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left

noun

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Senses

Sense 1 noun

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

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Sense 2 adjective

being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north

my left hand

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Sense 3 adverb

toward or on the left; also used figuratively

he looked right and left

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Sense 4 noun

those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare

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Sense 5 noun

the hand that is on the left side of the body

jab with your left

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Sense 6 noun

the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left

the batter flied out to left

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Sense 7 adjective

of or belonging to the political or intellectual left

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Sense 8 noun

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

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SenseRelationGroupWord
1 antonym Related & opposite right
1 hypernym Types & categories position
1 hyponym Types & categories stage left
2 also see Related & opposite left-handed
2 antonym Related & opposite right
2 attribute Related & opposite position
2 similar to Related & opposite left-handa
2 similar to Related & opposite leftmost
2 similar to Related & opposite neara
2 similar to Related & opposite port
3 antonym Related & opposite right
4 derivation Related & opposite collectivist
4 hypernym Types & categories sect
5 derivation Related & opposite left-handed pitcher
5 hypernym Types & categories hand
6 derivation Related & opposite left fielder
6 part holonym Parts & wholes outfield
6 hypernym Types & categories tract
7 also see Related & opposite socialist
7 also see Related & opposite liberal
7 antonym Related & opposite right
7 antonym Related & opposite center
7 similar to Related & opposite far left
7 similar to Related & opposite leftish
7 similar to Related & opposite leftist
7 similar to Related & opposite liberal
8 hypernym Types & categories turning