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leave meaning

EN[liːv]
'to leave' UK US
WLeave
  • Leave may refer to:
  • Leave of absence,
  • Leave (military),
  • Leave (film), a 2010 film by Robert Celestino
  • NounPLleaves
    1. (cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
      1. (billiards) 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).
        1. Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
          1. I've been given three weeks' leave by my boss.
        2. (dated or law) Permission.
          1. Might I beg leave to accompany you?
          2. The applicant now seeks leave to appeal and, if leave be granted, to appeal against these sentences.
        3. (dated) Farewell, departure.
          1. I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance.
      2. VerbSGleavesPRleavingPT, PPleftPT, PPleaved
        1. (heading) VT To have a consequence or remnant.
          1. I left my car at home and took a bus to work.  The ants did not leave so much as a crumb of bread.   There's not much food left. We'd better go to the shops. ‎
          2. The lightning left her dazzled for several minutes.  Infantile paralysis left him lame for the rest of his life. ‎
          3. Leave your hat in the hall.  We should leave the legal matters to lawyers.   I left my sewing and went to the window to watch the falling snow. ‎
        2. (heading) To depart; to separate from.
          1. I left him to his reflections.  I leave my hearers to judge. ‎
          2. I left the country and I left my wife. ‎
          3. I left the band. ‎
          4. I think you'd better leave. ‎
        3. (heading) To transfer something.
          1. When my father died, he left me the house. ‎
          2. I'll leave the car in the station so you can pick it up there. ‎
          3. Can't we just leave this to the experts? ‎
        4. VI OBS To remain (behind); to stay.
          1. VT (archaic) To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
            1. VT To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.
              1. VI (rare) To produce leaves or foliage.
                1. OBS To raise; to levy.
                2. More Examples
                  1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
                    • We've drafted an agreement, but there's still a bit of wordsmithing left to do.
                    • In comparison to the highly flagellated WT, we observed a primarily deflagellated phenotype (Fig 5A left and middle panels).
                    • This will not be a problem if you use a butterleaf lettuce like Bibb, or possibly the inner leaves of romaine or cabbage (it depends on the particular head).
                  2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
                    • Left to my own devices, I'll spend hours staring into space, just thinking.
                    • Left hemicorporeal seizures persisted despite anticonvulsant treatment.
                    • Leave it to me. I'll try to work on the boss to give us the day off.
                  3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
                    • The hedgehog uncurled when its predators had left.
                    • It's a good idea to shut down the machine before you leave.
                    • Another Wilkinson attempt was charged down before a fine clearing run and kick from Ashton and burgled Scottish line-out worked a penalty chance from wide left.

                Meaning of leave for the defined word.

                Grammatically, this word "leave" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb, a transitive verb and a verbs by inflection type.
                • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
                  1. Nouns
                    • Countable nouns
                      • Singularia tantum
                        • Uncountable nouns
                      • Verbs
                        • Intransitive verbs
                          • Transitive verbs
                            • Verbs by inflection type
                              • Irregular verbs
                          Difficultness: Level 1
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                          Definiteness: Level 9
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