left
Betekenis (English)
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- Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
- Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's left when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the north bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥲ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the left side of the river.
- Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.
Concepten
naar links
linkerzijde
linkse
linkerzijde
blijvend
Synonyms
left side
left hand
left hand side
to the left
on the left
the left
left-handed person
what else
wrong way
continue to exist
left rudder
be abandoned
remain over
gone forth
being on the left
left-hand side
no longer there
be left
not right
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈlɛft/
Etymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English left, luft, leoft, lift, lyft, from Old English left, lyft (“weak, clumsy, foolish”), attested in Old English lyftādl (“palsy, paralysis”), from Proto-Germanic *luft-, from *lubjaną (“to castrate, lop off”) (compare dialectal English lib, West Frisian lobje, Dutch lubben), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lewp-, *(s)lup- (“hanging limply”). Compare Scots left (“left”), North Frisian lefts, leeft, leefts (“left”), West Frisian lofts (“left”), dialectal Dutch loof (“weak, worthless”), Low German lucht (“left”).
leave
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- To have a consequence or remnant.
- To have a consequence or remnant.
- To have a consequence or remnant.
- To depart; to separate from.
- To depart; to separate from.
- To depart; to separate from.
- To depart; to separate from.
- To transfer something.
- To transfer something.
- To transfer something.
- (obsolete) To remain (behind); to stay.
- To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
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