Location near or direction toward the left side, i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
English: left
kiriBahasa Indonesia
left, left-hander, lefty, southpaw, indoors
Common
#1,252 of the corpus · 99.1 per million words · 423,259 occurrences
Noun
The left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose
English: larboard, port
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The hand that is on the left side of the body
English: left, left hand
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2 more noun senses
A baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
English: left-handed pitcher, left-hander, left hander, lefthander, lefty, southpaw
Bahasa: kidal
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A person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right
English: left-hander, lefty, southpaw
Bahasa: kidal
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Adjective
Of or belonging to the political or intellectual left
English: left
Being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north
English: left
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Adverb
Within a building
English: inside, indoors
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