left

/left/ adj, adv, n [C/U] (DIRECTION)

Definition

› (in or toward) a position that is the opposite of right and on the side of your body that contains the heart: He injured his left eye. Turn left at the stop sign. [C] Make a left at the corner. [U] My sister is third from the left in the back row.

(Definition of left adj, adv, n (DIRECTION) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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