In modern politics, the term left typically applies to ideologies and movements to the left of classical liberalism, supporting some degree of democracy in the economic sphere.. Being, relating to, or located on or nearest to the side where a person’s heart normally is (opposed to right).
If there is a certain amount of something left, or if you have a certain amount of it left, it remains when the rest has gone or been used.. If you are holding a compass and facing north, the direction to the west of you is also to your left.