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Left Side Adjective Bre Fewer People Write Hand

Word left
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / left / NAmE / left /
Example
  • fewer people write with their left hand than with their right.
  • i broke my left leg.
  • the left side of the field
  • the university is on the left bank of the river.
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left

(adjective)BrE / left / NAmE / left /
  1. on the side of your body which is towards the west when you are facing north
    • opposite right
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    • Fewer people write with their left hand than with their right.
    • I broke my left leg.
    • 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
  2. to be very awkward in your movements, especially when you are dancing or playing a sport
  3. in all directions; everywhere
    • He's giving away money left, right and centre.
  4. everywhere
    • She owes money right and left.

    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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