left
/ˈlɛft/
Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←; Anticlockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation
- Komparativ
- farther left
- Superlativ
- farthest left
Bedeutungen
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Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
Put up your left hand.
Heben Sie die linke Hand!
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He hurt his left hand.
Er verletzte sich an der linken Hand.
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Anticlockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation
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Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's left when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the north bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥲ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the left side of the river
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Left-wing; pertaining to the political left
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Relating to the beginning or earlier part of a phraseselten
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leftover, remainingselten