leave

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To have a consequence or remnant.
2. (copulative, intransitive, transitive) To have a consequence or remnant.
3. (transitive) To have a consequence or remnant.
4. (transitive) To depart; to separate from.
5. (transitive) To depart; to separate from.
6. (transitive) To depart; to separate from.
7. (euphemistic, transitive) To depart; to separate from.
8. (intransitive) To depart; to separate from.
9. (transitive) To transfer something.
10. (transitive) To transfer something.
11. (transitive) To transfer something.
12. (intransitive, obsolete) To remain (behind); to stay.
13. (archaic, transitive) To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).

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. (countable, uncountable) Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
2. (countable, dated, uncountable) Permission.
3. (countable, dated, uncountable) Farewell, departure.

Synonyms

depart

abandon

go away

quit

go

forsake

desert

🏜️

exit

permission

go out

go away from

let

give up

allow

leave behind

vacation

set out

bequeath

resign

holiday

retire

vacate

start

withdraw

separate

get out

let go

escape

relinquish

leave alone

release

go off

departure

depart from

come out

walk

🚶

furlough

set off

discard

reject

part

flee

fly

✈️

permit

entrust

renounce

let alone

get off

leave of absence

split

Translations

partir

laisser

dejar

lasciare

quitter

verlassen

abandonar

partire

salir

abbandonare

deixar

weggehen

abandonner

verlaten

s’en aller

Pronounced as (IPA)

/liːv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: leven

Inherited from Old English: lǣfan

Cognate with Old Frisian: lēva

Cognate with Old Saxon: lēvian

Cognate with Old High German: leiban

Cognate with Old Norse: leifa

Cognate with Icelandic: leifa

Cognate with Danish: levne

Inherited from Middle English: leve

Inherited from Old English: lēaf

Cognate with German: Laube

Cognate with Swedish: lov

Cognate with Icelandic: leyfi

Cognate with Dutch: verlof

Cognate with German: Erlaubnis

Inherited from Old English: līefan

Cognate with German: lauben

Cognate with Icelandic: leyfa

In summary

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”), 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.

Sentences

Can we please leave now .

They leave together .

She was too polite to leave him .

Then leave with the caravan .

The Government of British India intervened and ordered Umra Khan to leave Chitral .