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right on

US/ˌɹaɪt ˈɑn/

right on adjective: correct and apropos; perfectly true. Also the alternative form of right-on.

Adjective

right on (comparative more right on, superlative most right on)

  1. Correct and apropos; perfectly true.
    • That's just so right on. It's so true.2010, Anne Miller, Permission to Speak Freely, →ISBN
    • Joseph was right on. New York was what Jaylene wanted.2011, R. D. Smiley, Cotman: The Jaylene Olivia Josalene Cotman Story, →ISBN, page 244

Interjection

  1. (US, dated, idiomatic) An expression of enthusiasm or encouragement.
    • I knew you could do it. Right on!
    • 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

Also used as

right on is also the alternative form of right-on.

Examples of right on in a sentence

  • 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:
  • I verified that information with Jack who said she was right on.2012, Andrew Page, Memoirs of a Scheduler, →ISBN, page A-136:

Forms of right on

comparativemore right on
superlativemost right on

Questions about right on

What does right on mean?
Right on means correct and apropos; perfectly true.
How do you use right on in a sentence?
Every time James asked his brother for an opinion, it was right on.
What part of speech is right on?
Right on can be an adjective or an interjection.
How do you pronounce right on?
Right on is pronounced /ˌɹaɪt ˈɑn/ (US).

Words near right on in the dictionary

  1. right of sepulchre
  2. right of way
  3. right of ways
  4. right off
  5. right off the bat
  6. right on
  7. right one
  8. right ones
  9. right out
  10. right out of the gate
  11. right out straight

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