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adjective \ˈleft\: located on the same side of your body as your heart
: done with your left hand
: located nearer to the left side of your body than to the right
Full Definition of LEFT
Examples of LEFT
- He felt a pain in his left side.
- He hit him with a left hook to the jaw.
- the left side of the street
Origin of LEFT
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noun: a location closer to the left side of your body than to the right : the left side
: a turn or movement toward the left
: a punch made with the left hand
Full Definition of LEFT
Examples of LEFT
- We read from left to right.
- You'll take two lefts and then a right.
- He hit him with two quick lefts to the stomach followed by a right to the jaw.
First Known Use of LEFT
Related to LEFT
- Synonyms
- liberalism, leftism, left wing
- Antonyms
- conservatism, illiberalism, immobilism, right
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Definition of LEFT
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adjective \ˈleft\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of LEFT
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noun (Concise Encyclopedia)In politics, the portion of the political spectrum associated in general with egalitarianism and popular or state control of the major institutions of political and economic life. The term dates from the 1790s, when in the French revolutionary parliament the socialist representatives sat to the presiding officer's left. Leftists tend to be hostile to the interests of traditional elites, including the wealthy and members of the aristocracy, and to favour the interests of the working class (see proletariat). They tend to regard social welfare as the most important goal of government. Socialism is the standard leftist ideology in most countries of the world; communism is a more radical leftist ideology.
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