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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | The public's right to know of the existence and purpose of information systems, as well as of the categories of data which they handle, what they do with the data, and which interests have access to data. (1)The individual's right to know in general about the existence of data banks, the right to be informed on request and the general right to a print-out of the information registered and to know the actual use made of the information(2). Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: RIGHT TO KNOWSynonym: Freedom of information. (additional references) |
Crosswords: RIGHT TO KNOW |
| Specialty definitions using "RIGHT TO KNOW": INTRODUCTION ♦ right of access, right to access, right to be informed, right to information. (references) |
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Screenplays | People have a right to know! (Scream; writing credit: Kevin Williamson) A girl's got a right to know what kind of hound she's saving herself for. (Center Stage; writing credit: Carol Heikkinen) And you have every right to know, my queen. (The Flintstones; writing credit: Tom S. Parker; Jim Jennewein) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Well, who am I, then? haven't I got some right to know who my mother and father were?. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Human Rights | Bulgaria | Defendants have the right to know the charges against them and are given ample time to prepare a defense. (references) |
Colombia | In April 2000, the Constitutional Court overturned much of the 1999 law creating a specialized jurisdiction (which had replaced the anonymous ("faceless") regional courts system in July 1999). Arguing that defendants have the right to know the identity of their accusers, the Constitutional Court overturned elements of the law that permitted some prosecutors and witnesses to remain anonymous under exceptionally dangerous circumstances. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INTRODUCTION, n. A social ceremony invented by the devil for the gratification of his servants and the plaguing of his enemies. The introduction attains its most malevolent development in this century, being, indeed, closely related to our political system. Every American being the equal of every other American, it follows that everybody has the right to know everybody else, which implies the right to introduce without request or permission. The Declaration of Independence should have read thus: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, and the right to make that of another miserable by thrusting upon him an incalculable quantity of acquaintances; liberty, particularly the liberty to introduce persons to one another without first ascertaining if they are not already acquainted as enemies; and the pursuit of another's happiness with a running pack of strangers." |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | The country has a clear right to know where the Congress stands on this all-important problem. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | People do have a right to know that their air and their water are safe. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
right to know | 113 |
right to know law | 12 |
right to know act | 7 |
right to know training | 4 |
student right to know | 4 |
employee right to know | 4 |
right to know label | 3 |
community right to know | 3 |
osha right to know | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "RIGHT TO KNOW"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | retten til information (right of access, right to access, right to be informed, right to information), registerindsigt (right of access, right to access, right to be informed, right to information), egen-acces (right of access, right to access, right to be informed, right to information). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | recht van toegang tot persoonsgegevens (right of access, right to access, right to be informed, right to information), recht van inzage (right of access, right to access, right to be informed, right to information). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | oikeus tietoon (right of access, right to access, right to be informed, right to information). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | droit d'accès (right of access, right to access, right to be informed, right to information), droit l'information (right of access, right to access, right to be informed, right to information). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Recht auf Auskunft (right of access, right to access, right to be informed, right to information), Zugangsrecht (right of access, right to access, right to be informed, right to information), Auskunftsrecht (right of access, right to access, right to be informed, right to information), Auskunftsanspruch (right of access, right to access, right to be informed, right to information), Anspruch auf Auskunft (right of access, right to access, right to be informed, right to information). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δικαίωμα του κοινού για πληροφόρηση (right of access, right to access, right to be informed, right to information). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | diritto di accesso (right of way), diritto all'informazione (right of access, right to access, right to be informed, right to information), diritto "di sapere". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ightray otay owknay direito de acesso do titular do registo (right of access, right to access, right to be informed, right to information). (various references) derecho de información (right of access, right to access, right to be informed, right to information). (various references) rätt till insyn i personregister (right of access, right to access, right to be informed, right to information). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-h-i-k-n-o-o-r-t-t-w" | |
-3 letters: ingrowth, kotowing, throwing, toothing, trothing, worthing. | |
-4 letters: hooking, hooting, hornito, hotting, howking, rooking, rooting, rotting, tinwork, tonight, tooting, tortoni, troking, trowing, whoring, working, wotting. | |
-5 letters: grotto, growth, hoking, intort, knight, krooni, oohing, righto, rowing, thoron, throng, thrown, toking, toroth, toting, towing, trigon, triton, trogon, trowth, wooing, wright. | |
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