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.

{a} willingly, soon

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

{n} permission, liberty, grant, farewel

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

To depart; to set out

If you leave a message or an answer, you write it, record it, or give it to someone so that it can be found or passed on. You can leave a message on our answering machine Decide whether the ball is in square A, B, C, or D, then call and leave your answer I left my phone number with several people

To have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; as, he left a large estate; he left a good name; he left a legacy to his niece

The leave is the group of tiles left on a player's rack after making a play and before drawing new tiles

literally, to take permission to go

be survived by after one's death; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"

leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors"

to leave a lot to be desired: see desire to leave someone to their own devices: see device to take leave of your senses: see sense take it or leave it: see take. To put forth foliage; leaf

A benefit that allows employees to take time away from the job without losing employment Leave may be paid or unpaid; benefits are often continued even during unpaid leave

The pins that remain after the first ball has been rolled

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

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

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

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

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"

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

To depart from; to end ones connection or affiliation with

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

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

Farewell, departure

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

To leave an amount of something means to keep it available after the rest has been used or taken away. He always left a little food for the next day Double rooms at any of the following hotels should leave you some change from £150

Permission

put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care"

If you take one number away from another, you can say that it leaves the number that remains. For example, five take away two leaves three. = equal

Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license

If you leave something in a particular state, position, or condition, you let it remain in that state, position, or condition. He left the album open on the table I've left the car lights on I left the engine running

{f} go away from; depart, exit; quit; leave behind; omit; let alone; allow to remain; cease, stop; neglect

If you leave something until a particular time, you delay doing it or dealing with it until then. Don't leave it all until the last minute. If you leave something too late, you delay doing it so that when you eventually do it, it is useless or ineffective. I hope I haven't left it too late

An entitlement given to people allowing them to take time off work

(of the Senate or the House of Representatives) the permission of all members present in the chamber at the time to do something which otherwise could not be done at that time or in that way

To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver; to commit; to submit with a sense of withdrawing one's self from; as, leave your hat in the hall; we left our cards; to leave the matter to arbitrators

permission to do something; "she was granted leave to speak" the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty; "a ten day's leave to visit his mother" 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" be survived by after one's death; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats" 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" go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" 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" result in; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" 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" act or be so as to become in a specified state; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left us speechless" have left or have as a remainder; "That left the four of us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11

To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house

If you leave someone doing something, they are doing that thing when you go away from them. Salter drove off, leaving Callendar surveying the scene

If you leave an institution, group, or job, you permanently stop attending that institution, being a member of that group, or doing that job. He left school with no qualifications I am leaving to concentrate on writing fiction. a leaving present

vi [to go away] pergi

If an event leaves people or things in a particular state, they are in that state when the event has finished. violent disturbances which have left at least ten people dead The documentary left me in a state of shock

To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish

To send out leaves; to leaf; often with out

To cease; to desist; to leave off

{i} vacation, time off, furlough; authorization to do something; permission to be absent (from work, etc.); parting, departure, farewell

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"

to leave

Turkish pronunciation

tı liv

Pronunciation

/tə ˈlēv/ /tə ˈliːv/

Etymology

[ 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.