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leave English

Meaning leave meaning

What does leave mean?
Definitions in simple English

leave Verb

— When you leave a place, you go away from it. I left the building. — Something you leave remains where it was. Two cakes are left.

leave

— verb (= go away) go away from a place At what time does your train leave? She didn't leave until midnight The ship leaves at midnight — verb go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness She left a mess when she moved out His good luck finally left him her husband left her after 20 years of marriage she wept thinking she had been left behind — verb act or be so as to become in a specified state The inflation left them penniless The president's remarks left us speechless — verb 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 — verb move out of or depart from leave the room the fugitive has left the country — verb (= allow for, allow, provide) make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain This leaves no room for improvement The evidence allows only one conclusion allow for mistakes leave lots of time for the trip This procedure provides for lots of leeway — verb (= result) have as a result or residue The water left a mark on the silk dress Her blood left a stain on the napkin — verb (= pull up stakes) remove oneself from an association with or participation in She wants to leave The teenager left home She left her position with the Red Cross He left the Senate after two terms after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes — verb put into the care or protection of someone He left the decision to his deputy leave your child the nurse's care — verb (= bequeath, will) leave or give by will after one's death My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry My grandfather left me his entire estate — verb have left or have as a remainder That left the four of us 19 minus 8 leaves 11 — verb (= leave behind) be survived by after one's death He left six children At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats — verb (= impart, give) transmit (knowledge or skills) give a secret to the Russians leave your name and address here impart a new skill to the students — verb (= forget) leave behind unintentionally I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors — noun the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty a ten day's leave to visit his mother — noun permission to do something she was granted leave to speak — noun (= farewell, parting) the act of departing politely he disliked long farewells he took his leave parting is such sweet sorrow

Synonyms leave synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as leave?

leave English » English

depart abandon go away quit go forsake exit desert permission go out go away from let give up leave behind allow vacation set out resign holiday bequeath vacate start retire withdraw separate get out relinquish let go escape release leave alone walk go off furlough departure depart from come out set off reject part discard split renounce permit let alone leave of absence get off fly flee entrust

Topics leave topics

What do people use leave to talk about?
Social behavior Behavior Love

Abandon
Physical actions Have, be with Keep something

Leave something
Person Life Marriage

Divorce
Physical actions Move Move toward something

Leave
Physical actions Move Travel

Move to a new house
Person Life Die

Inherit
Language and thought Teach

School
Social behavior Relationships Begin a relationship

End a relationship
Social behavior Social activity Come together, form a group Organization

Leave an organization
Social behavior Social activity

Holiday
Physical actions Move Move toward something Move in

Move out
States Quantity Count

Subtract numbers
Language and thought Want Influence

Compel
States Big Distance

Far
Language and thought Want Ask permission

Give permission
Language and thought Emotion Feel good Interested

Uninterested, bored
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Dislike
Social behavior Behavior Self-controlled

Untidy
Social behavior Government

Ruler
Work and occupation Work Method Work well

Complete, finish
Work and occupation Working with buildings Parts of a building

Door
Physical actions Move Move in a direction

Move up
Physical actions Move Move toward something

Go
Physical actions Move

Travel
Physical actions Move something

Open
States Quality Light Shine

Light source
States Time Relative time Right time

Late
States Location Be at a place

Absent

Conjugation leave conjugation

How do you conjugate leave?

leave · verb

Examples leave examples

How do I use leave in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Did you leave a tip?
I made my whole family leave home.
Leave me alone!
We didn't mean to leave Mary out of the plan.
How long ago did the bus leave?
Which airport do I leave from?
Leave that box where it is.
Tom, don't you leave me.
When did your friend leave for America?
I've got work to do, so piss off and leave me alone.
Don't leave your work unfinished.
We ought to leave now.
I hesitated to leave his grave.
Leave me alone.
Leave me in peace!
Close the door when you leave.
Tell them to call me before they leave.
How much do you leave for a tip in Spain?
Now I have to leave, they're calling for my flight.
Why do you want to leave today?
You will do well to leave him.
You are not to leave this room.
When will you leave here?
You may as well leave at once.

