leave

Meaning of leave

verb
  1. go away from.
    she left London on June 6
    we were almost the last to leave
    the England team left for Pakistan on Monday
  2. allow or cause to remain.
    the parts he disliked he would alter and the parts he didn't dislike he'd leave
  3. cause (someone or something) to be in a particular state or position.
    he'll leave you in no doubt about what he thinks
    I'll leave the door open
    the children were left with feelings of loss

noun

(in snooker, croquet, and other games) the position in which a player leaves the balls for the next player.

Old English lǣfan ‘bequeath’, also ‘allow to remain, leave in place’ of Germanic origin; related to German bleiben ‘remain’.

noun
  1. time when one has permission to be absent from work or from duty in the armed forces.
    Joe was home on leave
    maternity leave
    he took leave of absence last year
  2. permission.
    the Secretary of State wishes to seek leave to appeal
    they were admitted by leave of the Lord Chamberlain

Old English lēaf ‘permission’, of West Germanic origin; related to lief and love.

verb
  1. (of a plant) put out new leaves.
    trees leaved, wild flowers burst in profusion on the far side of the lake.

Middle English: from the same Germanic base as leaf.

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Hyphenation of leave

leave

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • leave is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

leave synonyms

Meaning farewell:

farewell, parting

Meaning exit:

exit

Meaning allow for:

allow, provide

Meaning result:

result, lead

Meaning depart:

depart

Meaning entrust:

entrust

Meaning bequeath:

bequeath, will

Meaning impart:

impart, give

Meaning forget:

forget

Meaning leave (a place), usually permanently:

quit

Meaning cease to support or look after (someone); desert:

abandon

Meaning leave (a place that one previously occupied):

vacate

Meaning leave or cause the occupants to leave (a place of danger):

evacuate

Meaning make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object:

cut

Meaning leave a place, especially suddenly:

split

Meaning depart hurriedly:

vamoose

Meaning go or leave somewhere quickly:

scoot

Meaning move swiftly and lightly:

flit

Meaning be in the leading position on:

head

Meaning form (something) by putting parts together or combining substances; create:

make

Meaning an interruption of continuity or uniformity:

break

Meaning leave of absence, especially that granted to a member of the services or a missionary:

furlough

Meaning a period of paid leave granted to a university teacher or other worker for study or travel, traditionally one year for every seven years worked:

sabbatical

Meaning a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant:

respite

Meaning a small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest:

recess

Meaning an extended period of leisure and recreation, especially one spent away from home or in travelling:

holiday

Meaning an extended period of leisure and recreation, especially one spent away from home or in travelling; a holiday:

vacation

Meaning holidays:

hols

Meaning another term for vacation:

vac

Meaning the action of officially allowing someone to do a particular thing; consent or authorization:

permission

Meaning permission for something to happen or agreement to do something:

consent

Meaning a document giving official permission:

authorization

Meaning official permission or approval for an action:

sanction

Meaning a document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or another body to make an arrest, search premises, or carry out some other action relating to the administration of justice:

warrant

Meaning exemption from a rule or usual requirement:

dispensation

Meaning a thing that is granted, especially in response to demands:

concession

Meaning the action or fact of indulging:

indulgence

Meaning the action of approving something:

approval

Meaning the action or process of clearing or of being dispersed:

clearance

Meaning God's favour and protection:

blessing

Meaning harmony or accordance in opinion or feeling:

agreement

Meaning help or support:

backing

Meaning official agreement or sanction:

assent

Meaning the action of consenting to receive or undertake something offered:

acceptance

Meaning the action of confirming something or the state of being confirmed:

confirmation

Meaning the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid:

ratification

Meaning an official order or commission to do something:

mandate

Meaning freedom to behave as one wishes, especially in a way which results in excessive or unacceptable behaviour:

licence

Meaning the reluctant acceptance of something without protest:

acquiescence

Meaning the fact of two or more events or circumstances happening or existing at the same time:

concurrence

Meaning a right or privilege, especially a statutory one:

liberty

Meaning the power of self-determination attributed to the will; the quality of being independent of fate or necessity:

freedom

leave antonyms

Meaning reach a place at the end of a journey or a stage in a journey:

arrive

Meaning move or travel towards or into a place thought of as near or familiar to the speaker:

come

Meaning remain in the same place:

stay

Translation of leave

Anagrams of leave

aleve, Eleva, laeve, veale

Words that rhyme with leave

eave, deave, heave, overheave, sheave, theave, upheave, Cleave, beleave, cleave, deleave, disleave, forcleave, forleave, gleave, interleave, overcleave, overleave, sleave, uncleave, uninterleave, unleave, waterleave, wayleave, Meave, speave, Reave, bereave, berreave, greave, reave, threave, unreave, seave, teave, Gelweave, basketweave, enweave, folkweave, hairweave, interweave, inweave, outweave, overweave, reweave, unweave, weave

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