straightadjective, adverb
uk/streɪt/us/streɪt/straight adjective, adverb (NOT CURVING)
A2 continuing in one direction without bending or curving:
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- On a clear, straight road you can pick up speed.
- How many times do I have to tell you children to sit up straight?
- The skirt is long and straight with two side vents.
- You have lovely straight legs.
- Your hair has a natural wave whereas mine's just straight and boring.
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Geometry: describing angles, lines & orientations
- acute
- alternate angle
- angle of incidence
- antinode
- asymptote
- asymptotic
- axial
- erect
- horizontal
- oblique
- parallel
- plumb
- prominent
- reflection
- secant
- slant
- supplementary angle
- tangent
- tangential
- transversal
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straight adjective, adverb (HONEST)
B2 honest:
If you tell someone something straight out, you say it directly and honestly, without trying to make what you are saying more pleasant:
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Honesty, openness & sincerity
- (as) man to man idiom
- above board
- artless
- be on the level idiom
- bona fide
- bone
- in all honesty/seriousness/truthfulness idiom
- in good faith idiom
- integrity
- joke
- joking apart/aside idiom
- let's face it idiom 1
- nail
- skinny
- squeaky-clean
- stainless
- straight arrow idiom
- straight up idiom
- straightforward
- transparent
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Idiom(s)
straightadverb
uk/streɪt/us/streɪt/straight adverb (IMMEDIATELY)
B1 immediately:
immediately:
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- Circulars and other junk mail go straight in the bin.
- I've come straight from the airport.
- Turn left at the traffic lights, and you'll see the hospital straight ahead.
- He joined the police force straight after school.
- There's nothing better than fresh bread, straight from the oven.
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Immediately
- a stitch in time (saves nine) idiom
- ado
- at/in one fell swoop idiom
- bat
- cuff
- directly
- fell
- glance
- in a flash idiom
- instant
- instantaneous
- instantly
- no sooner said than done idiom
- once
- pronto
- quickly
- soon
- spot
- then
- then and there idiom
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straight adverb (CLEAR)
C1 clearly:
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Easy to understand
- (as) clear as day idiom
- accessible
- assimilate
- axiomatic
- clarity
- crystal
- crystal clear idiom
- explicit
- expressly
- hang
- hang together
- incisive
- limpid
- loud
- sharp
- transparent
- understandable
- undiluted
- unmistakable
- well defined
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straightadjective
uk/streɪt/us/streɪt/straight adjective (CLEAR)
C1 [ before noun ] clear or not complicated:
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- Just so that I know I've got this straight, tell me again which days you're in the office.
- We did a straight swap.
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Easiness and simplicity
- (as) easy as pie/ABC/anything/falling off a log idiom
- at the push of a button idiom
- at the stroke of a pen idiom
- be (all) downhill idiom
- be child's play idiom
- breeze
- convincing
- foolproof
- friendly
- gift
- gimme
- give/hand sth to sb on a (silver) platter idiom
- painless
- rocket science
- sail
- sail through (sth)
- sb could do sth with one arm/hand tied behind his/her back idiom
- self-explanatory
- semi-skilled
- simple
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straight adjective (LEVEL)
B2 level and not sloping to either side:
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Straight, even and level
- be (as) flat as a pancake idiom
- clean-cut
- cleanly
- consistency
- even
- flat
- flatness
- flush
- level
- peg
- plane
- rhythm
- seamless
- sleek
- smooth
- square
- steady
- true
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straight adjective (PLAIN)
plain and basic, or without anything added:
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Plain and ordinary
- as it comes idiom
- austere
- austerity
- be a dime a dozen idiom
- be two/ten a penny idiom
- dime
- homely
- homespun
- homey
- humble
- humdrum
- kitchen-sink
- penny
- severely
- shout
- simple
- sober
- something/nothing to shout about idiom
- spartan
- stale
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straight adjective (FOLLOWING EACH OTHER)
[ before noun ] following one after another without an interruption:
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Simultaneous and consecutive
- accompany
- all the while idiom
- along
- along the way idiom
- alternate
- go
- in rotation idiom
- in tandem idiom
- in the process idiom
- live
- no sooner ... than idiom
- once
- over
- sync
- synchronous
- the minute (that) idiom
- through
- throughout
- together
- under
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straight adjective (TIDY)
[ after verb ] UK tidy, or arranged in order:
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Clean & tidy
- (as) clean as a (new) pin idiom
- a place for everything and everything in its place idiom
- apple pie
- aseptic
- be in apple-pie order idiom
- manicured
- neat
- neatly
- neatness
- ordered
- orderly
- shipshape
- span
- spick
- spotless
- squeaky-clean
- stainless
- sterile
- tidy
- trim
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straight adjective (TRADITIONAL)
informal traditional or serious:
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Old or old-fashioned
- a thing of the past idiom
- age-old
- ageing
- aging
- ancient
- feel your age idiom
- fossilized
- frumpy
- fusty
- have had its/your day idiom
- hoary
- neanderthal
- oldish
- out of date
- outdated
- outmoded
- outworn
- used
- vintage
- went out with the ark idiom
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straight adjective (SEXUAL PREFERENCE)
informal not gay
straight adjective (NO DRUGS)
informal not using illegal drugs or alcohol:
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Drunkenness & sobriety
- a drop too much (to drink) idiom
- alcoholic
- battered
- be as high as a kite idiom
- beer goggles
- binge drinking
- blasted
- bombed
- inebriate
- inebriated
- influence
- intoxicate
- intoxicated
- muzzy
- sloshed
- sober (sb) up
- sobriety
- sot
- soused
- whacked
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straight adjective (NOT OWING MONEY)
[ after verb ] informal neither owing nor owed any money:
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Borrowing & lending
- be in the hole idiom
- borrow
- bounce
- call it quits idiom
- call sth in
- credit
- debenture
- fire sale
- gearing
- leverage
- leveraged buyout
- liability
- liquidate
- national debt
- overpay
- pay
- put sth up
- slate
- term
- tick
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straightnoun [ C ]
uk/streɪt/us/streɪt/straight noun [ C ] (SPORTS TRACK)
US usually straightaway the straight part of a racetrack (= the track on which competitors race):
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Athletics
- athlete
- athletics
- caber
- finish line
- finishing line 1
- finishing line
- follow through
- hammer throwing
- hurdler
- marathon
- relay
- running
- sack race
- shot
- stagger
- steeplechase
- track
- track meet
- triathlon
- water jump
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straight noun [ C ] (SEXUAL PREFERENCE)
informal a person who is not gay