left
Adjective
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Being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north (synset 302040360)
"my left hand"; "left center field"; "the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream"also: left-handed - using or intended for the left hand
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Not used up (synset 300929746)
"leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions"similar to: unexhausted - not used up completely
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Intended for the left hand (synset 302036816)
"I rarely lose a left-hand glove"similar to: left-handed - using or intended for the left handsame as: left-hand
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Of or belonging to the political or intellectual left (synset 302038342)
also:
- socialist, socialistic - advocating or following the socialist principles
- liberal - tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
Noun
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Location near or direction toward the left side;
I.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east (synset 108643037)"she stood on the left"subtypes: left stage, stage left - the part of the stage on the actor's left as the actor faces the audience -
Those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare (synset 108433285)
same as: left wing
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The hand that is on the left side of the body (synset 105573181)
"jab with your left"same as: left hand
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The piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left (synset 103659700)
"the batter flied out to left"is a type of: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract - an extended area of landis a part of: outfield - the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the basessame as: left field, leftfield
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A turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east (synset 100351994)
"take a left at the corner"
Adverb
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Toward or on the left;
Also used figuratively (synset 400389570)"he looked right and left"; "the political party has moved left"
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