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Definition for left

adjective as in on west side when facing north

adjective as in politically liberal

Strongest matches

leftist, liberal

Weak matches

advanced, left-wing

adjective as in abandoned

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If you tuned into the Culture, Media and Sport committee hearing on Monday expecting a gladiatorial showdown, you'd have been left wondering where the swords were.

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The rapper left with a final message, “You have one life, so live your life as you want.”

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Kier’s father left before his birth and the actor was raised by his mother.

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The Financial Times newspaper quotes one of the delegates, though - Ukraine's deputy foreign minister Sergiy Kyslytsya - who talks of a new 19-point plan with "very little left" from the original draft.

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"We believe the inhabitants of Poverty Point built the mounds, performed rituals and left behind valuable objects as a sacrifice and spiritual offering."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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