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left-to-right

left-to-right adjective: that is written (and is read) from left to right.

Adjective

left-to-right (not comparable)

  1. That is written (and is read) from left to right.

Adverb

left-to-right (not comparable)

  1. From left to right.
    • Ramsay Ames was Ananka at the beginning, but after that it was her stand-in, who we dressed the same way and put the makeup on. Incidentally, I shot that chase differently than what Pivar was used to. Chases always ran left-to-right, left-to-right, all the time.1988, Tom Weaver, John Brunas, Michael Brunas, Interviews with B science fiction and horror movie makers: writers, producers, directors, actors, moguls, and makeup, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page...

Antonyms of left-to-right

Forms of left-to-right

alternative formleft to right
alternative formLTR

Phrases with left-to-right

Questions about left-to-right

What does left-to-right mean?
Left-to-right means that is written (and is read) from left to right.
What part of speech is left-to-right?
Left-to-right can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near left-to-right in the dictionary

  1. left-off
  2. left-offs
  3. left-over
  4. left-overs
  5. left-recursive
  6. left-to-right
  7. left-to-right assimilation
  8. left-to-right assimilations
  9. left-wing
  10. left-wing anarchism
  11. left-wing anarchist

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