left
Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing northDesignating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
» There's only a little milk left.
Es ist nur noch wenig Milch da.
Es ist nur ein bisschen Milch übrig.
Молока осталось совсем немного.
Лишилося лише трохи молока.
Meaning
6 sensesDesignating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
Near-synonym: port
The left side.
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ле́выйlévyj
лі́вийlívyj
being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north
Anticlockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
The road up ahead contains a left bend.
Rotate the bolt to the left to loosen it.
Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's left when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the north bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥲ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the left side of the river.
The Eiffel Tower is on the left bank of the Seine.
Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.
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ле́выйlévyj, либера́льныйliberálʹnyj
лі́вийlívyj
of or belonging to the political or intellectual left
Relating to the beginning or earlier part of a phrase.
left dislocation
(not comparable)Leftover, remaining
übrig
оста́вшийсяostávšijsja, остально́йostalʹnój
Examples
11967 sentencesThere's only a little milk left.
Лишилося лише трохи молока.
ruМолока осталось совсем немного.
deEs ist nur noch wenig Milch da.
Do you have any tickets left?
У вас лишилися ще якісь квитки?
deHaben Sie noch Tickets?
Start reading where you left off.
Починай читати там, де ти зупинився.
ruНачни читать с того места, где остановился.
deFang dort an zu lesen, wo du aufgehört hast.
She left home ten minutes ago.
Вона вийшла з будинку десять хвилин тому.
ruОна ушла из дома десять минут назад.
deSie ist vor zehn Minuten aus dem Haus gegangen.
Lie down on your left side.
Ляжте на лівий бік.
ruЛожитесь на левый бок.
deLegen Sie sich auf die linke Seite.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English left, luft, leoft, lift, lyft, from Old English left, lyft (“weak, cluFrom Middle English left, luft, leoft, lift, lyft, from Old English left, lyft (“weak, clumsy, foolish”), attested in Old English lyftādl (“palsy, paralysis”), from Proto-Germanic *luft-, from *lubjaną (“to castrate, lop off”) (compare dialectal English lib, West Frisian lobje, Dutch lubben), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lewp-, *(s)lup- (“hanging limply”). Compare Scots left (“left”), North Frisian lefts, leeft, leefts (“left”), West Frisian lofts (“left”), obsolete Dutch lucht, leftsch, lefts, lefs (“left”), dialectal Dutch loof (“weak, worthless”), archaic Low German lucht (“left”).
From Middle English left, variant of laft (“remaining, left”), from Old English lǣfed, ġelǣfed, past participle of lǣfan (“to leave”). More at leave.
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Forms
further left/farther left/more left/lefter, furthest left/farthest left/most left/leftmost/leftest| Comparative | further left / farther left / more left / lefter Lesson |
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| Superlative | furthest left / farthest left / most left / leftmost / leftest Lesson |
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Synonyms
9 synonymsAntonyms
4 antonymsWord family
86 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- left early
- has already left
- left the room
- already left
- should've left early
- be left alone
- left earlier earlier
- left alone
- left hand
- his left hand
- left my umbrella
- left the door