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say it: strayt
straight is an adjective, noun and adverb meaning "successive (without a break)". It carries 21 recorded senses.
in keeping with the facts
“set the record straight”
“made sure the facts were straight in the report”
characterized by honesty and fairness
“straight dealing”
“a square deal”
without evasion or compromise
“a square contradiction”
“he is not being as straightforward as it appears”
(of an alcoholic drink) without water
“took his whiskey neat”
a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
in a straight line; in a direct course
“the road runs straight”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for straight come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.