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Definitions for Left

[1] of, relating to, or located on or near the side of a person or thing that is turned toward the west when the subject is facing north (opposed to right).
[2] (often initial capital letter ) of or belonging to the political Left; having liberal or radical views in politics.
[3] Mathematics . pertaining to an element of a set that has a given property when written on the left of an element or set of elements of the set: a left identity, as 1 in 1 ⋅ x = x.
[4] the left side or something that is on the left side.
[5] a turn toward the left: Make a left at the next corner.
[6] the Left, the complex of individuals or organized groups advocating liberal reform or revolutionary change in the social, political, or economic order. the position held by these people. Compare right(def 33a, b) . left wing.
[7] (usually initial capital letter ) Government . the part of a legislative assembly, especially in continental Europe, that is situated on the left side of the presiding officer and that is customarily assigned to members of the legislature who hold more radical and socialistic views than the rest of the members. the members of such an assembly who sit on the left.
[8] Boxing . a blow delivered by the left hand.
[9] Baseball . left field(def 1) .
[10] toward the left: She moved left on entering the room.
[11] simple past tense and past participle of leave1.
[12] to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
[13] to depart from permanently; quit: to leave a job.
[14] to let remain or have remaining behind after going, disappearing, ceasing, etc.: I left my wallet home. The wound left a scar.
[15] to allow to remain in the same place, condition, etc.: Is there any coffee left?
[16] to let stay or be as specified: to leave a door unlocked.
[17] to let (a person or animal) remain in a position to do something without interference: We left him to his work.
[18] to let (a thing) remain for action or decision: We left the details to the lawyer.
[19] to give in charge; deposit; entrust: Leave the package with the receptionist. I left my name and phone number.
[20] to stop; cease; give up: He left music to study law.
[21] to disregard; neglect: We will leave this for the moment and concentrate on the major problem.
[22] to give for use after one's death or departure: to leave all one's money to charity.
[23] to have remaining after death: He leaves a wife and three children.
[24] to have as a remainder after subtraction: 2 from 4 leaves 2.
[25] Nonstandard . let1(defs 1, 2, 6) .
[26] to go away, depart, or set out: We leave for Europe tomorrow.
[27] leave alone . alone(def 7) .
[28] leave off , to desist from; cease; stop; abandon. to stop using or wearing: It had stopped raining, so we left off our coats. to omit: to leave a name off a list.
[29] leave out , to omit; exclude: She left out an important detail in her account.
[30] to put forth leaves; leaf.
[31] (usually prenominal) of or designating the side of something or someone that faces west when the front is turned towards the north
[32] (usually prenominal) worn on a left hand, foot, etc
[33] (sometimes capital) of or relating to the political or intellectual left
[34] (sometimes capital) radical or progressive, esp as compared to less radical or progressive groups, persons, etc
[35] on or in the direction of the left
[36] a left side, direction, position, area, or part Related adjectives: sinister, sinistral
[37] (often capital) the supporters or advocates of varying degrees of social, political, or economic change, reform, or revolution designed to promote the greater freedom, power, welfare, or comfort of the common people
[38] to the left radical in the methods, principles, etc, employed in striving to achieve such change
[39] boxing a blow with the left hand the left hand
[40] the past tense and past participle of leave 1
[41] (also intr) to go or depart (from a person or place)
[42] to cause to remain behind, often by mistake, in a place he often leaves his keys in his coat
[43] to cause to be or remain in a specified state paying the bill left him penniless
[44] to renounce or abandon to leave a political movement
[45] to refrain from consuming or doing something the things we have left undone
[46] to result in; cause childhood problems often leave emotional scars
[47] to allow to be or remain subject to another person or thing leave the past to look after itself
[48] to entrust or commit leave the shopping to her
[49] to submit in place of one's personal appearance will you leave your name and address?
[50] to pass in a specified direction flying out of the country, we left the cliffs on our left
[51] to be survived by (members of one's family) he leaves a wife and two children
[52] to bequeath or devise he left his investments to his children
[53] (tr) to have as a remainder 37 – 14 leaves 23
[54] not standard to permit; let
[55] leave be informal to leave undisturbed
[56] leave go or leave hold of not standard to stop holding
[57] leave it at that informal to take a matter no further
[58] leave much to be desired to be very unsatisfactory
[59] leave someone alone Also: let alone See let 1 (def. 7) to permit to stay or be alone
[60] leave someone to himself not to control or direct someone
[61] permission to do something he was granted leave to speak
[62] by your leave or with your leave with your permission
[63] permission to be absent, as from a place of work or duty leave of absence
[64] the duration of such absence ten days' leave
[65] a farewell or departure (esp in the phrase take (one's ) leave )
[66] on leave officially excused from work or duty
[67] take leave to say farewell (to)
[68] take leave of one's senses to go mad or become irrational
[69] (intr) to produce or grow leaves

Words related to Left

near, port, south, larboard, revolutionary, liberal, progressive, Socialist, leftist, departed, extra, over, continuing, forsaken, residual, split, leftover, remaining, staying, marooned

Words nearby Left

lefkoşa, lefort i fracture, lefort ii fracture, lefort iii fracture, lefse, left, left atrioventricular valve, left bank, left brachiocephalic vein, left colic flexure, left colic vein

Origin of Left

ave31250–1300; Middle English leven, derivative of lef leaf

Other words from Left

leav·er , noun

Word origin for Left

aveOld English lēaf; related to alӯfan to permit, Middle High German loube permission

Synonyms for Left

larboard, near, port, south, hard to left, nigh side, portside, sinister, sinistral