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- pronunciation:
- liv
- phrases:
- leave out
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
leaves, leaving, left |
| definition 1: |
When you leave, you go away from a place.
My grandmother has been staying with us for a week, but she's leaving tomorrow.- synonyms:
- depart, go
- antonyms:
- come, enter, return, stay
- similar words:
- exit, split
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| definition 2: |
When you leave a place, you go away from it.
Tina left the house at eight o'clock.Ben is leaving our town to go to college this August.- synonyms:
- exit
- antonyms:
- approach, enter
- similar words:
- abandon, evacuate
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| definition 3: |
When you leave something, you let it stay where it is instead of taking it away. If you leave your backpack at home, it means that you do not take the backpack with you when you go out. If you leave the last cookie, it means you don't eat that one. You let it stay on the plate.
The teacher told her students that they can leave their things in the classroom.- synonyms:
- keep
- similar words:
- retain
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| definition 4: |
When you leave something a certain way, you don't change it. You let it stay the way it is. When you leave the door open, it means that you don't close it.
Kayla thought about adding more colors to her picture, but then she decided to leave it the way it was.- similar words:
- let
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| definition 5: |
When you leave your homework for tomorrow, it means that you do not do it today and let it go until tomorrow.
Melissa is too tired to do her chores today, so she is leaving them for tomorrow.- similar words:
- hold, keep
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| definition 6: |
"Leave" means to go away from a thing or person while letting something continue to happen.
Why did you leave the water running in the bathtub? |
| definition 7: |
If someone leaves something like a house or an amount of money to someone, it means that when they die, that house or that money will go to that person who is still living.
When my grandmother passed away, she left her jewelry to my mother. |
| related words: |
check, deposit, escape, move, part, pass, quit, retire, start |
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| phrase: |
leave out |
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