How to pronounce “left”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
• Anticlockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
• (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.
• (politics) Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.
• [Adverb]
• On the left side.
• Towards the left side.
• Towards the political left.
• [Noun]
• The left side or direction.
• (politics) The left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group.
• The left hand or fist.
• (boxing) A punch delivered with the left fist.
• (surfing) A wave breaking from left to right (viewed from the shore).
• [Verb]
• simple past and past participle of leave (“depart, separate from; (cause or allow to) remain”).

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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