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say it: left
left is a noun, adjective and adverb meaning "location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east". It is pronounced /ˈlɛft/ — left. It carries 10 recorded senses.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
“she stood on the left”
those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare
the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left
“the batter flied out to left”
a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east
“take a left at the corner”
not used up
“leftover meatloaf”
“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”
toward or on the left; also used figuratively
“he looked right and left”
“the political party has moved left”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for left come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.