Meaning

3 senses
  1. (not comparable)On the left side.

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    сле́ваsléva

    злі́ваzlíva, ліво́ручlivóruč

    toward or on the left; also used figuratively

  2. (not comparable)Towards the left side.

    Turn left at the corner. NO! Your other left.

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    нале́воnalévo, вле́воvlévo

    налі́воnalívo

  3. (not comparable)Towards the political left.

    The East Coast of the US leans left in elections.

Examples

11967 sentences
  1. There's only a little milk left.

    Лишилося лише трохи молока. — deniko

    ruМолока осталось совсем немного. — marafon

    deEs ist nur noch wenig Milch da. — Sudajaengi

  2. Do you have any tickets left?

    У вас лишилися ще якісь квитки? — deniko

    deHaben Sie noch Tickets? — mayabe

  3. Start reading where you left off.

    Починай читати там, де ти зупинився. — ChickenKiev

    ruНачни читать с того места, где остановился. — marafon

    deFang dort an zu lesen, wo du aufgehört hast. — flitz

  4. She left home ten minutes ago.

    Вона вийшла з будинку десять хвилин тому. — rmdas

    ruОна ушла из дома десять минут назад. — Lenin_1917

    deSie ist vor zehn Minuten aus dem Haus gegangen. — wolfgangth

  5. Lie down on your left side.

    Ляжте на лівий бік. — aandrusiak

    ruЛожитесь на левый бок. — corvard

    deLegen Sie sich auf die linke Seite. — corvard

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
on the left side:
towards the left side:
Русский
By meaning 2
on the left side:
towards the left side:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
on the left side:
towards the left side:

Origin

From Middle English left, luft, leoft, lift, lyft, from Old English left, lyft (“weak, clu

From 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”).

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Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
left — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto