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left
What does left mean?
left (adjective): being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce left?
/lɛft/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does left come from?
From Middle English left, luft, leoft, lift, lyft, from Old English left, lyft (“weak, clumsy, foolish”), attested in Old English lyftādl (“palsy, paralysis”), from Proto-Germanic *luft-.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of left?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “left” mean?
spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction
Not quite: that's what round means.
being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north
Right! That's what “left” means.
tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; nosy, prying
Not quite: that's what curious means.
able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view
Not quite: that's what public means.
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