[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/left/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [L](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/l/) / left # left adjective, adverb, noun (the left); verb (leave, leaves, left, leaving) «left» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Left means still there after some has gone or been used: «Two cakes are left». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/left/#m1) 2. Left is the past of leave: to go away from a place, or to let something stay where it is. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/left/#m2) 3. Left is a side: the side where most people wear a watch, the opposite of right. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/left/#m3) 4. The left in politics means people who want more sharing and change. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/left/#m4) 5. (euphemism) «He left us» or «she's left this world» can gently mean someone died; «let go» or «left the company» may mean lost a job. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/left/#m5) 6. (casual) «Left, right and centre» means everywhere; «out of left field» (US) means strange, unexpected. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/left/#m6) 7. (formal) Exams say «remaining», «the remainder», «residual», «outstanding» or «departed» for left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/left/#m7) ### In the lessons what remains with someone after things are given, eaten or lost: «How many are left» asks for the count after the losses; in reading and maps, left is a direction; phrases: «left over», «have left», «on the left», «turn left», «left behind», «leftovers»; in casual talk «got any left?», «how many he got left then?», «there's none left lol»; in rough talk «who left the bloody gate open?», «you've left me 1 chip, cheers a lot» (sarcasm); in the exam voice «ascertain the number remaining», «the residual quantity», «the outstanding balance» ### Examples - How many apples does Tom have left? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/left/#x1) - Anna had 10 sweets and ate 4. How many are left? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/left/#x2) - Ben left 3 books at school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/left/#x3) - Turn left at the post office. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/left/#x4) - The train left at 6 o'clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/left/#x5) - Write with your left hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/left/#x6) - We ate the left-over pizza for lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/left/#x7) - Look right, then left, then right again before you cross. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/left/#x8) - how many he got left then, after giving 4 away? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/left/#x9) - Oi, you've left me 1 chip, cheers a lot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/left/#x10) - Ascertain the number of items remaining in the possession of the purchaser after 4 are consumed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/left/#x11) - Grandpa left us last year (he died), and we miss him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/left/#x12) ### Note «How many are left» asks for the count after the losses: subtract. «remaining», «the remainder», «residual» and «outstanding» in an exam mean left. Trap: «left» can be a side (the left hand) or a verb of going away. Trap: «he left us» may be a gentle way of saying he died. In a remainder problem, what is left over is the remainder. ## In Jewish tradition Turning neither to the right nor the left means keeping strictly to God's commands. The priest used his left hand for the oil in cleansing a leper. **Interpretation.** The tradition reads going neither right nor left as keeping the path of the law exactly, without adding or subtracting. ### Examples - And He left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. (Torah GEN.17.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x1) - Why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.' (Torah EXO.2.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x2) - And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand. (Torah LEV.14.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x3) - Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?' (Prophets ISA.49.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x4) - And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. (Writings RUT.1.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x5) - And the king left ten women, that were concubines, to keep the house. (Prophets 2SA.15.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x6) ### Note «How many are left» asks for the count after the losses: subtract. «remaining», «the remainder», «residual» and «outstanding» in an exam mean left. Trap: «left» can be a side (the left hand) or a verb of going away. Trap: «he left us» may be a gentle way of saying he died. In a remainder problem, what is left over is the remainder. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «left» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/left/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«left» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/left.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «left» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«left» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/left.html) on Mova free.