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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

further leftfarther leftmore leftlefterfurthest left

Superlative

farthest leftmost leftleftmostleftestLeft

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.
Đồng nghĩa: sinister, sinistral, port
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.

Trạng từ

adverb

Comparative

Left

1.
(not comparable)On the left side.
2.
(not comparable)Towards the left side.
Turn left at the corner. NO! Your other left.
3.
(not comparable)Towards the political left.
The East Coast of the US leans left in elections.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

leftsLeft

1.
The left side or direction.
Đồng nghĩa: 9 o'clock, port
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).

Động từ

verb

1.
(form of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of leave (“depart, separate from; (cause or allow to) remain”).
There's not much food left.
2.
(form of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of leave (“permit”).
We were not left go to the beach after school except on a weekend.

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Đồng nghĩa

sinister sinistralport9 o'clockleft wingleftistspolitical left left wing, leftistsdepart forgetleave behind

Trái nghĩa

right dexterdextral

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English left, luft, leoft, lift, lyft, from Old English left, lyft (weak, clumsy, foolish), attested in lyftādl, from Proto-Germanic *luft-, from *lubjaną (to castrate, lop off) (compare dialectal lib, lobje, lubben), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lewp-, *(s)lup- (hanging limply).