{
    "term": "left",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "on the side of your body that is towards the west when you are facing north",
            "labels": "(sport)",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Fewer people write with their **left hand** than with their right."
                },
                {
                    "text": "your **left knee/leg/foot/arm**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the left side of the field"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The university is on the left bank of the river."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Take a left turn at the intersection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a left back"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **left hook** *(= a short hard hit with your closed left hand)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be very awkward in your movements, especially when you are dancing or playing a sport",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/left/",
                "audio": "le/left/left__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/left/",
                "audio": "le/left/left__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English lyft, left ‘weak’ (the left-hand side being regarded as the weaker side of the body), of West Germanic origin."
}