Movie subtitles

We'll be in trouble if the lady comes out. Hurry, let's leave.
Leave the area!
At least in an emergency leave.
Leave the gun..
You have to leave, my love.
Do not leave me..
Sir Curel. we will leave the rest up to you.
My name is Elder Smith And can I leave this book with you for you to just peruse?
I think it's time we leave these two to their work.
They always come, tell us the story, and leave!
But according to Rule Number 72 I can't leave my companion alone!
No, he can't leave.
Ok, I'll leave!
The spear this morning telling us to leave?
After 6 p.m., when the Observatory's personnel had left, we were allowed to leave the room, but at 8 a.m. we had to be back.
Let's leave for Africa, for the Regency of Algiers over which the French flag now flies.
We need to leave it to the Arabs who are its rightful farmers.
We have to leave, Madam.
I'll destroy your wretched descendants and leave you to the vultures.
Give them a horse so they can leave my sight!
If there's a war, you'll leave without me.
If we leave, Algeria will go back to chaos.
She wants to leave with me.
So they won't leave.
Leila wanted us to leave for France.
I want to leave.
I'll leave with the kids if you want to stay.
And now you must leave.
Leave him alone!
Don't leave me, please.
Please, mate, don't leave me here.
When Boyd and Erica leave, it's a hit to Derek's ego.
We can't leave her out there.
Let's leave.
Do you really plan to just leave like that?
Are you really gonna leave out WOC?
His Majesty told me not to leave the Palace.
Let's go. Let's go. Now, to be able to leave like this is because I pleaded with the South's Ministry of Unification.
Despite that, are you just going to leave me alone?
So that's why he couldn't leave this place and just stayed here.

News and current affairs

Together with Golda Meir and Moshe Dayan he had to leave government in 1974 in the wake of the Yom Kippur War.
Those crisis countries that do not want to take it upon themselves to lower their prices should be given the opportunity to leave the eurozone temporarily in order to devalue prices and debts.
These are not problems you can leave overseas.
His top officials leave to join the banks, as his budget director Peter Orszag recently did.
We can all leave the TV off more hours per day and spend that time reading, talking with each other, and rebuilding the bases of personal health and social trust.
If we focus on solving today's problems, we will leave communities strengthened, economies more vibrant, and infrastructures more robust.
There are good reasons not to leave culture, education, lifestyles, or jobs completely exposed to the creative destruction of market forces.
Governments cannot afford to recapitalize the banks now; it would leave them with insufficient funds to deal with the sovereign-debt problem.
Nor did Arafat leave in place any institutional mechanisms for doing so.
Big challenges lie ahead, but I am confident that with the support of the global community, I can leave to my own children and community a thriving country where every person has the opportunity to prosper.
So, where does this leave us?
Any government that follows policies which leave large fractions of the population unemployed or underemployed is failing in its primary mission.
Ivanov, however, apparently intervened not because he feared a miscarriage of justice, but because the Kremlin hierarchy recognized that a verdict exonerating Budanov would leave the army itself vulnerable.
We continue to close our eyes to the fact that 19 young Muslim men decided to leave home, head for what they described as jihad, and became criminals.
But his latest victory does not answer the question of what will happen when he finally does leave the political scene.
Arafat's departure will leave a vacuum that no other institution or leader will be able to fill.
The Maastricht treaty explicitly prohibits a eurozone country from leaving the euro, but says nothing about a temporary leave of absence (and therefore doesn't prohibit one).
I am sure to be one of the many who will not be allowed to leave.
Leave aside the fact that efforts to make democracy bloom have become bloodily unstuck in Iraq and Afghanistan. Is it true that democracies never fight each other?
Left unchecked, it will leave India's next generation of men with a severe shortage of women.
In America, the only questions are whether a board will force a CEO to leave and, if so, how big his severance package will be.
Every time a government, or a regulator, announces some new control, or a tightening of existing controls, there are threats from bankers that they will pack up and leave town, taking their Porsches and mistresses with them.
Even the agreement to allow women and children to leave blockaded areas of the city of Homs - an anti-Assad stronghold - fell far short of international mediators' vision (and even this achievement seems to be in doubt).
Why, then, should the rest of the world leave the resolution of these disputes to America alone?
Leave aside the fact that efforts to make democracy bloom have become bloodily unstuck in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Both issues sound simpler than they are: the devil is in the details, and the details leave ample scope for disagreement over the definition, monitoring, and enforcement of terms.
Committing to massive cuts in carbon emissions will leave future generations poorer and less able to adapt to challenges.
Or we were invited to come at an earlier hour in the hope that we would leave before the official representatives arrived, which sometimes worked and sometimes didn't.

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