left

Meaning of left

adjective
  1. on, towards, or relating to the side of a human body or of a thing that is to the west when the person or thing is facing north.
    her left eye
    the left side of the road
  2. relating to a person or group favouring radical, reforming, or socialist views; left wing.
    left periodicals such as Marxism Today
adverb
  1. on or to the left side.
    turn left here
    keep left
    she looked left and right
noun
  1. the left-hand part, side, or direction.
    turn to the left
    the general sat to his left
  2. a group or party favouring radical, reforming, or socialist views.
    he is on the left of the party

Old English lyft, left ‘weak’ (the left-hand side being regarded as the weaker side of the body), of West Germanic origin.

verb, past tense

past and past participle of leave1.

verb, past tense
  1. go away from.
    she left London on June 6
    we were almost the last to leave
    the England team left for Pakistan on Monday
  2. allow or cause to remain.
    the parts he disliked he would alter and the parts he didn't dislike he'd leave
  3. cause (someone or something) to be in a particular state or position.
    he'll leave you in no doubt about what he thinks
    I'll leave the door open
    the children were left with feelings of loss

Old English lǣfan ‘bequeath’, also ‘allow to remain, leave in place’ of Germanic origin; related to German bleiben ‘remain’.

Information about left

  • The plural form of left is: lefts.
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Hyphenation of left

left

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • left is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

left synonyms

Meaning leftover:

leftover, odd, remaining, unexpended

Meaning left field:

leftfield

Meaning of or on the left side or the left hand:

sinistral

Meaning a town or city with a harbour or access to navigable water where ships load or unload:

port

Meaning archaic term for port3:

larboard

Meaning giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen:

sinister

Meaning leave (a place), usually permanently:

quit

Meaning cease to support or look after (someone); desert:

abandon

Meaning leave (a place that one previously occupied):

vacate

Meaning leave or cause the occupants to leave (a place of danger):

evacuate

Meaning make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object:

cut

Meaning leave a place, especially suddenly:

split

Meaning depart hurriedly:

vamoose

Meaning go or leave somewhere quickly:

scoot

Meaning move swiftly and lightly:

flit

Meaning be in the leading position on:

head

Meaning form (something) by putting parts together or combining substances; create:

make

left antonyms

Meaning morally good, justified, or acceptable:

right

Meaning the side of a ship or aircraft that is on the right when one is facing forward:

starboard

Meaning on or towards the right-hand side (in a coat of arms, from the bearer's point of view, i.e. the left as it is depicted):

dexter

Meaning reach a place at the end of a journey or a stage in a journey:

arrive

Meaning move or travel towards or into a place thought of as near or familiar to the speaker:

come

Meaning remain in the same place:

stay

Translation of left

Anagrams of left

Felt, felt, flet

Words that rhyme with left

Left, aleft, ultraleft, cleft, uncleft, fieldleft, beleft, antileft, unleft, forleft, copyleft

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