leave

Plural: leaves

Noun

• the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty
  • "a ten day's leave to visit his mother"
• permission to do something
  • "she was granted leave to speak"
• the act of departing politely
  • "he took his leave"
• The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
• The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).
• The tiles remaining on a player's rack after his or her turn.
• Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
• Permission.
• Farewell, departure.

Verb

Verb Forms: left, leaving, leaves

• To depart from a place; to allow to remain.
• go away from a place
  • "At what time does your train leave?"
  • "She didn't leave until midnight"
  • "The ship leaves at midnight"
• go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness
• act or be so as to become in a specified state
• leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking
  • "leave it as is"
  • "leave the young fawn alone"
  • "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"
• move out of or depart from
  • "leave the room"
• make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
  • "This leaves no room for improvement"
  • "leave lots of time for the trip"
• have as a result or residue
• remove oneself from an association with or participation in
  • "She wants to leave"
• put into the care or protection of someone
  • "leave your child the nurse's care"
• leave or give by will after one's death
• have left or have as a remainder
  • "19 minus 8 leaves 11"
• be survived by after one's death
• transmit (knowledge or skills)
  • "leave your name and address here"
• leave behind unintentionally
• To have a consequence or remnant.
• To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
• To have a consequence or remnant.
• To cause, to result in.
• To have a consequence or remnant.
• To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.
• To depart; to separate from.
• To let be or do without interference.
• To depart; to separate from.
• To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
• To depart; to separate from.
• To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).
• To depart; to separate from.
• To die (the object denotes those affected by the death).
• To depart; to separate from.
• To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.
• To transfer something.
• To transfer possession of after death.
• To transfer something.
• To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.
• To transfer something.
• To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.
• To remain (behind); to stay.
• To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
• To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.
• To produce leaves or foliage.
• To raise; to levy.

Examples

• Can't we just leave this to the experts?
• Don’t LEAVE a triple-word score open for your opponent on their next turn.
• He made 45 leaves in his innings of 64.
• I didn't score much, but LING was a good leave.
• I leave my hearers to judge.
• I left him to his reflections.
• I left my car at home and took a bus to work.
• I left my sewing and went to the window to watch the falling snow.
• I left the band.
• I left the country and I left my wife.
• I think you'd better leave.
• I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance.
• I'll leave it to you to decide.
• I'll leave the car in the station so you can pick it up there.
• I've just been given three weeks' leave by my boss — I don't think I still have some leave owing to me.
• Infantile paralysis left him lame for the rest of his life.
• Leave your hat in the hall.
• Might I beg leave to accompany you?
• She left disappointed.
• The ants did not leave so much as a crumb of bread.
• The applicant now seeks leave to appeal and, if leave be granted, to appeal against these sentences.
• The lightning left her dazzled for several minutes.
• There's not much food left. We'd better go to the shops.
• We should leave the legal matters to lawyers.
• When my father died, he left me the house.

Synonyms

allow, allow for, bequeath, depart, entrust, exit, farewell, forget, get out, give, go away, go forth, go out, impart, lead, leave alone, leave behind, leave of absence, leave-taking, parting, pass on, provide, pull up stakes, result, will, GTFO, annual leave, authorisation, beat it, book, bounce, break, bug off, bugger off, buzz off, chuck, consent, cut one's stick, dash, day off, duck out, get away, getaway, go, holiday, leaf, leave, make tracks, move on, namous, part, pause, piss off, put out, quit, recess, remove, run along, set forth, set off, set out, sling one's hook, split, start, start out, take leave, take off, take one's leave, take wing, time away, time off, vac, vaca, vacation, vacay

Antonyms

arrive, disinherit, enter, kick out, remain, reside, sojourn, tarry

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