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Adjective left has 4 senses
- left - being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; "my left hand"; "left center field"; "the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream"
Antonyms: right, far, right-hand, starboard, rightmost
- leftover, left over, left, odd, remaining, unexpended - not used up; "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions"
Antonym: exhausted (indirect, via unexhausted)
- left, left-hand - intended for the left hand; "I rarely lose a left-hand glove"
Antonyms: ambidextrous, two-handed (indirect, via right-handed, left-handed)
Antonym: right-handed (indirect, via left-handed, ambidextrous)
- left - of or belonging to the political or intellectual left
Antonyms: center, centrist, middle-of-the-road, right, conservative, reactionary, reactionist, far-right, rightish, rightist, right-wing
Adverbial left has 1 sense
- left - toward or on the left; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the political party has moved left"
Antonyms: right
Noun left has 5 senses
- left - location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east; "she stood on the left"
--1 is a kind of position, place
Antonyms: right
--1 has particulars: stage left, left stage
- left, left wing - those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare
--2 is a kind of faction, sect
- left, left hand - the hand that is on the left side of the body; "jab with your left"
--3 is a kind of hand, manus, mitt, paw
- left field, left - the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left
--4 is a kind of tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
--4 is a part of outfield
- left - a turn to the left; "take a left at the corner"
--5 is a kind of turn, turning
Verb leave has 14 senses
- leave, go forth, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"
Antonyms: arrive, get, come
Sample sentence:
John will leave angry
- leave - go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind"
Sample sentences:
They leave the money in the closet
They leave the people the food
- leave - act or be so as to become in a specified state; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left us speechless"
--3 is one way to make, get
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Something ----s somebody
- leave, leave alone, leave behind - leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"
--4 is one way to refrain, forbear
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- exit, go out, get out, leave - move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"
--5 is one way to move
Sample sentence:
The men leave the boat
- leave, allow for, allow, provide - make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway"
--6 is one way to yield, give, afford
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- leave, result, lead - result in; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin"
--7 is one way to bring about
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- leave, depart, pull up stakes - remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"
--8 is one way to change
Sample sentence:
They leave the countryside
- entrust, leave - put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care"
--9 is one way to pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
Sample sentences:
They leave the money to them
They leave them the money
- bequeath, will, leave - leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate"
--10 is one way to give, gift, present
Sample sentences:
They leave the money to them
They leave them the money
- leave - have left or have as a remainder; "That left the four of us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11"
--11 is one way to have
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- leave, leave behind - be survived by after one's death; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot leave Sue
- impart, leave, give, pass on - tell or deposit (information) knowledge; "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"
--13 is one way to tell
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- forget, leave - leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors"
--14 is one way to lose
Sample sentence:
They leave the money in the closet
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