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Editorial note

The only thing left of Google that they haven't managed to screw up or cause outrage over is search.

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Definitions10

Parts of speech3

Quick take

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east; "she stood on the left"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of left gathered in one view.

noun

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east; "she stood on the left"

noun

those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare

noun

the hand that is on the left side of the body; "jab with your left"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for left.

noun

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east; "she stood on the left"

noun

those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare

noun

the hand that is on the left side of the body; "jab with your left"

noun

the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left; "the batter flied out to left"

noun

a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east; "take a left at the corner"

adjective

being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; "my left hand"; "left center field"; "the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream"

adjective

not used up; "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions"

See also: leftover, odd, remaining, unexpended

adjective

intended for the left hand; "I rarely lose a left-hand glove"

adjective

of or belonging to the political or intellectual left

adverb

toward or on the left; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the political party has moved left"

Example sentences

The only thing left of Google that they haven't managed to screw up or cause outrage over is search.

All of the things I've listed I've done and it only made life difficult until I left for college.

The bank demanded collateral, so he left his Rolls Royce in their warehouse vault.

I completely understood at the time why Google+ was important to Google, it just wasn't important to me. So I left.

I worked at Amazon from before Steve left to sometime later.

You won't have more trouble getting another job than you did getting the one you left to start this company.

[3]~~~~~[1] There were some remarks in the article that just left me confused, such as:> They said I thought JavaScript was a bad language.

[1] It wasn't just me either, by the time I left, %60 of the team had already gotten internal transfers or resigned.

The neurologist told her that nine times out of ten, the clot travels a different path, and the victim is left dead or braindead.

Those who examine things more deeply are said to be "left brained" and those who make connections at the high-level are said to be "right brained".

Are you telling me high school history and civics left you with the propensity to be a more informed voter?

But this is a very serious situation and if left unchecked it may damage the potential for you to do good work for the rest of your life.

I feel like it's almost a right of passage these days to rely heavily on a Google service, only to have something go wrong and be left out in the cold.

Most of the time the reporters overstate the research, the scientists keep the data secret, and the general public is left scratching their heads.

Can you not accept that Jobs was a great leader who didn't deserve to die, but that he left a scary, proprietary footprint all over the mobile and tablet space?

[3] After I left, and after my team was literally decimated by the hostile environment created by our boss, I found out he got promoted!

Think of it this way: had your company been successful, it almost certainly would have left you in a state where you'd be working for someone else for a couple years during your earnout.

Never hit a plateau in pay, but nonetheless, I've found the best way to ratchet up is to change jobs which has been sad, but true - I've left some pretty decent jobs because somebody else was willing to pay more.

From the time Bezos issued his edict through the time I left, Amazon had transformed culturally into a company that thinks about everything in a services-first fashion.