Meanings
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present singular third person leaves · participle present leaving · participle past left · past left · first person past singular left · archaic present second person singular leavest · past second person singular left · archaic past second person singular leftest · present singular third person leaves · archaic present singular third person leaveth · past singular third person left · past plural left · past subjunctive left · participle present leaving · participle past left
- To have a consequence or remnant.
- transitiveTo 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.
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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.
[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLCPlant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]. The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation,[…]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.
2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3 - copulativeintransitivetransitiveTo cause, to result in.
She left disappointed.
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The lightning left her dazzled for several minutes.
Infantile paralysis left him lame for the rest of his life.
The accident left the car a heap of twisted metal.
There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up[…].”
1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'ClockThe slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC - transitiveTo put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.
Leave your hat in the hall.
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We should leave the legal matters to lawyers.
I left my sewing and went to the window to watch the falling snow.
Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 5:24The foot / That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks.
c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]
- To depart; to separate from.
- transitiveTo let be or do without interference.
I leave my hearers to judge.
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I left him to his reflections.
I'll leave it to you to decide.
- transitiveTo depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
His bow and arrow never leaves him.
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I left the country and I left my wife.
I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC - transitiveTo 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.
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2018, The Independent, "Brexit: Theresa May 'not bluffing' in threat to leave EU without a deal, Tory minister Liam Fox says" If we were to leave, the economic impact on a number of European countries would be severe.
- euphemistictransitiveTo die (the object denotes those affected by the death).
The other evening Sheri called to tell me that Connie had left us, and that I will never again be able to hold my pot luck supper plate on my knee and listen to Connie's wonderful talk or see her slow, almost impish smile.
1982 February 13, Nancy Walker, “Connie”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 29, page 10
- To transfer something.
- transitiveTo 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.
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An hour later, Brianna left a note for her roommate, Jillian Stout, saying she would be back after a work shift.
2026 July 16, Nicholas Muhoro, “Inside the 2004 Brianna Maitland Case: One of Vermont’s Most Haunting Mysteries”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2026 - transitiveTo transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.
Can't we just leave this to the experts?
- intransitiveobsoleteTo remain (behind); to stay.
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And whanne sire launcelot sawe them fare soo / he gat a spere in his hand / and there encountred with hym al attones syr bors sir Ector and sire Lyonel / and alle they thre smote hym atte ones with their speres /[…]/ and by mysfortune sir bors smote syre launcelot thurgh the shelde in to the syde / and the spere brake / and the hede lefte stylle in his syde
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVIIICarried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC - archaictransitiveTo stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
Now leave Complaining, and begin your Tea.
1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, The Basset-Table. An Eclogue.2 more examples
When he had leeft speakynge, he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe, and lett slippe thy nette to make a draught.
1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, LukeI will learn to leave these fruitless tears …
c. 1589–1590 (date written), Christopher Marlo[we], edited by Tho[mas] Heywood, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Iew of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published 1633, →OCLC, Act I
plural leaves
- ball gamesThe action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
He made 45 leaves in his innings of 64.
- ball gamesThe 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).
Having counted 38 points he tried a beautiful massé out of the corner, hit the first ball just a trifle too hard and kissed his own ball off just when victory seemed to be his. The leave was unfortunate for Ives. Slosson played brilliantly and ran the game out, a close winner, with 22 points.
1890 February 27, “Slosson’s Close Shave”, in New York Times
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- countableuncountablePermission to be absent; time away from one's work.
I've just been given three weeks' leave by my boss — I don't think I still have some leave owing to me.
Synonyms: annual leave, holiday, annual leave, break, day off, getaway, holiday, leave of absence
- countabledateduncountablelawPermission.
Might I beg leave to accompany you?
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The applicant now seeks leave to appeal and, if leave be granted, to appeal against these sentences.
Since I have your good leave to go away, / I will make haste: but, till I come again, / No bed shall e'er be guilty of my stay, / Nor rest be interposer 'twixt us twain.
