "the right way to open oysters"
  • Having the axis perpendicular to the base.
    • usage: "a right angle"
  • Of the side of cloth or clothing. ( facing or intended to face outward)
    • usage: "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out"
  • Most suitable or right for a particular purpose.
    • usage: "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes"
  • Precisely accurate.
    • usage: "a veracious account"

adverb

  • Precisely, exactly.
    • usage: "stand right here"
  • Immediately.
    • usage: "she called right after dinner"
  • Exactly.
    • usage: "he fell flop on his face"
  • Toward or on the right; also used figuratively.
    • usage: "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right"
  • In the right manner.
    • usage: "please do your job properly"; "can't you carry me decent"
  • An interjection expressing agreement.
  • Completely.
    • usage: "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap"
  • Southern regional intensive. ( very; to a great degree)
    • usage: "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily"
  • In accordance with moral or social standards.
    • usage: "that serves him right"; "do right by him"
  • In an accurate manner.
    • usage: "the flower had been correctly depicted by his son"; "he guessed right"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Privilege granted shareholders of a corporation to subscribe to shares of a new issue of common stock before it is offered to the public. Such a' Right', which normally has a life of two to four weeks, is freely transferable and entitles the holder to buy the new common stock below the public offering price. See: Warrant.

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