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I . straight [streɪt] N

1. straight (race track):

straight
in the home straight

2. straight CARDS:

straight
straight

II . straight [streɪt] ADJ

1. straight (without curve):

straight
the picture isn't straight
the picture isn't straight

2. straight advice, denial, refusal:

straight (frank)
straight (frank)
straight (honest)

3. straight (heterosexual):

straight

4. straight (consecutive):

straight
straight
she has had five straight wins

5. straight:

straight (plain)
straight (undiluted)

6. straight (simply factual):

straight
straight
straight

7. straight answer:

straight (clear, uncomplicated)
(in exams) straight A's

8. straight inf:

straight (serious, not laughing)
straight (traditional)
straight (traditional)
straight (traditional)
to keep a straight face

9. straight pred inf (quits):

to be straight

III . straight [streɪt] ADV

2. straight (directly):

straight
straight

3. straight (immediately):

straight
straight
we've got to leave straight away
to get straight to the point

4. straight inf (honestly):

straight
straight
straight up, I only paid £20 for the fridge

5. straight (clearly):

straight
I'm so tired I can't think straight any more

6. straight (upright):

straight
sit up straight!

7. straight (without interruption):

home ˈstraight N, home ˈstretch N

home straight

ˈstraight-out ADJ

1. straight-out esp Am inf (blunt):

2. straight-out (complete):

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The una corda and damper pedals are at the left and right of this space, and face straight in, like the table piano pedals.
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Its shape is slightly oval, with some barrier reefs that are quite straight in the eastern fringe.
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The horse should first and foremost stay straight through his whole body, without dropping a shoulder or haunch inward.
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He also experimented with warping and manipulating a straight self-portrait and altering and distorting the image, incorporating his pictorial sense of addiction.
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The peristome is straight, thick, blunt, often outwardly blackish.
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Early hydroplanes had mostly straight lines and flat surfaces aside from the uniformly curved bow and sponsons.
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For example, an inexplicable semicircle is said to exist somewhere that breaks the straight line of a segment.
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The torpedo was of a straight-running unguided design, controlled by a gyroscope.
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It drains (from the center of the brain) to the straight sinus (at the back of the head), which connects to the transverse sinuses.
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On the contrary, it should find its expression in the abstraction of form and colour, that is to say, in the straight line and the clearly defined primary colour.
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