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left

/ˈlɛft/

US UK

adjective

always used before a noun

located on the same side of your body as your heart

He felt a pain in his left side.

her left hand/leg

done with your left hand

He hit him with a left hook to the jaw. - opposite right

located nearer to the left side of your body than to the right

the left side of the street

a chair's left arm

taking a left turn

two left feet

xem foot

adverb

toward the left

Please move left.

She ran left and caught the ball.

Taking one step left, he fell to the ground.

toward the political Left

a political party that has shifted left

His political views are slightly left of center. [=are slightly liberal]

US :using the left hand

He bats/throws left. [=left-handed] - opposite right

left and right

or Brit left, right, and centre

in a very quick and uncontrolled way

She has been spending money left and right. :in all directions

He was calling out names left and right.

The police were stopping cars left and right.

noun

plural lefts

[noncount] :a location closer to the left side of your body than to the right :the left side

We read from left to right. - often used with on

As you come down the street, my house will be on your/the left. - often used with to

Move the picture a little to the left.

The picture is to the left of the window.

[count] :a turn or movement toward the left

Go to the next intersection and take a left. = (US) Go to the next intersection and make/hang a left.

You'll take two lefts and then a right.

[count] :a punch made with the left hand

He hit him with two quick lefts to the stomach followed by a right to the jaw.

a the Left :political groups who favor sharing money and property more equally among the members of a society :political groups who support liberal or socialist policies

His nomination is opposed by the country's Left.

The new law is disliked by the Left.

Members of the Left have voiced their opinions on this matter.

b the left :the position of people who support the beliefs and policies of the political Left

The party has shifted to the left. [=has become more liberal] - compare right; see also the far left at 2far

past tense and past participle of 1leave

* Các từ tương tự:
left field, left wing, left-hand, left-handed, left-hander, leftist, leftover, leftward, left-wing