Definition of "left" in Anglais

adjective

1. 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: ←

   • Near-synonym: port
   • The left side.

2. Anticlockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.

   • The road up ahead contains a left bend.
   • Rotate the bolt to the left to loosen it.

3. (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.

   • The Eiffel Tower is on the left bank of the Seine.

4. (politics) Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.

adverb

1. On the left side.

2. Towards the left side.

   • Turn left at the corner. NO! Your other left.

3. Towards the political left.

   • The East Coast of the US leans left in elections.

noun

1. The left side or direction.

2. (politics) The left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group.

   • The Left left workers behind, thinking they had a winning demographic coalition. It hasn't really worked out for them yet.

3. The left hand or fist.

4. (boxing) A punch delivered with the left fist.

5. (surfing) A wave breaking from left to right (viewed from the shore).

verb

1. simple past and past participle of leave (“depart, separate from; (cause or allow to) remain”).

   • There's not much food left.

verb

1. simple past and past participle of leave (“permit”).

   • We were not left go to the beach after school except on a weekend.