The meaning of Left

Left – definition

adjective
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.
Usage examples:
Her left eye
Synonims:
Left-hand Sinistral At nine o'clock Port Larboard Sinister
adjective
Relating to or denoting a person or group favouring left-wing views; socialist or progressive.
Usage examples:
Left politics

adverb
On or to the left side.
Usage examples:
Turn left here

noun
Relating to a person or group favouring radical, reforming, or socialist views; left wing.
Usage examples:
Left periodicals such as marxism today
noun
The left-hand part, side, or direction.
Usage examples:
Turn to the left
noun
A group or party favouring radical, reforming, or socialist views.
Usage examples:
He is on the left of the party
noun
A group or party favouring left-wing, socialist, or progressive views.
Usage examples:
The left is preparing to fight presidential elections

verb
Past and past participle of leave1.

verb
Go away from.
Usage examples:
She left london on june 6
Synonims:
Depart from Go away from Go from Withdraw from Retire from Take oneself off from Exit from Take one's leave of Pull out of Quit Be gone from Decamp from Disappear from Abandon Vacate Absent o
verb
Allow or cause to remain.
Usage examples:
The parts he disliked he would alter and the parts he didn't dislike he'd leave
verb
Cause (someone or something) to be in a particular state or position.
Usage examples:
He'll leave you in no doubt about what he thinks

verb
Being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north

Left translation into English

Left: translate from English into Chinese

剩下, 左, 左边, 向左, 左面

Left: translate from English into Dutch

Links, Linker-, Linkerkant, Linkerzijde, Linkerhand

Left: translate from English into French

La gauche, Gauche, À gauche, De gauche, Gauchiste

Left: translate from English into German

Links, Linke, Übrig, Link

Left: translate from English into Hindi

बाएं, वाम, वाम-पंथी, बायां, खब्बा, वाम-पक्ष

Left: translate from English into Italian

Sinistra, Sinistro, A sinistra, Di sinistra, Manca, Mancino

Left: translate from English into Korean

왼쪽, 좌회전, 좌파세력, 왼편의

Left: translate from English into Russian

Оставил, Слева, Левый, Левые, Налево, Левая сторона, Левый фланг

Left: translate from English into Spanish

Izquierda, Izquierdo, Dejado, A la izquierda, Quedado, Salido, Ido, Marchado, Hacia la izquierda, Mano izquierda, Legado, Olvidado, Izquierdista, Sobrado, Quitado, Tocado

Word origin

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

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Left synonims

abandon

verb
Cease to support or look after (someone); desert.
Usage examples:
Her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age

noun
Complete lack of inhibition or restraint.
Usage examples:
She sings and sways with total abandon

verb
Forsake; leave behind

All meanings and translations of Abandon

larboard

noun
Archaic term for port3.

All meanings and translations of Larboard

left-hand

adjective
On or to the left
Usage examples:
The left-hand column

All meanings and translations of Left-hand

port

noun
A town or city with a harbour or access to navigable water where ships load or unload.
Usage examples:
The french port of toulon

noun
A strong, sweet dark red (occasionally brown or white) fortified wine, originally from portugal, typically drunk as a dessert wine.
Usage examples:
They settled down to a final glass of port

verb
Turn (a ship or its helm) to port.
Usage examples:
The yacht immediately raised all sail and ported her helm

All meanings and translations of Port

quit

verb
Leave (a place), usually permanently.
Usage examples:
Hippies finally quit two sites in hampshire last night

adjective
Rid of.
Usage examples:
I want to be quit of him

noun
Used in names of various small songbirds found in the caribbean area, e.g. bananaquit, grassquit.
Usage examples:
The grassquit resides in small flocks and likes to use empty bananaquit nests for roosting at night.

All meanings and translations of Quit

sinister

adjective
Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen.
Usage examples:
There was something sinister about that murmuring voice

adjective
Evil, or suggesting that something evil is going to happen
Usage examples:
She has dark, sinister eyes that make you nervous when she looks at you.

All meanings and translations of Sinister

sinistral

adjective
Of or on the left side or the left hand.
Usage examples:
Nevertheless, sinistral and dextral pb elements are virtually mirror images, that is, they are more…

noun
A left-handed person.
Usage examples:
Left-handed children, or sinistrals, often have a difficult time in a world geared overwhelmingly t…

All meanings and translations of Sinistral

vacate

verb
Leave (a place that one previously occupied).
Usage examples:
Rooms must be vacated by noon on the last day of your holiday

verb
Leave behind empty; move out of

verb
To leave a place or position
Usage examples:
When he left the university, he had to vacate his university-provided housing.

All meanings and translations of Vacate

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