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]Synonyms: authorisation, consent, sanction, allowance, authority, authorization, clearance, consent
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present singular third person leaves · participle present leaving · participle past leaved · past leaved · participle past left · past left
leave4
present singular third person leaves · participle present leaving · participle past leaved · past leaved
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Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo depart; to go away from a certain place or state.
nounPermission to be absent; time away from one's work.
nounPermission.
verbTo produce leaves or foliage.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe period of time during which you are absent from work or duty
verbgo away from a place
verbgo and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness
verbleave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking
verbmake a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
verbremove oneself from an association with or participation in
verbleave or give by will after one's death
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
leave · verb, noun
- Proto-Indo-European*leyp-“to stick; fat”
- Proto-Germanic*laibijaną“to let stay, leave”
- Proto-West Germanic*laibijan
- Old Englishlǣfan“to leave”
- Middle Englishleven
- Englishleave
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”), dialectal Dutch loven (“to have left over, save, keep”), 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.
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- Proto-Indo-European*lewbʰ-“to love, hold dear”
- Proto-Germanic*laubō
- Old Englishlēaf“permission, privilege”
- Middle Englishleve
- Englishleave
From Middle English leve, from Old English lēaf (“permission, privilege”), from Proto-Germanic *laubō, *laubą (“permission, privilege, favour, worth”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love, hold dear”). Cognate with obsolete German Laube (“permission”), Swedish lov (“permission”), Icelandic leyfi (“permission”). Related to Dutch verlof, German Urlaub, Erlaubnis, Verlaub. See also love.
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Full word history & related roots →leave · verb
- Proto-Indo-European*lewbʰ-“to love, hold dear”
- Proto-Germanic*laubijaną“to allow, praise”
- Proto-West Germanic*laubijan
- Old Englishlīefan“to allow, grant, concede; believe, trust, confide in”
- Middle Englishleven
- Englishleave
From Middle English leven, from Old English līefan (“to allow, grant, concede; believe, trust, confide in”), from Proto-West Germanic *laubijan, from Proto-Germanic *laubijaną (“to allow, praise”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love, hold dear”). Cognate with German erlauben (“to allow”), German glauben (“to believe”), Icelandic leyfa (“to allow”).
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Full word history & related roots →leave · verb
- Middle Englishleven
- Englishleave
From Middle English leven, from lef (“leaf”). More at leaf.
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Full word history & related roots →leave · verb
- Frenchlever
- Englishleave
From French lever. Compare levy. Compare also Middle English leve, a variant of levy that may have been monosyllabic.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans los, verlaat
- losto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- verlaatto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- beëindigto end one's membership in
- erfto transfer possession after death
- nalaatto transfer possession after death
- oordrato transfer responsibility or attention
- gaan vertrekto depart (intransitive)
- verlofabsence from work
- verlaatdeparture
- verlofpermission to be absent
Ancient Greek ἀφίημι, λείπω
- ἀφίημι (aphíēmi)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- λείπω (leípō)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- λείπω (leípō)to depart (intransitive)
Arabic تَرَكَ, تَرَكَ
- تَرَكَ (taraka)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- تَرَكَ (taraka)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- غَادَرَ (ḡādara)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- تَرَكَ (taraka)to depart (intransitive)
- غَادَرَ (ḡādara)to depart (intransitive)
- اِنْصَرَفَ (inṣarafa)to depart (intransitive)
- إِجَازَة (ʔijāza)absence from work
- عُطْلَة (ʕuṭla)absence from work
Basque utzi, utzi
- utzito depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- utzito depart (intransitive)
Bulgarian оста́вям, оста́вя
- оста́вям (ostávjam)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- оста́вя (ostávja)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- изоста́вям (izostávjam)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- изоста́вя (izostávja)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- напу́скам (napúskam)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- напу́сна (napúsna)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- напу́скам (napúskam)to end one's membership in
- напу́сна (napúsna)to end one's membership in
- завеща́вам (zaveštávam)to transfer possession after death
- завеща́я (zaveštája)to transfer possession after death
- оста́вям (ostávjam)to give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit
- оста́вя (ostávja)to give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit
- о́тпуск (ótpusk)absence from work
- замина́ване (zaminávane)departure
- разреше́ние (razrešénie)permission to be absent
- позволе́ние (pozvolénie)permission to be absent
- разлиствам се (razlistvam se)To produce leaves
Catalan deixar, deixar
- deixarto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- deixarto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- deixarto end one's membership in
