left over

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Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Remaining after the main part has been used, taken, or needed: Describes something that is unused or unconsumed after an event or process is complete.
    • Still existing or available after other things have been removed or dealt with: Refers to what is left behind or not required.
Examples of Usage
  • Adjective:
    • We ate the leftover pizza for breakfast. (The pizza remained after the previous meal.)
    • After paying the bills, she had a small amount of money left over. (A small sum of money remained available.)
    • Use the leftover fabric to make a small bag. (The fabric that remains after the main project.)
Advanced Usage
  • "to be left over": This verbal phrase is commonly used to describe the state of something remaining.
    • After the party, a lot of food was left over.
  • Used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb like 'be').
    • Attributive: leftover chicken, leftover time.
    • Predicative: The chicken is leftover from yesterday.
Variants and Related Words
  • Leftovers (noun): Food remaining from a previous meal.
    • We had leftovers for dinner.
  • Remaining (adjective): Similar in meaning, often used interchangeably.
    • the remaining questions
  • Surplus (noun/adjective): An amount that exceeds what is needed.
    • a surplus of supplies
Synonyms
  • Remaining
  • Unused
  • Unexpended
  • Surplus
  • Extra
Related Phrases
  • Left over from: Indicates the origin or time from which something remains.
    • These traditions are left over from a different era.
  • Be left over with: To have something remaining, often implying an obligation or result.
    • After the argument, he was left over with a feeling of regret. (Note: "left with" is more common; "left over with" emphasizes the residual nature.)
Related Idioms
  • Left over from the year dot (British, informal): Something very old or from a very long time ago.
    • That policy is left over from the year dot and needs updating.
Adjective
  1. not used up
    • leftover meatloaf
    • she had a little money left over so she went to a movie
    • some odd dollars left
    • saved the remaining sandwiches for supper
    • unexpended provisions

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