centre-left
centre-left adjective: leaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants.
Adjective
centre-left (not comparable)
- Leaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants.
- South Korea holds parliamentary elections on 11 April. Lee's conservative party is expected to lose ground to the centre-left opposition, but a small hint of peace from the North will do him no harm at all. Lee can hardly have expected such a gift.29 February 2012, Aidan Foster-Carter, BBC News North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumeshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17213948
centre-left meaning in Vietnamese
centre-left in Vietnamese
- leaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants
- trung tả
Forms of centre-left
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Origin of centre-left
From centre + left.
Questions about centre-left
- What does centre-left mean?
- Centre-left means leaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants.
- What is centre-left in Vietnamese?
- Centre-left in Vietnamese is trung tả. See Centre-left meaning in Vietnamese.
- What part of speech is centre-left?
- Centre-left is an adjective.
Words near centre-left in the dictionary
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