- deixarto transfer possession after death
- dipositarto give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit
- deixarto transfer responsibility or attention
- sortirto depart (intransitive)
- partirto depart (intransitive)
- marxarto depart (intransitive)
- comiatdeparture
- permíspermission to be absent
Chinese Cantonese 留
- 留 (lau⁴)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
Chinese Mandarin 留, 離開 /离开
- 留 (liú)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- 離開 /离开 (líkāi)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- 包在……身上 (bāozài shēnshàng)to transfer responsibility or attention
- 離開 /离开 (líkāi)to depart (intransitive)
Czech nechat, nechávat
- nechatto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- nechávatto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- opustitto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- zanechatto transfer possession after death
- nechatto transfer responsibility or attention
- přenechatto transfer responsibility or attention
- dovolenáabsence from work
Danish efterlade, forlade
- efterladeto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- forladeto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- forladeto end one's membership in
- efterladeto transfer possession after death
- aflevereto give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit
- overladeto transfer responsibility or attention
- gåto depart (intransitive)
- frihedabsence from work
- orlovabsence from work
- afskeddeparture
- tilladelsepermission to be absent
- permissionpermission to be absent
Dutch achterlaten, laten (staan, zijn)
- achterlatento cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- laten (staan, zijn)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- verlatento depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- achterlatento depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- beëindigento end one's membership in
- verlatento end one's membership in
- latento transfer possession after death
- nalatento transfer possession after death
- deponerento give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit
- overdragento transfer responsibility or attention
- overlatento transfer responsibility or attention
- weggaanto depart (intransitive)
- verlofabsence from work
- verlofpermission to be absent
- toestemmingpermission to be absent
Esperanto lasi, eliri
- lasito cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- elirito depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- foririto depart (intransitive)
- forpermesopermission to be absent
Estonian lahkuma
- lahkumato depart (intransitive)
Finnish jättää, jättää
- jättääto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- jättääto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- jättääto end one's membership in
- erotato end one's membership in
- jättääto transfer possession after death
- jättääto give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit
- jättääto transfer responsibility or attention
- lähteäto depart (intransitive)
- vapaaabsence from work
- lähtödeparture
- vapaapermission to be absent
French laisser, quitter
- laisserto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- quitterto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- laisserto transfer possession after death
- laisserto transfer responsibility or attention
- partirto depart (intransitive)
- congéabsence from work
- congédeparture
- permissionpermission to be absent
- permispermission to be absent
German lassen, zurücklassen
- lassento cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- zurücklassento cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- verlassento depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- davonmachento depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- hinterlassento transfer possession after death
- weggehento depart (intransitive)
- fortgehento depart (intransitive)
- wegfahrento depart (intransitive)
- fortfahrento depart (intransitive)
- Urlaubabsence from work
- Beurlaubungabsence from work
- Freistellungabsence from work
- Abschieddeparture
- Erlaubnispermission to be absent
- Verlaubpermission to be absent
Greek αφήνω, αφήνω
- αφήνω (afíno)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- αφήνω (afíno)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- αφήνω (afíno)to transfer possession after death
- αφήνω (afíno)to give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit
- φεύγω (févgo)to depart (intransitive)
- άδεια (ádeia)absence from work
- άδεια (ádeia)permission to be absent
Hebrew השאיר, עזב
- השאיר (hish'ír)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- עזב (azav)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- עזב (azáv)to depart (intransitive)
Hindi छोड़ना, छोड़ना
- छोड़ना (choṛnā)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- छोड़ना (choṛnā)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- जाना (jānā)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- छोड़ना (choṛnā)to end one's membership in
- चला जाना (calā jānā)to depart (intransitive)
- रवाना (ravānā)to depart (intransitive)
- छुट्टी (chuṭṭī)absence from work
- छुट्टी (chuṭṭī)permission to be absent
Hungarian hagy, elhagy
- hagyto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- elhagyto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- elhagyto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- felhagyto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- feladto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- kilépto end one's membership in
- otthagyto end one's membership in
- elhagyto end one's membership in
- ráhagyto transfer possession after death
- hátrahagyto transfer possession after death
- testálto transfer possession after death
