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Left   /lɛft/   Listen
Left

adjective
1.
Being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north.  "Left center field" , "The left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream"  Antonym: right.
2.
Not used up.  Synonyms: left over, leftover, odd, remaining, unexpended.  "She had a little money left over so she went to a movie" , "Some odd dollars left" , "Saved the remaining sandwiches for supper" , "Unexpended provisions"
3.
Intended for the left hand.  Synonym: left-hand.
4.
Of or belonging to the political or intellectual left.  Antonyms: center, right.
noun
1.
Location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east.  Antonym: right.
2.
Those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare.  Synonym: left wing.
3.
The hand that is on the left side of the body.  Synonym: left hand.
4.
The piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left.  Synonyms: left field, leftfield.
5.
A turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east.
adverb
1.
Toward or on the left; also used figuratively.  "The political party has moved left"  Antonym: right.


Leave

verb
(past & past part. left; pres. part. leaving)
1.
Go away from a place.  Synonyms: go away, go forth.  "She didn't leave until midnight" , "The ship leaves at midnight"  Antonym: arrive.
2.
Go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness.  "His good luck finally left him" , "Her husband left her after 20 years of marriage" , "She wept thinking she had been left behind"
3.
Act or be so as to become in a specified state.  "The president's remarks left us speechless"
4.
Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking.  Synonyms: leave alone, leave behind.  "Leave the young fawn alone" , "Leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"
5.
Move out of or depart from.  Synonyms: exit, get out, go out.  "The fugitive has left the country"  Antonym: enter.
6.
Make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain.  Synonyms: allow, allow for, provide.  "The evidence allows only one conclusion" , "Allow for mistakes" , "Leave lots of time for the trip" , "This procedure provides for lots of leeway"
7.
Have as a result or residue.  Synonyms: lead, result.  "Her blood left a stain on the napkin"
8.
Remove oneself from an association with or participation in.  Synonyms: depart, pull up stakes.  "The teenager left home" , "She left her position with the Red Cross" , "He left the Senate after two terms" , "After 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"
9.
Put into the care or protection of someone.  Synonym: entrust.  "Leave your child the nurse's care"
10.
Leave or give by will after one's death.  Synonyms: bequeath, will.  "My grandfather left me his entire estate"  Antonym: disinherit.
11.
Have left or have as a remainder.  "19 minus 8 leaves 11"
12.
Be survived by after one's death.  Synonym: leave behind.  "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"
13.
Transmit (knowledge or skills).  Synonyms: give, impart, pass on.  "Leave your name and address here" , "Impart a new skill to the students"
14.
Leave behind unintentionally.  Synonym: forget.  "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors"



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"Left" Quotes from Famous Books



... the revolution, but they said it practically, and they prefer to compromise and make peace. I believe that, if we take their offer, there will be such an outcry of rage and disappointment from the Left Socialists of Germany, Italy, France, and the world, that Lenin and Trotsky will be astonished. The Red Revolution—the class war—will be broken, and evolution will have its chance once more in the rest of ...
— The Bullitt Mission to Russia • William C. Bullitt
... and gracefully, and when it was finished, and she stood before us with the medal glittering on her breast, we did not know whether to smile or to cry,—some of us did one, and some the other.—We all had an opportunity to see her and congratulate her before we left the institution. The mystery of her six weeks' serving at our table was easily solved. She had been studying too hard and too long, and required some change of scene and occupation. She had a fancy for trying to see if she could support herself as so many young women are obliged to, and ...
— The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)
... Eye was deeply humiliated. "Just the chance I had been looking for," he said, "and my wits suddenly left me." ...
— Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and, Other Papers • John Burroughs
... to spread his fame has come over me very strongly as I have stood in the council-rooms of the Venetian Republic, which he served so long and so well; as I have looked upon his statue on the spot where he was left for dead by the emissaries of Pope Paul V; and as I have mused over his grave, so long desecrated and hidden by monks, but in these latter days honored with an inscription. But other work has claimed me, and others must write upon this subject. It is well worthy of ...
— Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White Volume II • Andrew Dickson White
... to judge for yourself whether ye can safely to your soul's weal remain longer among these Papists and Quakers—these defections on the right hand, and failings away on the left; and truly if you can confidently resist these evil examples of doctrine, I think ye may as well tarry in the bounds where ye are, until you see Mr. Herries of Birrenswork, who does assuredly know more of your matters than I thought had been communicated to any man in Scotland. I would fain ...
— Redgauntlet • Sir Walter Scott


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