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left

adjective adverb noun

not used up

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Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
L
Ends with
T
Contains
EF
Scrabble score
7
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

lɛft

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. not used up

    “leftover meatloaf”

adjective

  1. intended for the left hand

    “I rarely lose a left-hand glove”

adjective

  1. of or belonging to the political or intellectual left

adjective

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

    “my left hand”

adverb

  1. toward or on the left; also used figuratively

    “he looked right and left”

noun

  1. 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”

noun

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

    “the batter flied out to left”

noun

  1. the hand that is on the left side of the body

    “jab with your left”

noun

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

noun

  1. 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”

In context

Example Sentences

leftover meatloaf
she had a little money left over so she went to a movie
some odd dollars left
saved the remaining sandwiches for supper
unexpended provisions
I rarely lose a left-hand glove
my left hand
left center field
the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream
he looked right and left
the political party has moved left
take a left at the corner
the batter flied out to left
jab with your left
she stood on the left

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