- otthagyto give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit
- szabadságabsence from work
- kimenőabsence from work
- eltávozásabsence from work
- búcsúdeparture
- búcsúzásdeparture
- kimenőpermission to be absent
- eltávozáspermission to be absent
Icelandic fara, fara
- farato depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- farato depart (intransitive)
Indonesian tinggal, meninggalkan
- tinggalto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- meninggalkanto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- berangkatto depart (intransitive)
- cutiabsence from work
- Berangkatdeparture
- izinpermission to be absent
- cutipermission to be absent
- perloppermission to be absent
Irish fág, fág
- fágto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- fágto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- fágto end one's membership in
- fágto transfer possession after death
- tiomnaighto transfer possession after death
- fágto transfer responsibility or attention
- fágto depart (intransitive)
- imighto depart (intransitive)
Italian lasciare, dimenticare
- lasciareto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- dimenticareto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- lasciareto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- abbandonareto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- lasciareto transfer responsibility or attention
- partireto depart (intransitive)
- andarseneto depart (intransitive)
- partenzadeparture
- permessopermission to be absent
Japanese 残す, 放置する
- 残す (nokosu)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- 放置する (hōchi suru)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- 引き離す (hikihanasu)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- 引き離れる (hikihanareru)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- 出発する (shuppatsu-suru)to depart (intransitive)
- 去る (saru)to depart (intransitive)
Korean 떠나다, 나가다
- 떠나다 (tteonada)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- 나가다 (nagada)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- 방치하다 (bangchihada)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- 떠나다 (tteonada)to depart (intransitive)
Latin desero, discedo
- deseroto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- discedoto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- desciscoto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- legoto transfer possession after death
- ponoto give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit
- coloto give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit
- exeōto depart (intransitive)
- abeoto depart (intransitive)
- abambuloto depart (intransitive)
- decedoto depart (intransitive)
- discedoto depart (intransitive)
- proficiscorto depart (intransitive)
Latvian atstāt, atstāt
- atstātto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- atstātto transfer possession after death
- pamestto depart (intransitive)
Lithuanian palikti
- paliktito depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
Malay tinggal
- tinggalto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
Māori maiki, wira
- maikito depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- wirato transfer possession after death
- ngawīito depart (intransitive)
- wehe atuto depart (intransitive)
- haere atuto depart (intransitive)
- whakamatuatangapermission to be absent
Norwegian etterlate, forlate
- etterlateto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- forlateto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- etterlateto transfer possession after death
- forlateto depart (intransitive)
Norwegian Bokmål permisjon, tillatelse
- permisjonpermission to be absent
- tillatelsepermission to be absent
- løvesTo produce leaves
- lauveTo produce leaves
Norwegian Nynorsk lauvast, lauve
- lauvastTo produce leaves
- lauveTo produce leaves
Persian رفتن, رفتن
- رفتن (raftan)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- رفتن (raftan)to depart (intransitive)
- مرخصی (moraxxasi)absence from work
Polish zostawiać, zostawić
- zostawiaćto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- zostawićto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- opuszczaćto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- opuścićto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- zostawiaćto transfer possession after death
- zostawićto transfer possession after death
- odchodzićto depart (intransitive)
- odejśćto depart (intransitive)
- urlopabsence from work
- pozwoleniepermission to be absent
Portuguese deixar, partir
- deixarto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- partirto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- sairto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- deixarto end one's membership in
- sairto end one's membership in
- deixarto transfer possession after death
- deixarto give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit
- deixarto transfer responsibility or attention
- partirto depart (intransitive)
- ir emborato depart (intransitive)
- licençaabsence from work
- afastamentoabsence from work
- saídadeparture
- partidadeparture
- permissãopermission to be absent
Romanian lăsa, pleca
- lăsato cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- plecato depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- plecato depart (intransitive)
Russian оставля́ть, оста́вить
- оставля́ть (ostavljátʹ)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- оста́вить (ostávitʹ)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- оставля́ть (ostavljátʹ)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- оста́вить (ostávitʹ)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- покида́ть (pokidátʹ)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- поки́нуть (pokínutʹ)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- броса́ть (brosátʹ)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- бро́сить (brósitʹ)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- покида́ть (pokidátʹ)to end one's membership in
