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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishleft,luft,leoft,lift,lyft, fromOld Englishleft,lyft(“weak, clumsy, foolish”), attested inOld Englishlyftādl(“palsy, paralysis”), fromProto-Germanic*luft-, from*lubjaną(“to castrate, lop off”) (compare dialectalEnglishlib,West Frisianlobje,Dutchlubben), fromProto-Indo-European*(s)lewp-,*(s)lup-(“hanging limply”). CompareScotsleft(“left”),North Frisianlefts,leeft,leefts(“left”),West Frisianlofts(“left”), obsoleteDutchlucht,leftsch,lefts,lefs(“left”), dialectalDutchloof(“weak, worthless”), archaicLow Germanlucht(“left”).

Alternative forms

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  • (political left):Left

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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left (comparativefurtherleftorfartherleftormoreleftorlefter,superlativefurthestleftorfarthestleftormostleftorleftmostorleftest)

  1. Designating the side of the body toward thewest when one is facingnorth; the side of the body on which theheart is located in most humans; the opposite ofright. Thisarrow points to the reader's left: ←
    Synonyms:sinister,sinistral
    Antonyms:right,dexter,dextral
    Near-synonym:port
    Theleft side.
  2. Anticlockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
    The road up ahead contains aleft bend.
    Rotate the bolt to theleft to loosen it.
  3. (geography) 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 theleft bank of theSeine.
    • 1904 March 23 [1904 March 22],Viceroy Alexieff, quotee, “Waiting for the First Collision in the Yalu Region”, inSt. Louis Post-Dispatch‎[1], volume56, number215, St. Louis,→ISSN,→OCLC,page 2, column 2:
      The following dispatch has been received from Viceroy Alexieff, dated Mukden, March 22:
      “Gen. Mitchenkow reports that on March 17 our scouts approached Anju and observed on theleft bank of the Ching Chong river, opposite Anju, retrenchments made by the enemy.
  4. (politics)Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.
    Antonym:right
The fruit to the viewer'sleft is smaller.
Derived terms
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left direction:

left-wing (politics):

Translations
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west side of the body when one is facing north
pertaining to the political left

Adverb

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left (notcomparable)

  1. On the leftside.
    Antonym:right
  2. Towards the left side.
    Antonym:right
    Turnleft at the corner. NO! Your otherleft.
  3. Towards the political left.
    Antonym:right
    The East Coast of the US leansleft in elections.
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Translations
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on the left side
towards the left side

Noun

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left (plurallefts)

  2. The left side or direction.
    Synonyms:9 o'clock,port
  3. (politics) Theleft-wingpoliticalparties as agroup;citizensholdingleft-wingviews as agroup.
    TheLeft left workers behind, thinking they had a winning demographic coalition. It hasn't really worked out for them yet.
  4. The left hand or fist.
  5. (boxing) Apunch delivered with the left fist.
  6. (surfing) Awave breaking from left to right (viewed from the shore).
    Antonym:right
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Translations
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the left side
the ensemble of left-wing political parties
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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishleft, variant oflaft(“remaining, left”), fromOld Englishlǣfd, ġelǣfd, past participle oflǣfan(“to leave”). More atleave.

Verb

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left

  1. simplepast andpastparticiple ofleave(“depart, separate from; (cause or allow to) remain”).
    There's not much foodleft.
    • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:
      Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what wasleft of it to ravellings.
    • 2008,BioWare,Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts,→ISBN,→OCLC, PC, scene: Eden Prime:
      Shepard: What's wrong with your assistant?
      Dr. Warren: Manuel has a brilliant mind, but he's always been a bit... unstable. Genius and madness are two sides of the same coin.
      Dr. Manuel: Is it madness to see the future? To see the destruction rushing towards us? To understand there is no escape? No hope? No, I am not mad. I'm the only sane oneleft!
      Dr. Warren: I gave him an extra dose of his meds after the attack.
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Translations
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remaining

Etymology 3

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FromMiddle Englishlevit,ilevet,y-levyd, fromOld Englishġelȳfd,ġelȳfed, past participle ofOld Englishġelȳfan,lȳfan(“to allow, permit”), equivalent toleave(“to give leave to, allow, grant, permit”) +‎-ed.

Verb

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left

  1. simplepast andpastparticiple ofleave(“permit”).
    We were notleft go to the beach after school except on a weekend.

References

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  • The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, Walter W. Skeat.

Anagrams

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Yola

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishleft, fromOld Englishlyft.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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left

  1. left
    • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, inTHE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page129, line11:
      In durk Ich red virst meeleft-vooted shoe."
      In the dark I happened first on myleft-footed shoe."

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References

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  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, inJournal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎[2], volume17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page129
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