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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

right on en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˌɹaɪt ˈɑn/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. Correct and apropos; perfectly true.
    • I verified that information with Jack who said she was right on. 2012, Andrew Page, Memoirs of a Scheduler, →ISBN, page A-136:
    • Joseph was right on. New York was what Jaylene wanted. 2011, R. D. Smiley, Cotman: The Jaylene Olivia Josalene Cotman Story, →ISBN, page 244:
    • Every time James asked his brother for an opinion, it was right on. 2011, James Shinn, Faith and Loving On the Way To Heaven: Self-Help for Sinners and Saints!, →ISBN:
    • That's just so right on. It's so true. 2010, Anne Miller, Permission to Speak Freely, →ISBN:
  2. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of right-on.
    alt of right-on
    • The whole underground scene where we come from is just so right on and maybe that's the way we justify why we've pursued this so far on this level is to maybe open doors, some doors that have been opened for us, by bands who've made dents, who've preceded us. 2016, Nick Soulsby, Cobain on Cobain: Interviews and Encounters, →ISBN:
    • The folks at VAWA were kickass, their politics were completely right on and it's total West Wing. People are there trying to affect change in this certain context. And it was so heartening in this way seeing people being so right on. It was also kind of scary to see people being so right on and this was the best completely right on people could do in the system at this point (SFA). 2008, From Moderate Chastisement to Mandatory Arrest, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most right on Degree=Sup lexicographic
more right on Degree=Cmp lexicographic

right on en · INTJ

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˌɹaɪt ˈɑn/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. (US, dated, idiomatic) An expression of enthusiasm or encouragement.
    • Right on to Jean Segaloff and her Speaking Out column, "The Myth of the 'Feminist Male!" A man who calls himself a "feminist" is akin to a white civil rights worker who calls him or herself a "black activist." 1981 August 15, Cliff Flanders, “Anti-Masculinists”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 5, page 4:
    • I knew you could do it. Right on!

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