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9 Definitions of: left

1. adjective, of or designating the side of something or someone that faces west when the front is turned towards the north
2. adjective, worn on a left hand, foot, etc
3. adjective, of or relating to the political or intellectual left
4. adjective, radical or progressive, esp as compared to less radical or progressive groups, persons, etc
5. adverb, on or in the direction of the left
6. noun, a left side, direction, position, area, or part. Related adjs sinister, sinistral
7. noun, the supporters or advocates of varying degrees of social, political, or economic change, reform, or revolution designed to promote the greater freedom, power, welfare, or comfort of the common people
8. noun, to the left radical in the methods, principles, etc, employed in striving to achieve such change
9. noun, boxing a) a blow with the left hand b) the left hand
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1. verb, the past tense and past participle of leave
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Synonyms:	liberal, left-hand, port, larboard (Nautical of politics), socialist, radical, progressive, leftist

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