rite
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/ɹaɪt/
Definition of rite
6 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A religious custom.
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noun
- A religious custom.
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(broadly)A prescribed behavior.
“It was the capable manager's long-established custom to escort Mrs Pridger to a theatre once a week, and Saturday evening had come to be the occasion of this rite.”
“But he had to perform the rites of hospitality, had to behave politely to his ally.”
- (alt-of, informal)Informal spelling of right.
adj
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(alt-of, informal, not-comparable)Informal spelling of right.
“He's rite, you know.”
adv
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(alt-of, informal, not-comparable)Informal spelling of right.
“It's rite next to my house.”
“1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure One of our cats has a bald spot on his hind & it looks like it was shaved rite off.”
intj
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(alt-of, informal)Informal spelling of right.
“Rite, let's do it.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Via Middle English and Old French, from Latin ritus.
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