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“Rights” or “Rites” or “Wrights” or “Writes”

rights / rites / wrights / writes are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

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rights r·AY·t·s

  • nounan abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; ; - Eleanor Roosevelt.
  • nounlocation near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east.
  • nounthose who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged.
  • nounthe hand that is on the right side of the body.
  • nouna turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east.
  • nounanything in accord with principles of justice.
  • noun(frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing.
  • verbmake reparations or amends for.
  • verbput in or restore to an upright position.
  • verbregain an upright or proper position.

rites r·AY·t·s

  • nounan established ceremony prescribed by a religion.

wrights r·AY·t·s

  • nounUnited States writer of detective novels (1888-1939).
  • nounUnited States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960).
  • nounUnited States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912).
  • nounUnited States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948).
  • nouninfluential United States architect (1869-1959).
  • nounUnited States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852).
  • nounsomeone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination).

writes r·AY·t·s

  • verbproduce a literary work.
  • verbcommunicate or express by writing.
  • verbcommunicate (with) in writing.
  • verbcommunicate by letter.
  • verbmark or trace on a surface.
  • verbrecord data on a computer.
  • verbcreate code, write a computer program.
Usage

Examples in context

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“rights”

  • We categorically lay aside any rights we may have over them."
  • …and also holds his amateur rights.
  • …sold part of its royalty rights for Keytruda to a subsidiary…
  • …the escarpment, sold the development rights to their farm for $848,000.
  • Roger Casement, human rights activist in the Congo Free…
  • …and others of their eventual rights, Charlotte, Landgravine of Hesse, sister…
  • The citizens petitioned for their rights to the Russian Senate.
  • …the city was granted burger rights at the request of Maria…
  • …of Sweden, who secured his rights by the Treaty of Travendal…
  • …Constitution would not only give rights to all Danes, that is,…

“rites”

  • Described as a rites of passage novel and based…
  • 439: Blood Rites (June 2015)
  • …of the Classic of History, Rites of Zhou, Yili, Analects of…
  • Salvage Rites and Other Stories.
  • …as that of the akitu rites and calendar, defiling priests of…
  • …a virtuous life than perform rites and rituals, because virtue leads…
  • …Pandita, and the various annual rites and state ceremonies they conduct…
  • …life", which "are essentially the rites proper to the tending of…
  • The plot of "Last Rites" is centered on Daredevil systematically…
  • …of Passage: Describing the Spiritual Rites of Passage of Rev.

“wrights”

  • …the Omineca Gold Rush, the Wrights decided to take the Enterprise…
  • …after being trialled by the club.
  • …Canadian work located at Sapper Island
  • …charge, and their form gradually declined.
  • …short-lived career and legacy in Canada.
  • …production and a lack of identity."
  • Brian Brendan Wright's drug empire
  • …known, the Department of Public Works.
  • …not consistent with Wright's original design.
  • …one of Wright's only Canadian students.

“writes”

  • He writes music for theater and television…
  • Psychologist Carol Gilligan writes that "The penchant of developmental…
  • …a half stars at AllMusic, writes, "it should come as little…
  • …passage of the book, he writes: "At that moment, Europe began…
  • Around Saint Lucy's Day, Bert writes over Åke driving engine tuned…
  • Biographer Margaret Swett Henson writes, "The ten-year court battle with…
  • …use of the memory during writes, enhancing performance in RAID5 and…
  • Naomi Weisstein writes that Freud and his followers…
  • …The Rough Guide to Rock writes that Mainstream "was by and…
  • Janov writes in The Primal Scream (1970)…

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