Leave

Verb

 * 1)  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.
 * There's not much food left, we'd better go to the shops.
 * 1)  To transfer possession of after death.
 * When my father died, he left me the house.
 * 1)  To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.
 * I'll leave the car in the station so you can pick it up there.
 * 1)  To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.
 * Can't we just leave this to the experts?
 * 1)  To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
 * I left the country and I left my wife.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.
 * ''I think you'd better leave.
 * 1)  To remain (behind); to stay.
 * 2) * 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII:
 * And by myssefortune Sir Bors smote Sir Launcelot thorow the shylde into the syde, and the speare brake and the hede leffte stylle in the syde.
 * 1)  To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
 * 2) * 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke V:
 * When he had leeft speakynge, he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe, and lett slippe thy nette to make a draught.

Synonyms

 * depart, forget, leave behind

Derived terms

 * beleave
 * forleave
 * leave behind
 * leave for dead
 * leave hanging
 * leave somebody high and dry
 * leave holding the bag


 * leave no stone unturned
 * leave off
 * leave out
 * leave in the lurch
 * leave well enough alone
 * not leave one's thought
 * up and leave

Noun

 * 1) Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
 * I've been given three weeks' leave by my boss.
 * 1)  Permission.
 * Might I beg leave to accompany you?
 * The applicant now seeks leave to appeal and, if leave be granted, to appeal against these sentences.
 * 1)  Farewell, departure.
 * I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance.

Derived terms

 * administrative leave
 * annual leave
 * by your leave
 * compassionate leave
 * leave of absence
 * maternity leave
 * on leave


 * parental leave
 * paternity leave
 * shore leave
 * sick leave
 * take French leave
 * take leave
 * ticket-of-leave

Verb

 * 1)  To produce leaves or foliage.
 * 2) * 1868, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, 2nd edition:
 * Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say:
 * Yes, but where leaves the Rose of Yesterday?

Synonyms

 * leaf (verb)

Adjectives for Leave
tedious; gracious; affectionate; ceremonious; sick; instant.

Adverbs for Leave
unceremoniously; inadvertently; incautiously; judiciously; unwittingly; politely; diplomatically; reluctantly; prudently; voluntarily; affectionately; ultimately; irrevocably.

Thesaurus
AWOL, French leave, Godspeed, OK, abandon, abdicate, abrupt, abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, absenting, abstain from, accord, add a codicil, adieu, admission, admit, alienate, allow, allowance, aloha, assign, authorization, back out, bar, be getting along, be gone, be off, be pensioned, be superannuated, beat it, beg off, bequeath, bereave, bud, burgeon, burst forth, buzz off, cast off, cast out, cease, cede, charter, check out, come away, commit, conge, consent, consign, count out, cry off, cut, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, day off, decamp, default, delete, demise, demit, depart, depart from, departure, desert, desist, deviate from, devise, disappear, disappearance, disarticulate, discard, disconnect, discontinue, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, dispensation, dispense, disregard, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, doch-an-dorrach, drop out, eject, eliminate, entail, entrust, escape, estrange, evacuate, except, exclude, excused absence, execute a will, exit, expel, farewell, fleeing, flit, flourish, fly, forbear, forget, forsake, freedom, furlough, gang along, gemmate, germinate, get along, get away, get off, get on, get under way, give, give leave, give over, give permission, give the go-ahead, give the word, give up, go, go along, go away, go back on, go off, go on, goldbrick, good-bye, goof off, grant, grow, grow rank, hand down, hand on, holiday, hooky, ignore, isolate, jettison, jilt, jump, leaf, leaf out, leave behind, leave flat, leave loose ends, leave of absence, leave off, leave out, leave over, leave undone, leave-taking, leaving, let, let alone, let be, let dangle, let go, liberty, license, lose, luxuriate, make, make a bequest, make a will, make an exit, make possible, malinger, march off, maroon, mislay, miss, mosey, move away, move off, move out, neglect, nonappearance, nonattendance, okay, omit, orphan, overgrow, overrun, paid holiday, paid vacation, part, parting, parting words, pass on, pass over, pass up, patent, pension off, permission, permission to enter, permit, pretermit, procrastinate, pull away, pull back, pull out, pull up stakes, pullulate, push off, put forth, put forth leaves, put out buds, quit, quit cold, recess, refrain from, reject, release, relinquish, render, renege, renounce, renounce the throne, resign, retire, retire from office, retreat, riot, root, run, run off, running away, sabbatical, sabbatical leave, sabbatical year, sanction, sashay, sashay off, say goodbye to, say the word, scram, segregate, send-off, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, set off, shirk, shoot, shoot up, shore leave, shove off, shut off, sick leave, skedaddle, skip, slack, special permission, split, sprout, sprout up, stagger along, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, stand down, step aside, stirrup cup, stop, strike root, subtract, superannuate, take flight, take leave of, take off, take root, take wing, throw off, throw out, throw over, ticket, ticket of admission, time off, toddle along, transfer, transmit, trifle, truancy, truantism, uncouple, unexcused absence, unyoke, up and go, up-anchor, upspear, upsprout, vacate, vacation, valediction, valedictorian, valedictory, valedictory address, vamoose, vegetate, viaticum, vouchsafe, vouchsafement, waiver, weekend, widow, will, will and bequeath, will to, wing it, withdraw, withdraw from, yield

