Leftname

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  governmentpoliticsThe political left wing seen as a whole, as distinguished from an individual left-wing political party.

  • Maybe it’s true that “the Left can’t meme,” if “the Left” refers to the earnest suburban revolutionary with an undercut and a nose ring who typically stalks your replies on X.

leftadj詞源 1/ˈlɛft/

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  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.
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  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.
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  geographynatural-sciencesDesignating 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.
  • The following dispatch has been received from Viceroy Alexieff, dated Mukden, March 22: “Gen. Mitchenkow reports that on March 17 our scouts approached Anju and observed on the left bank of the Ching Chong river, opposite Anju, retrenchments made by the enemy.
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  governmentpoliticsLeft-wing; pertaining to the political left.

  • It should be noted that there is now no intelligentsia that is not in some sense "Left". Perhaps the last right-wing intellectual was T. E. Lawrence. Since about 1930 everyone describable as an “intellectual” has lived in a state of chronic discontent with the existing order.
  • Who does not know the practical man who in his own field denounces socialism as "pernicious rot" but when he steps outside his subject spouts socialism like any left journalist.
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  human-scienceslinguisticssciencesRelating to the beginning or earlier part of a phrase.

  • left dislocation

leftadv詞源 1/ˈlɛft/

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  On the left side.

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  Towards the left side.

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

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

leftnoun詞源 1/ˈlɛft/

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  The left side or direction.

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  governmentpoliticsThe 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.
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  The left hand or fist.

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  boxinggovernmenthobbiesA punch delivered with the left fist.

  • The world 'as got me snouted jist a treat; Crool Forchin's dirty left 'as smote me soul.
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  hobbieslifestylesportsA wave breaking from left to right (viewed from the shore).

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