to leave

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

There's not much food left, we'd better go to the shops.

To transfer possession of after death

When my father died, he left me the house.

the action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball

To remain (behind); to stay

And by myssefortune Sir Bors smote Sir Launcelot thorow the shylde into the syde, and the speare brake and the hede leffte stylle in the syde.

To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with

I left the country and I left my wife.

To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with

Can't we just leave this to the experts?.

To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project)

I left the band.

To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit

I'll leave the car in the station so you can pick it up there.

Permission to be absent; time away from one's work

I've been given three weeks' leave by my boss.

To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund)

When he had leeft speakynge, he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe, and lett slippe thy nette to make a draught.

To depart; to go away from a certain place or state

I think you'd better leave.

{v} to quit, forsake, let remain, desist, stop, bequeath

{n} permission, liberty, grant, farewel

{a} willingly, soon

If you leave property or money to someone, you arrange for it to be given to them after you have died. He died two and a half years later, leaving everything to his wife

To leave, is to invoke the function User: : Leave() This causes a return to the current trap harness A function may also leave because a function it called left

leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate"

If you leave food or drink, you do not eat or drink it, often because you do not like it. If you don't like the cocktail you ordered, just leave it and try a different one

To not take away with oneself but leave as available for others; to deposit

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"

act or be so as to become in a specified state; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left us speechless"

If you leave someone to do something, you go away from them so that they do it on their own. If you leave someone to himself or herself, you go away from them and allow them to be alone. I'd better leave you to get on with it, then Diana took the hint and left them to it One of the advantages of a department store is that you are left to yourself to try things on

have left or have as a remainder; "That left the four of us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11

Refer to the pins remaining after the first delivery

The act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu; used chiefly in the phrase, to take leave, i

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. From the moment that Philippe had left her in the bedroom at the hotel, she had heard nothing of him Leave your key with a neighbour in case you lock yourself out one day

Permission to be absent; time away from ones work

result in; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin"

To leave someone with something, especially when that thing is unpleasant or difficult to deal with, means to make them have it or make them responsible for it. a crash which left him with a broken collar-bone

If you leave a space or gap in something, you deliberately make that space or gap. Leave a gap at the top and bottom so air can circulate

Those pins not knocked down on the first ball

If you leave your husband, wife, or some other person with whom you have had a close relationship, you stop living with them or you finish the relationship. He'll never leave you. You need have no worry I would be insanely jealous if Bill left me for another woman

disapproval If you say that something such as an arrangement or an agreement leaves a lot to another thing or person, you are critical of it because it is not adequate and its success depends on the other thing or person. The ceasefire leaves a lot to the goodwill of the forces involved

have left or have as a remainder; "That left the four of us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11"

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To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed

If you leave a particular subject, you stop talking about it and start discussing something else. I think we'd better leave the subject of Nationalism He suggested we get together for a drink sometime. I said I'd like that, and we left it there

go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

If you leave someone or something alone, or if you leave them be, you do not pay them any attention or bother them. Some people need to confront a traumatic past; others find it better to leave it alone Why can't you leave him be?

Leave is a period of time when you are not working at your job, because you are on holiday or vacation, or for some other reason. If you are on leave, you are not working at your job. Why don't you take a few days' leave? maternity leave He is home on leave from the Navy. see also left

To raise; to levy

Time off which may be paid or unpaid

To be left or over; to remain as available

the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty; "a ten day's leave to visit his mother"

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"

To leave someone with a particular course of action or the opportunity to do something means to let it be available to them, while restricting them in other ways. This left me only one possible course of action He was left with no option but to resign

{f} sprout leaves, grow leaves

If you leave a job, decision, or choice to someone, you give them the responsibility for dealing with it or making it. Affix the blue airmail label and leave the rest to us The judge should not have left it to the jury to decide For the moment, I leave you to take all decisions

If something continues from where it left off, it starts happening again at the point where it had previously stopped. As soon as the police disappear the violence will take up from where it left off

Farewell, departure

If you leave a place or person, you go away from that place or person. He would not be allowed to leave the country I simply couldn't bear to leave my little girl My flight leaves in less than an hour The last of the older children had left for school

A student who did not graduate, persist or transfer to another SUS school through the specified year after entry A leaver may have enrolled at a community college, private or out-of-state school after leaving FAU Leavers in some cases may be "stopouts" who will return to FAU in the future

To depart from; to end ones connection or affiliation with

To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge

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 procedureprovides for lots of leeway"

the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow"

move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"

If something leaves a mark, effect, or sign, it causes that mark, effect, or sign to remain as a result. A muscle tear will leave a scar after healing

to leave

التركية النطق

tı liv

النطق

/tə ˈlēv/ /tə ˈliːv/

علم أصول الكلمات

[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.