left


Definition: Meaning of, left in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / lɛft /

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  1. your left side is the side of your body that contains your heart
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  2. on the same side of something as your left side
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  3. have two left feet informal to move in an awkward way when you are running or doing a sport
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  4. the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing used to say that one part of a group or organization does not know what the other parts are doing
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  1. towards the direction or side that is on the left
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left lefts
  1. the left/somebody's left the side of your body that contains your heart
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  2. (from) left to right from the left side to the right side of something
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  3. the left/the Left political parties and groups that support the ideas and beliefs of SOCIALISM . They usually want large industries to be owned by the state, and to use taxes to help solve social problems
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  4. [countable] a hit made with your left hand
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  5. take a left also hang a left American English to turn left
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  1. the past tense and past participle of LEAVE 1
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left used in phrases

  • Left Bank
    1. the Left Bank an area of Paris on the south bank of the River Seine, famous from the 1890s for being popular with artists, writers, and students
  • far left (adjective)
    1. radical or extremely liberal
  • left atrioventricular valve (noun)
    1. valve with two cusps; situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle
  • left atrium (noun)
    1. the left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary veins
  • left atrium of the heart (noun)
    1. the left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary veins
  • left brain (noun)
    1. the cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body
  • left coronary artery (noun)
    1. arises from the left aortic sinus; supplies the left side of the heart
  • left field (noun)
    1. a position in baseball in the left side of the OUTFIELD [↪  right field]
    2. out of/from left field informal something that comes out of left field is unexpected
  • left fielder (noun)
    1. the person who plays left field
  • left gastric artery (noun)
    1. a branch of the celiac artery that supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach and the abdominal part of the oesophagus
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