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Left Side Adjective Fewer People Write Hand Knee/Leg/Foot/Arm

Word3 left
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic /left/ /left/
Example
  • fewer people write with their left hand than with their right.
  • your left knee/leg/foot/arm
  • the left side of the field
  • the university is on the left bank of the river.
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left

(adjective)/left/ /left/
  1. on the side of your body that is towards the west when you are facing north
    • OPPOSITE right
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/right_2
    • Fewer people write with their left hand than with their right.
    • your left knee/leg/foot/arm
    • the left side of the field
    • The university is on the left bank of the river.
    • Take a left turn at the intersection.
    • a left back/wing
    • a left hook (= a short hard hit with your closed left hand)
  2. to be very awkward in your movements, especially when you are dancing or playing a sport
  3. Word Origin

    • Old English lyft, left ‘weak’ (the left-hand side being regarded as the weaker side of the body), of West Germanic origin.
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