- поки́нуть (pokínutʹ)to end one's membership in
- уходи́ть (uxodítʹ)to end one's membership in
- уйти́ (ujtí)to end one's membership in
- о́тпуск (ótpusk)absence from work
- побы́вка (pobývka)absence from work
- отгу́л (otgúl)absence from work
- разреше́ние (razrešénije)permission to be absent
- позволе́ние (pozvolénije)permission to be absent
Scottish Gaelic fàg, fàg
- fàgto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- fàgto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- fàgto end one's membership in
- fàgto transfer possession after death
- fàgto give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit
- fàgto transfer responsibility or attention
- fàgto depart (intransitive)
- falbhto depart (intransitive)
Slovak nechávať, nechať
- nechávaťto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- nechaťto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- opustiťto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- dovolenáabsence from work
Spanish dejar, salir de
- dejarto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- salir deto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- dejarto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- apostatarto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- abjurarto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- abandonarto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- desertarto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- desafiliarseto end one's membership in
- dejarto transfer possession after death
- legarto transfer possession after death
- dejarto give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit
- delejarto give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit
- excedenciaabsence from work
- diábetesabsence from work
- despedidadeparture
- permisopermission to be absent
- licenciapermission to be absent
Swahili toka, toka
- tokato cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- tokato depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- tokato end one's membership in
- tokato transfer possession after death
- tokato give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit
- tokato transfer responsibility or attention
- kuondokato depart (intransitive)
- tokaabsence from work
- tokadeparture
- tokapermission to be absent
Swedish lämna (kvar), lämna
- lämna (kvar)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- lämnato depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- lämna efter sigto transfer possession after death
- kvarlåtato transfer possession after death
- åkato depart (intransitive)
- avresato depart (intransitive)
- ge sig avto depart (intransitive)
- ledighetabsence from work
- avskeddeparture
- lovpermission to be absent
- tillåtelsepermission to be absent
Tagalog matira, hayaan
- matirato cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- hayaanto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- iwananto give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit
- umalísto depart (intransitive)
Tamil விடு, கிளம்பு
- விடு (viṭu)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- கிளம்பு (kiḷampu)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- புறப்படு (puṟappaṭu)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- கிளம்பு (kiḷampu)to depart (intransitive)
- செல் (cel)to depart (intransitive)
- புறப்படு (puṟappaṭu)to depart (intransitive)
- விடுப்பு (viṭuppu)absence from work
- விடுமுறை (viṭumuṟai)absence from work
- லீவு (līvu)absence from work
- விடை (viṭai)departure
- விடுப்பு (viṭuppu)permission to be absent
Thai เหลือ, จาก
- เหลือ (lʉ̌ʉa)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- จาก (jàak)to depart (intransitive)
Turkish bırakmak, çıkmak
- bırakmakto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- çıkmakto depart (intransitive)
- izinabsence from work
Ukrainian залиша́ти, залиши́ти
- залиша́ти (zalyšáty)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- залиши́ти (zalyšýty)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- покида́ти (pokydáty)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- поки́нути (pokýnuty)to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- відхо́дити (vidxódyty)to depart (intransitive)
- відійти́ (vidijtý)to depart (intransitive)
- від'їжджа́ти (vidʺjiždžáty)to depart (intransitive)
- від'ї́хати (vidʺjíxaty)to depart (intransitive)
- відпу́стка (vidpústka)absence from work
- відгу́л (vidhúl)absence from work
- до́звіл (dózvil)permission to be absent
Urdu چھوڑنا
- چھوڑنا (choṛnā)to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
Vietnamese rời, bỏ
- rờito cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- bỏto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- rời khỏito depart (intransitive)
Welsh gadael, gadael
- gadaelto cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting
- gadaelto depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with
- gadaelto transfer possession after death
- gadaelto depart (intransitive)
- seibiantabsence from work
- gwyliauabsence from work
- gadawiaddeparture
- caniatadpermission to be absent
Yiddish אַוועקניין, אַוועקפֿאָרן
- אַוועקניין (avekneyn)to depart (intransitive)
- אַוועקפֿאָרן (avekforn)to depart (intransitive)
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Rhymes with leave
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leave. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leave
“leave.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leave. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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