leave
noun
1. the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty
- a ten day's leave to visit his mother
Definition categories: time
2. permission to do something
- she was granted leave to speak
Definition categories: communication, permission
3. the act of departing politely
- he took his leave
Similar word(s): farewell, parting
Definition categories: act, departure, going, leaving
Sentences with leave as a noun:
- I've been given three weeks' leave by my boss.
- Might I beg leave to accompany you?
- The applicant now seeks leave to appeal and, if leave be granted, to appeal against these sentences.
- I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance.
verb
1. go away from a place
- At what time does your train leave?
- She didn't leave until midnight
- The ship leaves at midnight
Definition categories: motion
2. go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness
Definition categories: cognition
3. act or be so as to become in a specified state
Definition categories: stative, get, make
4. 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
Definition categories: change, forbear, refrain
5. move out of or depart from
- leave the room
Similar word(s): exit
Definition categories: motion, move
6. 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
Similar word(s): allow, provide
Definition categories: stative, afford, give, yield
7. produce as a result or residue
Definition categories: stative, produce
8. remove oneself from an association with or participation in
- She wants to leave
Similar word(s): depart
Definition categories: social, change
9. put into the care or protection of someone
- leave your child in the nurse's care
Similar word(s): entrust
Definition categories: possession, give, hand, pass, reach
10. leave or give by will after one's death
Similar word(s): bequeath, will
Definition categories: possession, gift, give, present
11. have left or have as a remainder
- 19 minus 8 leaves 11
Definition categories: stative, have
12. be survived by after one's death
Definition categories: change
13. transmit (knowledge or skills)
- leave your name and address here
Definition categories: possession, tell
14. leave behind unintentionally
Similar word(s): forget
Definition categories: cognition, lose
Sentences with leave as a verb:
- I left my car at home and took a bus to work. The ants did not leave so much as a crumb of bread. There's not much food left. We'd better go to the shops.
- Leave your hat in the hall. We should leave the legal matters to lawyers. I left my sewing and went to the window to watch the falling snow.
- I left him to his reflections. I leave my hearers to judge.
- I think you'd better leave.
- I'll leave the car in the station so you can pick it up there.
- Can't we just leave this to the experts?