rite

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
4
Words With Friends
4
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ɹaɪt/

Definition of rite

6 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A religious custom.
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noun

  1. A religious custom.
  2. (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.”
  3. (alt-of, informal)Informal spelling of right.

adj

  1. (alt-of, informal, not-comparable)Informal spelling of right.
    “He's rite, you know.”

adv

  1. (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

  1. (alt-of, informal)Informal spelling of right.
    “Rite, let's do it.”

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Etymology

Via Middle English and Old French, from Latin ritus.

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