Meaning

5 senses

  1. The left side or direction.

    Linke

    ле́выйlévyj

    the hand that is on the left side of the body

  2. The left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group.

    The Left left workers behind, thinking they had a winning demographic coalition. It hasn't really worked out for them yet.

    Linke

    ле́выйlévyj

  3. The left hand or fist.

  4. A punch delivered with the left fist.

  5. A wave breaking from left to right (viewed from the shore).

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

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  2. Do you have any tickets left?

    У вас лишилися ще якісь квитки? — deniko

    deHaben Sie noch Tickets? — mayabe

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  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

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  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

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  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

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the left side:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
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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Forms

plural: lefts
Singularleft
Plurallefts

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
portB19 o'clock
political left:left wingleftists
Close in meaning
  • the hand that is on the left side of the body:left hand
  • those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare:left wing
  • the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left:left fieldleftfield

Antonyms

1 antonyms
rightA2

Word family

3 related words
Derivedleftyproper lefttop left

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
leerleeryleewayleftismleftistleftover
left — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto