English Explanatory Dictionary

leave

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To have a consequence or remnant.
  2. 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.
  3. To cause, to result in.
  4. To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.
  5. To depart; to separate from.
  6. To let be or do without interference.
  7. To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
  8. To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).
  9. To die (the object denotes those affected by the death).
  10. To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.
  11. To transfer something.
  12. To transfer possession of after death.
noun
  1. The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
  2. 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).
  3. The tiles remaining on a player's rack after his or her turn.
noun
  1. Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
  2. Permission.
  3. Farewell, departure.
verb
  1. To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.
verb
  1. To produce leaves or foliage.
verb
  1. To raise; to levy.

Pronunciation

/ˈliːv/ [ˈlɪi̯v] en-uk-to leave.ogg en-us-leave.ogg en-au-leave.ogg

Word forms

leave leaves leaving left no-table-tags glossary leavest leftest leaveth leaved

Etymology

From Middle English leven, from Old English lǣfan (“to leave”), from Proto-West Germanic *laibijan, from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to let stay, leave”), causative of *lībaną (“to stay, remain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick; fat”). Cognate with Old Frisian lēva (“to leave”), dialectal Dutch loven (“to have left over, save, keep”), Old Saxon lēvian, Old High German leiban (“to leave”), Old Norse leifa (“to leave over”) (whence Icelandic leifa (“to leave food uneaten”), Swedish leva (“to leave”)), lifna (“to be left”) (whence Danish levne). More at lave, belive. The noun is attested since the 19th century, with earliest references to billiards.

Synonyms

beat it bug off remove bugger off book bounce buzz off chuck cut one's stick dash depart duck out exit get away get out go go away go out GTFO leave make tracks move on namous part piss off pull up stakes put out start start out set forth set off set out run along sling one's hook split take off take leave take one's leave take wing quit forget leave behind absent annual leave holiday break day off getaway leave of absence pause recess time away time off vac vacation vaca vacay authorisation consent sanction

Antonyms

kick out remain reside sojourn tarry

Derived words

beleave be left holding the baby be left kicking eat and leave no crumbs forleave I have to love you and leave you I'll leave it up to you leavable leave alone leave a lot to be desired leave a mark leave aside leave a sour taste in one's mouth leave at the door leave be leave behind leavee leave for dead leave for dust leave home leave-in leave it all on the field leave it all out there leave it alone leave it at that leave it be leave it out leave little to the imagination leave me alone leave much to be desired leave no crumbs leave no stone unturned leave nothing in the tank leave nothing to the imagination leave no trace leave off leave on leave-one-out leave one's mark leave one's options open leave one's stamp leave on the table leave out leave over Leaver leave someone at the altar leave someone be leave someone cold leave someone hanging leave someone high and dry leave someone holding the baby leave someone holding the bag leave someone in the dust leave someone in the lurch leave someone no choice leave someone on read leave someone on seen leave someone out in the cold leave someone to their fate leave someone to their own devices

Translations

Afar: cabe Afrikaans: gaan vertrek Albanian: Ik Arabic: تَرَكَ Arabic: غَادَرَ Arabic: اِنْصَرَفَ Arabic: مشى Arabic: راح Arabic: مشي Arabic: طِلِع 'Are'are: tahi Armenian: հեռանալ Armenian: գնալ Armenian: մեկնել Aromanian: plec Asturian: marchar Bashkir: китеү Basque: utzi Belarusian: адхо́дзіць Belarusian: адысці́ Belarusian: ад'язджа́ць Belarusian: ад'е́хаць Bislama: lego Bulgarian: тръгвам Bulgarian: тръгна Bulgarian: замина́вам Bulgarian: зами́на Catalan: sortir Catalan: partir Catalan: marxar Chichewa: kupita Chinese Mandarin: 離開 /离开 Chuukese: feino Ngazidja Comorian: uroha Danish: gå Dutch: weggaan Dutch: vertrekken Esperanto: foriri Estonian: lahkuma Farefare: we Faroese: fara avstað Finnish: lähteä French: partir Friulian: partî Galician: largar Galician: marchar Galician: liscar Galician: partir German: weggehen German: fortgehen German: wegfahren German: fortfahren Greek: φεύγω Ancient Greek: λείπω Hebrew: עזב Hindi: चला जाना Hindi: रवाना Hungarian: indul Hungarian: elindul Hungarian: elutazik Hungarian: elmegy Icelandic: fara Ido: livar Indonesian: berangkat Irish: fág Irish: imigh Italian: partire Italian: andarsene Japanese: 出発する Japanese: 去る Afrikaans: verlof Belarusian: дазво́л Bulgarian: разреше́ние Bulgarian: позволе́ние Catalan: permís Danish: tilladelse Danish: permission Dutch: verlof Dutch: toestemming Esperanto: forpermeso Finnish: vapaa French: permission French: permis Georgian: შვებულება German: Erlaubnis German: Verlaub Greek: άδεια Gujarati: રજા Hindi: छुट्टी Hungarian: kimenő Hungarian: eltávozás Indonesian: izin Indonesian: cuti Indonesian: perlop Italian: permesso Māori: whakamatuatanga Marathi: रजा Norwegian Bokmål: permisjon Norwegian Bokmål: tillatelse
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