Left
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English
Adjective
Left (comparative more left; lefter, superlative leftmost)
- The opposite of right; toward the usually weaker side of the body; toward the west when one is facing north.
- (politics) pertaining to the political left; liberal
Adverb
Left (not comparable)
- On the left side.
- Towards the left side.
Noun
Left (plural Lefts)- The left side.
- (politics) The ensemble of left-wing political parties. Those holding left-wing views as a group.
- (boxing) A punch delivered with the left fist.
Verb
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Verb
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- (Irish) (colloquial) permitted, allowed to proceed.
- We were not left go to the beach after school except on a weekend.
Thesaurus
Gospel side, abandoned, aport, cantorial side, castaway, communistic, counterclockwise, departed, derelict, deserted, discarded, disused, forsaken, gone, gone away, gone off, jettisoned, larboard, left hand, left wing, left-hand, left-hand side, left-wing, left-winger, left-wingish, leftism, leftist, leftover, leftward, leftwardly, leftwards, levorotatory, liberal, liberalism, liberalist, marooned, near, near side, net, nigh, odd, on the left, outstanding, over, pink, port, port tack, portside, progressive, progressivism, progressivist, radical, red, remaining, remanent, sinister, sinistrad, sinistral, sinistrally, sinistrocerebral, sinistrocular, sinistrogyrate, sinistrorse, socialistic, spare, superfluous, surplus, surviving, to spare, to the left, unconsumed, unused, verso, welfare stater, wrong side
