What (who) is Left - definition
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Left (disambiguation); Left (album)
left
left: 40px">n.
left: 20px">left side
left: 40px">1) on the left; to the left
left: 20px">radical, leftist group
left: 40px">2) the extreme, far left
left: 20px">punch delivered with the left hand
left: 40px">3) to deliver, throw a left
left: 40px">4) a hard, stiff left
left: 40px">5) a left to (a left to the head)
left: 20px">turn to the left
left: 40px"> (colloq.)
left: 40px">6) to take a left
left
Not right. Mentally off balance. Not stupid, not insane, not eccentric - just...not...quite...right.
The example is pretty much a conversation that took place one night at the Billiards Palace.
Fowler. Chris is left.Jim. No, he's right over there, playing pool.Fowler. I mean he's not right mentally.Jim. Oh, left? His suitcase is packed? Now, see this guy playing Danny? Five on the five, ten on the nine? Even up.If he's not left, he's sure wearing his hat. Must have come in from Vinita.Fowler. You got it.
The example is pretty much a conversation that took place one night at the Billiards Palace.
Fowler. Chris is left.Jim. No, he's right over there, playing pool.Fowler. I mean he's not right mentally.Jim. Oh, left? His suitcase is packed? Now, see this guy playing Danny? Five on the five, ten on the nine? Even up.If he's not left, he's sure wearing his hat. Must have come in from Vinita.Fowler. You got it.
left
left: 20px">I. REMAINING
left: 40px">Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
left: 40px">1.
left: 40px">2.
left: 60px">If there is a certain amount of something left, or if you have a certain amount of it left, it remains when the rest has gone or been used.
Is there any gin left?...
He's got plenty of money left...
They still have six games left to play.
left: 60px">ADJ: v-link ADJ, v n ADJ
left: 60px">•
left: 60px">If there is a certain amount of something left over, or if you have it left over, it remains when the rest has gone or been used.
So much income is devoted to monthly mortgage payments that nothing is left over.
...a large bucket of cut flowers left over from the wedding.
left: 60px">PHRASE: usu v-link PHR
left: 20px">II. DIRECTION AND POLITICAL GROUPINGS
left: 40px">Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
left: 40px">Note: The spelling 'Left' is also used for meanings 3 and 4.
left: 40px">1.
left: 60px">The left is one of two opposite directions, sides, or positions. If you are facing north and you turn to the left, you will be facing west. In the word 'to', the 't' is to the left of the 'o'.
In Britain cars drive on the left.
...the brick wall to the left of the conservatory...
Beaufort Castle is on your left.
left: 60px">? right
left: 60px">N-SING: usu the N
left: 60px">•
left: 60px">Left is also an adverb.
Turn left at the crossroads into Clay Lane.
left: 60px">ADV: ADV after v
left: 40px">2.
left: 60px">Your left arm, leg, or ear, for example, is the one which is on the left side of your body. Your left shoe or glove is the one which is intended to be worn on your left foot or hand.
left: 60px">? right
left: 60px">ADJ: ADJ n
left: 40px">3.
left: 60px">You can refer to people who support the political ideals of socialism as the left. They are often contrasted with the right, who support the political ideals of capitalism and conservatism.
...the traditional parties of the Left...
left: 60px">? right
left: 60px">N-SING-COLL: the N
left: 40px">4.
left: 60px">If you say that a person or political party has moved to the left, you mean that their political beliefs have become more left-wing.
After Mrs Thatcher's first election victory in 1979, Labour moved sharply to the left...
left: 60px">? right
left: 60px">N-SING: the N, usu to the N
Pronunciation examples for Left
1. Left, left, left, right, left.
Androscoggin Land Trust, Tree Street Youth Center, & NPS
2. AUDIENCE: Left, left, left-right, left.
Commit _ Enda McNulty _ Talks at Google
3. We had right, left, left, right, right, right, left, left.
Designing Behavior & Magical Mechanics _ Kevin Blake _ Talks at Google
4.
Left, left, left, two, three, four.
Salon Kitty (1976)
5. left, right, left, right.
Endurance _ Scott Kelly _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of Left
1. Khalil suffered 30 wounds that left dark scars on his left arm and left leg.
2. With No Child Left Behind, Bush clearly left his mark.
3. "There are no buckets left, no fridges left, nothing.
4. Today‘s "green left" is the old "red left" revised.
5. Her left arm and her left leg are virtually paralyzed.