left side

Where port is

The left side is the side corresponding to the hand that most people don't write with—the opposite of right.

It can refer to a physical location the left side of the road, a position in space Sit on my left side, or a portion of something divided the left side of the equation.

In politics, the left side denotes liberal or progressive positions.

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edge · westward · southpaw · liberal · progressive · wing · opposite · mirror · asymmetry · lean · tilt · veer · swerve · politics · partisan · democrat · handed · bias

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Opposites
lateral position

left sideright side

Opposite of port

right · rightward · dexter · off side · dextral

nautical direction

left sidestarboard

Vessel's right-hand side

starboard side · right side

political spectrum

left sideright side

Opposite of port

right wing · right-wing

Family

left, side, lefts, leftward, leftwards, leftish, lefty, lefties, sided

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