straight
Betekenis (Engels)
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- Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- Direct, undeviating.
- Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
- Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
- Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
- Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
- Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
- Serious rather than comedic.
- In proper order; as it should be.
- In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
- Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
- Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
- Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
- (colloquial) Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable.
- (colloquial) Heterosexual.
- (colloquial) Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
- (slang) Related to conventional sexual intercourse.
- (colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
- Not plus size; thin.
- Strait; narrow.
- (obsolete) Stretched out; fully extended.
- (slang) Thorough; utter; unqualified.
- Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
- Sent at a full rate for immediate delivery; being a fast telegram.
- Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
- (informal) OK, all right, fine; in a good state or situation.
- (informal) On good terms.
Concepten
Synoniemen
straight ahead
very straight
in a straight line
without equivocation
not crooked
straight person
full-strength
straight bond
become straight
right hand
heterosexual person
at attention
right through
the right way
make straight
rest house
one road
be honest
go directly
in a straight manner
look straight
small temple
fair-and-square
uncurving
fine silver
become tall
absolutely correct
constant edge
straight flange
justo
at once
one way
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/stɹeɪt/
Etymologie (Engels)
From Middle English streight, streght, streiȝt, the past participle of strecchen (“to stretch”), from Old English streċċan (past participle ġestreaht, ġestreht), from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan (“to stretch”). Doublet of straught.
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