left1

adjective

• 1on, towards, or relating to the side of a human body or of a thing which is to the west when the person or thing is facing north:her left eye the left side of the road

• 2relating to a person or group favouring radical, reforming, or socialist views: Left politics left periodicals such as Marxism Today

  [see left wing]

adverb

• on or to the left side:turn left here keep left

noun

• 1 (the left) the left-hand part, side, or direction:turn to the left (one's left)the general sat to his left
• (in football or a similar sport) the left-hand half of the field when facing the opponents' goal:a free kick from the left
• the left wing of an army:a token attack on the Russian left
• a left turn:take a left here
• a road, entrance, etc. on the left:my road’s the first left
• a person’s left fist, especially a boxer’s:a dazzler with the left
• a blow given with the left fist:a left to the body

• 2 (often the Left) [treated as singular or plural] a group or party favouring radical, reforming, or socialist views:the Left is preparing to fight presidential elections he is on the left of the party