right ear
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrightandear
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right
adjective
uk/raɪt/us/raɪt/
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ear
noun[C]
uk/ɪər/us/ɪr/
either of the two organs, one on each side of the head, by which people or animals hear sounds, or the piece of skin and tissue outside the head connected to ...
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(Definition ofrightandearfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofright ear
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He has two earrings on hisrightear.
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The head is rotated toward the left, stopping with therightearupward.
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Moreover, thisrightearadvantage for processing tone occurred for most listeners.
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Table 2 presents the mean number of errors occurring in the left andrightearfor each tone.
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Data were also collected from therightearto rereference the scalp data off-line to a linked-ear reference.
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He had surgery on hisrightearin 1989.
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Rightearand left ear response rows (each with four numerical tone marks) were counterbalanced across blocks to avoid order bias.
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Participants were simultaneously presented with three words: one in the left ear, another in therightearand another on the computer screen.
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This time the examiner displayed to the child a partially covered picture of a rabbit, again with only the rabbit'srightearshowing.
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The patient is then moved into the supine position, allowing the head to extend just beyond the end of the examining table, with therighteardownward.
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For example, two similar but independent sounds might be heard at similar volume but arriving at therightearslightly louder and slightly before arriving at the left.
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An interesting result is highlighted : dyslexic children appear to fail to overcome theirrightearadvantage when instructed to pay attention to stimuli presented to the left ear.
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I am slightly deaf in myrightear, because of troubles during the war.
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Therightearhas always been held to be the breeder's ear, on which he puts his own marks.
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He appeared with his wig, as always, on the back of his head but half over hisrightear.
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The damage also left him deaf in hisrightear.
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He was hospitalized due to maggots inside hisrightear.
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In unilateral microtia, therightearis most commonly affected.
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He also suffered a fractured skull above hisrightear.
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She was put into hospital again, and again recovered, but this time she lost her hearing in herrightear, rendering her totally deaf.
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First, that style of draftsmanship is calculated to appeal exclusively to those who prefer to scratch theirrightearwith their left hand.
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I am reliably informed by a whisper in myrightearthat they have the right to be discharged throughout their training.
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These calves are now marked in therightearby punching out of the tender ear a round hole half an inch in diameter.
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