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/liːv/

verb
- 1. go away from: "she left London on June 6" Similar depart fromgo away fromgo fromwithdraw fromretire fromtake oneself off fromexit fromtake one's leave ofpull out ofquitbe gone fromdecamp fromdisappear fromabandonvacateabsent oneself fromevacuatesay one's farewells/goodbyesmake offclear outmake oneself scarcecheck outabscond fromrun away fromflee (from)fly frombolt fromgo AWOLtake French leaveescape (from)informal:push offshove offcutcut and rundo a bunkdo a disappearing actsplitvamoosescootclear offtake offmake tracksup stickspack one's bagsflitsling one's hookset offheadmakebegin one's journeyset sailOpposite arrivecomestay
- ▪ depart from permanently: "at the age of sixteen he left home"
- ▪ cease attending (a school or college) or working for (an organization): "she is leaving the BBC after 20 years" Similar quitgive upabandonmove fromresign fromretire frombow out ofstep down fromwithdraw fromget out ofpull out ofback out ofOpposite stay in
- 2. allow or cause to remain: "the parts he disliked he would alter and the parts he didn't dislike he'd leave"
- ▪ remain to be used or dealt with: "she pours her brother's whiskey into what's left of her beer"
- ▪ go away from a place without taking (someone or something): "the table was left in the house by the previous owner" Similar leave behindomit to takeforgetlosemislay
- ▪ abandon (a spouse or partner): "her boyfriend left her for another woman" Similar abandondesertdiscardturn one's back oncast asidecast offjiltleave in the lurchleave high and drythrow overleave strandedbrush offinformal:dumpditchchuckdropwalk out onrun out onrat onleave flatgive someone the pushgive someone the elbowgive someone the big Ebin offarchaic:forsakeOpposite stay with
- ▪ have as (a surviving relative) after one's death: "he leaves a wife and three children"
- ▪ bequeath (property) to a person or other beneficiary by a will: "he left £500 to the National Asthma Campaign" Similar bequeathwillendowhand downtransferconveymake overdemisedevise
- 3. cause (someone or something) to be in a particular state or position: "he'll leave you in no doubt about what he thinks"
- ▪ let (someone) do or deal with something without offering help or assistance: "infected people are often rejected by family and friends, leaving them to face this chronic condition alone" Similar entrusthand overpass onreferdelegateassignconsignallotgivecommit
- ▪ cause to remain as a trace or record: "dark fruit that would leave purple stains on the table napkins" Similar causeproducegenerategive rise toresult in
- ▪ deposit or entrust to be kept, collected, or attended to: "she left a note for me"
noun
- 1. (in snooker, croquet, and other games) the position in which a player leaves the balls for the next player.
Word Origin Old Englishlǣfan ‘bequeath’, also ‘allow to remain, leave in place’ of Germanic origin; related to German bleiben ‘remain’.
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to give for use after one's death or departure: to leave all one's money to charity. Synonyms: transmit, devise, will, bequeath. to have remaining after death: He leaves a wife and three children. to have as a remainder after subtraction: 2 from 4 leaves 2. Nonstandard. let 1 ( defs 1, 2, 6 ).
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If you leave something or someone in a particular place, you let them remain there when you go away. If you leave something or someone with a person, you let them remain with that person so they are safe while you are away.
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Drivers should always leave room for cyclists. leave something doing something I’ll just leave the engine running while I go in. Don’t leave tools lying about. leave something to do something Leave the pots to soak overnight. 6 result of accident/illness/event [transitive] CAUSE if an event, accident, illness etc leaves you in a particular ...