left1
adj.
- on, towards, or relating to the side of a human body or of a thing which is to the west when the person or thing is facing north.
- relating to a left-wing person or group.
adv.
on or to the left side.
n.
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(the left)
the left-hand part, side, or direction.
▸a left turn.
▸a person's left fist, or a blow given with it.
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(often the Left)
[treated as sing. or pl.]
a group or party favouring radical, reforming, or socialist views.
Phrase
- have two left feet
be clumsy or awkward. - left, right, and centre
(also left and right or right and left)
on all sides.
Derivative
- leftish adj.
- leftmost adj.
- leftward adj. & adv.
- leftwards adv.
Etymology
OE lyft, left ‘weak’, of W. Gmc origin.
left2
past and past participle of leave1.