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was right

was right is the simple past of be right.

Meaning of be right

Verb

be right (third-person singular simple present is right, present participle being right, simple past was right, past participle been right)

  1. To be correct in one's judgment or statement about something. (This entry is a translation hub.)
    Antonyms:
    be wrong, be mistaken, err

Questions about was right

What is was right the simple past of?
Was right is the simple past of be right.

Words near was right in the dictionary

  1. was out for
  2. was part of life's rich pageant
  3. was part of life's rich pattern
  4. was part of life's rich tapestry
  5. was rid of
  6. was right
  7. was scepter
  8. was scepters
  9. was sceptre
  10. was sceptres
  11. was silent

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Adapted from Wiktionary: was right (page history and authors); be right (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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