Etymology 1
From leven:, from  læfan:, from, causitive of. Cognate with leva:,  leiban:,  leifa:, lifna: (> Danish levne:). More at lave, belive.

Etymology 2
From leve:, from  leaf:, from, from. Cognate with obsolete German Laube:, lov:,  leyfi:. Related to verlof:,  Erlaubnis:. See also.

Verb

 * American Sign Language:
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: dexar
 * Catalan: deixar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 留
 * Czech:
 * Danish: efterlade
 * Dutch: achterlaten, laten (staan, zijn, etc.)
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: lassen, zurücklassen
 * Hebrew: השאיר
 * Hindi: छोड़ना
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:


 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 残す
 * Korean: 떠나다, 나가다
 * Kurdish:
 * Latin: desero
 * Norwegian: etterlate
 * Old English: āsparian
 * Polish:
 * Russian:,  ; покидать ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: fàg
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: lämna (kvar)
 * Urdu: چھوڑنا
 * Welsh: gadael


 * Afrikaans: erf
 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: efterlade
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Latin: lego
 * Latvian:


 * Norwegian: etterlate
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: fàg
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: lämna efter sig, kvarlåta
 * Welsh: gadael


 * Dutch: deponeren
 * Latin: pono, colo
 * Scottish Gaelic: fàg


 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: nechat, přenechat
 * Dutch:, overlaten
 * Russian:,  ; передавать , передать ; поручать , поручить


 * Scottish Gaelic: fàg
 * Swahili:


 * Afrikaans: verlaat
 * American Sign Language: ,
 * Arabic: ترك
 * Armenian: ,
 * Asturian: marchar, colar
 * Catalan: deixar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: quitter, partir de
 * Greek: αφήνω
 * Interlingua: abandonar
 * Irish:


 * Japanese: 引き離す (hiki-hanasu) vt.
 * 引き離れる (hiki-hanareru) vi.
 * Kurdish:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Nahuatl: itopanecauiloc
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English:
 * Persian: (raeften)
 * Polish:
 * Russian:,  ; покидать ,  ;  ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: fàg
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: salir de, dejar
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: gadael


 * Catalan: deixar
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, verlaten


 * Scottish Gaelic: fàg
 * Swahili:


 * Afrikaans: gaan vertrek
 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic: (táraka), غادر
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Asturian: marchar
 * Catalan: sortir
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Filipino: umalís
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, elindul, elutazik
 * Ido:


 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 出発, 去る
 * Korean: 떠나다
 * Latin: exeo, abeo, abambulo, decedo, discedo
 * Nahuatl: itopanecauiloc
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English:
 * Polish: iść sobie
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ;  ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: fàg, falbh
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili: kuondoka
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: వెళ్ళిపో (veLLipO)
 * Welsh: gadael


 * Afrikaans: laat*
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 剩餘, 剩余 (shèngyú)
 * Czech:
 * Danish: tilbage, overlade
 * Dutch: over zijn, overblijven,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Irish:
 * Japanese: 残す (nokosu) vt.
 * 残る (nokoru) vi.
 * Kurdish:


 * Latin:
 * Old English:
 * Polish: zostawić
 * Russian:,  ,  ,  ; предоставлять , предоставить
 * Slovene:, prepustiti
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: (låta) bero, låta vara
 * Welsh: caniatau, gadael

Noun

 * Afrikaans: verlof
 * Danish: tilladelse, permission
 * Dutch: ,
 * French:
 * German: Erlaubnis ; Verlaub
 * