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leave1
- pronunciation:
- liv
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- leave off
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
leaves, leaving, left |
| definition 1: |
to depart or go away from.
I'll leave the city soon.- synonyms:
- depart, exit, quit
- antonyms:
- approach, enter, resume
- similar words:
- abandon, evacuate, vacate
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| definition 2: |
to let (something) remain.
Leave the book there.- synonyms:
- keep
- similar words:
- retain
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| definition 3: |
to let stay without interfering with.
Leave me alone.- similar words:
- let
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| definition 4: |
to let stay for action or decision.
Leave the problem until tomorrow.- synonyms:
- put aside
- similar words:
- hold, keep
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| definition 5: |
to give into the care or possession of as a result of one's death.
He left his money to his sons.- synonyms:
- bequeath, will
- similar words:
- allot, devise, endow, hand down
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| related words: |
absent, check, deposit, desert, escape, forsake, give, jump, pass, quit, resign |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to go away.
- synonyms:
- depart, go
- antonyms:
- approach, come, enter, return, stay
- similar words:
- exit, remove, retire, shove off, split, strike, vacate
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| related words: |
abscond, bundle, evacuate, move, pack, part, pass, quit, resign, retire, secede, skip, start, vanish, walk, withdraw |
| phrase: |
leave off |
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