Meaning

16 senses
  1. To have a consequence or remnant.

    (transitive)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.

    I left my car at home and took a bus to work.

    The ants did not leave so much as a crumb of bread.

    lassen, zurücklassen

    оставля́тьostavljátʹ, оста́витьostávitʹ

    залиша́тиzalyšáty, залиши́тиzalyšýty

  2. (copulative, intransitive, transitive)To cause, to result in.

    The lightning left her dazzled for several minutes.

    Infantile paralysis left him lame for the rest of his life.

    produce as a result or residue

  3. (transitive)To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.

    Leave your hat in the hall.

    We should leave the legal matters to lawyers.

  4. To depart; to separate from.

    (transitive)To let be or do without interference.

    I left him to his reflections.

    I leave my hearers to judge.

  5. (transitive)To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.

    His bow and arrow never leaves him.

    I left the country and I left my wife.

    verlassen, davonmachen

    оставля́тьostavljátʹ, оста́витьostávitʹ, покида́тьpokidátʹ

    покида́тиpokydáty, поки́нутиpokýnuty

    move out of or depart from

  6. (transitive)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.

    покида́тьpokidátʹ, поки́нутьpokínutʹ, уходи́тьuxodítʹ

  7. (euphemistic, transitive)To die (the object denotes those affected by the death).

  8. (intransitive)To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.

    I think you'd better leave.

    go away from a place

  9. To transfer something.

    (transitive)To transfer possession of after death.

    When my father died, he left me the house.

    hinterlassen

    оставля́тьostavljátʹ, оста́витьostávitʹ

    be survived by after one's death

  10. (transitive)To intentionally place (something) to be received by another; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.

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

    оставля́тьostavljátʹ, оста́витьostávitʹ, предоставля́тьpredostavljátʹ

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

    Can't we just leave this to the experts?

    оставля́тьostavljátʹ, оста́витьostávitʹ, передава́тьperedavátʹ

  12. (transitive)To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.

    leave or give by will after one's death

Examples

13622 sentences
  1. Close the door when you leave.

    Зачини двері, коли будеш іти.

    ruЗакрой дверь, когда будешь уходить.

    deSchließ beim Hinausgehen die Türe.

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  2. Did you leave the window open?

    Ви залишили вікно відчиненим?

    ruВы оставили окно открытым?

    deHabt ihr das Fenster offen gelassen?

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  3. I guess we should leave now.

    Думаю, нам треба зараз піти.

    deIch schätze, wir sollten jetzt gehen.

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  4. The bus leaves in five minutes.

    Автобус відправляється за п'ять хвилин.

    ruАвтобус отправляется через пять минут.

    deDer Bus fährt in fünf Minuten ab.

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  5. Let's leave the problem until tomorrow.

    Лишімо цю проблему на завтра.

    deLassen wir das Problem bis morgen ruhen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
to depart (intransitive):
to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting:
to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with:
Русский
By meaning 5
to depart (intransitive):
to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting:
to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with:
to give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit:
to transfer responsibility or attention:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to depart (intransitive):
to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting:
to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with:
to transfer possession after death:

Origin

From Middle English leven, from Old English lǣfan (“to leave”), from Proto-West Germanic *

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”).

From Middle English leven, from lef (“leaf”). More at leaf.

From French lever. Compare levy. Compare also Middle English leve, a variant of levy that may have been monosyllabic.

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Forms

leaves, leaving, left, left
Base formleave · to leave
3rd person singularleaves
Present participleleaving
Past simpleleft / leaved
Past participleleft / leaved

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyleave
he, she, itleaves

Past simpleLesson

all personsleft

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave left
he, she, ithas left

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill leave

Phrasal verbs

5 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

58 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

6 antonyms

Word family

20 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • leave early
  • want to leave
  • have to leave
  • to leave early
  • ready to leave
  • going to leave
  • to leave the
  • leave the house
  • planning to leave
  • leave tomorrow
  • about to leave
  • leave the room

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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