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left

 
 
/left/ noun

Translation

[no plural] the left side
sol taraf
Ned's the man sitting on my left in that photo. Jean's house is last on the left.1718
the Left/left political groups which believe that power and money should be shared more equally among people
sol, solcular, sosyalistler
The proposals were sharply criticized by the Left. → Opposite right noun2135
(Definition of left noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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