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straight
What does straight mean?
straight (adjective): having no deviations.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use straight in a sentence?
- Straight roads across the desert. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- Straight shoulders. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce straight?
/stɹeɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does straight come from?
From Middle English streight, streght, streiȝt, the past participle of strecchen (“to stretch”), from Old English streċċan (past participle ġestreaht, ġestreht).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of straight?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “straight” mean?
having no deviations
Right! That's what “straight” means.
capable of reasoning
Not quite: that's what rational means.
of great size, large
Not quite: that's what big means.
outside of something
Not quite: that's what external means.
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