🇬🇧 Straight meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

“Straight” (as an adverb) means doing something right away, without stopping, waiting, or doing anything else first. If you go somewhere straight, you go there immediately. If you do something straight after something else, you do it as soon as it happens.

I looked at my messy room and went straight to pretending I didn’t see it.

My alarm rang, and I went straight back to sleep because my bed won the argument.

My brain heard “math test” and went straight into airplane mode with no signal.

When the power went out, we went straight to telling ghost stories we immediately regretted.

I opened my lunchbox and went straight for dessert, because priorities are important.

A girl sees a small wet cat in the cold rain. She runs straight away to the cat. She takes it straight up and puts it straight in her coat. She runs straight home to the warm room. The cat is safe and warm. She smiles and hugs the cat straight away.

This word is at the A2 level, which means it’s useful for simple, everyday situations. You might use it when shopping, traveling, or talking about your hobbies. Words at this level help you build confidence in practical, routine conversations.

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