right direction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrightanddirection
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right
adjective
uk/raɪt/us/raɪt/
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direction
noun
uk/daɪˈrek.ʃən/us/dɪˈrek.ʃən/
the position towards which someone or something moves ...
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(Definition ofrightanddirectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofright direction
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Augmenting minimum-edit in these ways produced a difference of only about 1 per cent, but it was in therightdirection.
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This book is appreciated and a step in therightdirection.
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I believe this argument to be an important step in therightdirection, but it takes us only halfway.
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This also steers the formulation of criteria in therightdirection.
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Their theory is bold, testable, and a rare step in therightdirection.
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However, even the youngest half of the two-year-old group showed trends in therightdirectionfor each tense and location.
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Recent signs indicate that scholarship is moving in therightdirection.
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His inner compass pointed him in therightdirection.
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Such cross-disciplinary work is a step in therightdirection, for it integrates the study of dreaming with mainstream cognitive neuroscience.
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But having multiple norms does seem a move in therightdirection.
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To the sympathetic this will be a step in therightdirection; to the unsympathetic, the extension of a scandal.
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A move to address the nine points with which he concludes would certainly be a step in therightdirection.
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This is certainly a step in therightdirection.
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They showed a difference in therightdirectionat the second position, but the difference was not statistically significant.
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Taking the gender-marking out of the name of their profession, then, is a step in therightdirection.
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I see the target article as an important step in therightdirectionin readdressing this imbalance.
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Although the signs are in therightdirection, none of the variables measuring domestic economic performance is statistically significant in any of the model formulations.
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