26984 words

straighter

34 definitions • 52 examples
1
continuing in one direction without bending or curving:

Examples:

a straight line
She has straight blonde hair.
Skirts this summer are long and straight.
straight ahead Can't you see it? - it's straight ahead (of you)!
straight at/for The dog seemed to be coming straight at/for me.
Go straight along this road and turn left at the traffic lights.
2

Examples:

Just be straight with her and tell her how you feel.
tell someone straight informal Tell me straight, would you rather we didn't go tonight?
3
If you tell someone something straight out, you say it directly and honestly, without trying to make what you are saying more pleasant:

Examples:

I told her straight out that I didn't love her any more.
4

Examples:

I got home and went straight to bed.
We'll go straight to the party after dinner.
straight to the point Time is short so I'll get straight to the point (= explain the matter immediately).
5

Examples:

see straight You know you've had too much to drink when you can't see straight.
think straight I'm so tired I can't think straight any more.
6

Examples:

I knew straight away what you were thinking.
7
clear or not complicated:

Examples:

It's a straight choice - either you leave him or you stay.
get this straight Let's get this straight - you're travelling to Frankfurt on Monday and Brussels on Tuesday, is that correct?
8
level and not sloping to either side:

Examples:

This picture's not straight.
The shelf isn't straight - it sags in the middle.
9
plain and basic, or without anything added:

Examples:

No tonic for me, please, I like my vodka straight.
Straight pasta is very bland - you need some kind of sauce to make it interesting.
10
following one after another without an interruption:

Examples:

They're the only team to have won ten straight games this season.
11
tidy, or arranged in order:

Examples:

It only took an hour to get the flat straight after the party.
hair straight Do you have a mirror? - I'll just put my hair straight.
12

Examples:

disapproving He was a nice enough guy, but he was so straight - I always felt I had to be on my best behaviour with him.
There's a lot of straight theatre at the festival as well as the newer, more experimental stuff.
13
sexually or romantically attracted to men if you are a woman, and to women if you are a man:

Examples:

I was thirteen when I first suspected that I wasn't straight.
14
involving or relating to women who are sexually or romantically attracted to men, or men who are sexually or romantically attracted to women:

Examples:

She ended her straight marriage and came out as a lesbian.
15

Examples:

He's been straight for five months.
16
neither owing nor owed any money:

Examples:

You bought the tickets, so if I pay for the taxi, we'll be straight.
17
the straight part of a racetrack (= the track on which competitors race):

Examples:

finishing straight And the runners are just coming up to the finishing straight.
18
with a series of hits, throws, or kicks of the ball or a series of actions that produce a perfect score in a game or competition:

Examples:

I beat him in the final in straights.
19
in the card game poker, five cards which follow each other in order but are not of the same suit (= colour and type):

Examples:

You want five low cards, no pairs, no straights, no flushes, and the lowest hand wins.
When the pocket cards were shown, both players had identical straights.
20
a person who is not gay
21
not bending or curving:

Examples:

Draw a straight line between the two dots.
Stand up straight.
The car seemed to be coming straight at me.
22
not leaning to either side; level:

Examples:

Since the wall is crooked, how can the picture hang straight?
23
without anything added or changed; basic or true:

Examples:

Things have gotten so bad, I think it’s time for some straight talk.
She couldn’t give a straight answer to any question.
It’s important to tell the story straight, exactly as it happened.
24
If an alcoholic drink is taken straight, it has no water, ice, or other liquid added to it.
25
following one after another without an interruption; consecutive:

Examples:

The team had won four straight games before they lost this one.
Sometimes we work 16 hours straight.
26
without delay; immediately or directly:

Examples:

I got to the hotel and went straight to bed.
27
If you get straight to the point, you say immediately what is on your mind:

Examples:

My boss simply said, "I’ll get straight to the point. You’re fired!"
28

Examples:

This valentine comes straight from my heart.
29
If you tell someone something straight out, you say it immediately and without a long explanation or any excuses:

Examples:

I walked in, and she told me straight out what had happened.
30

Examples:

I’m so tired I can’t think straight anymore.
32
honest and clear:

Examples:

When quizzed, the candidate failed to give a straight answer.
be straight with sb Until recently, politicians were reluctant to be straight with the electorate on the issue of their expenses.
33
following one after another without an interruption:

Examples:

It is the company's sixth straight year of declining revenue.
34
to tell someone the true facts about something when they have been given wrong information:

Examples:

Although the firm quickly put the record straight, the news had a negative impact on their shares.

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