left
Definitions
Noun
- Location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
- Those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare
- The hand that is on the left side of the body
- The piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left
- A turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east
Adjective
- Being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north
- Of or belonging to the political or intellectual left
Verb
- Go away from a place
- Go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness
- Act or be so as to become in a specified state
- Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking
- Move out of or depart from
- Make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
- Have as a result or residue
- Remove oneself from an association with or participation in
- Put into the care or protection of someone
- Leave or give by will after one's death
- Have left or have as a remainder
- Be survived by after one's death
- Transmit (knowledge or skills)
- Leave behind unintentionally
Adverb
- Toward or on the left; also used figuratively
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "left".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | left | 1 | 480 |
| 2 | left-hand | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | left-handed | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | cleft | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | lefty | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | leftist | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | left's | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | left-brace | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | left-winger | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | left-wingers | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | lefthand | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | lefthanded | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | lefties | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | leftism | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | leftists | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | lefton | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | leftover | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | leftovers | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | leftridge | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | leftward | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | leftwich | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | leftwing | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | leftwinger | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | leftwingers | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "left".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "left".
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "left" in a sentence.
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "left" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the left | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | and left | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | people left | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | were left | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | been left | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | have left | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | or left | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | if left | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | they left | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | that left | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | this left | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | napoleon left | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | ford left | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | he left | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | dealer's left | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | best left | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | had left | 1 | 2 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "left" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | player | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | compound | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | emigrants | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | people | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | evaluating | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | right | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | likely | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | passing | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | primarily | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | purpose | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | ends | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | repair | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | bonaparte | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | napoleon | 4 | 2 |
| 15 | documents | 3 | 2 |
| 16 | families | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | port | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | decades | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | ford | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | dealer's | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | killed | 1 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "left".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lift | 1 | 23 |
| 2 | left-hand | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | left-handed | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | loft | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | left's | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | left-brace | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | left-winger | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | left-wingers | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | loft's | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | luft | 1 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 22
Fragments: 24
Sound Alikes: 11
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 6
Words that Precede: 17
Statistically Associated: 21
Consonant Matches: 10
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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