far left

[ fahr left ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the area furthest away on the side where one’s heart is (usually preceded by to, at, or on ):
On the rooftop of the building on the far left you can see a small garden.
none the far left or the far Left. Compare far right ( def 2 ).
1. the complex of individuals or organized groups holding the most liberal views in politics and social policy, advocating radical political and social reform that often includes increased government funding of services, regulation, and rights for marginalized groups:
  History will never know how he might have reacted, as president, to pressure from the gun lobby or to the collectivist tendencies of the far left.
2. the position occupied by these people on the political spectrum (often preceded by to or on ):
  She might nominate someone on the far left, but I can also see her nominating a more moderate person to attract the centrist vote.

First recorded in 1850–55

It was a windowless, narrow room with a bed in the far left corner.

How do you go from far-left socialist to far-right monarchist in three years?

Liberals put themselves at 3.88 on the ideology scale—that is, considerably closer to the middle (5) than to the far left (1).

What the far left and far right have in common is they both lack of sense of humor.

And the camera shows that man at far left abruptly snapping to attention and running toward the shots.

Mr. Vincent was so far left to himself as to give vent to an impatient exclamation as he turned away.

One of your typewriters is a slight blonde girl—sits in the corner to the far left—if she's still here.

The race ends when the man on the far left end of the line sits upon the chair with his feet off the ground.

Before was an undulating plain, bounded on the right by a river, and on the far left by a dense bush.

She chose a window for herself, the one at the far left with a small window box planted with scarlet runners.

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