A right-hand page of a book or the front side of a leaf, on the other side of the verso.
[From Latin (foliō) rēctō, (the leaf) being right, ablative of rēctus, straight, right.]
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A right-hand page of a book or the front side of a leaf, on the other side of the verso.
[From Latin (foliō) rēctō, (the leaf) being right, ablative of rēctus, straight, right.]
recto, the front side of a printed sheet; thus the right‐hand (and odd‐numbered) page in a book, as opposed to the verso, which is the left‐hand, even‐numbered page on the other side.
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
right-hand page
Antonym: verso (meaning #1)
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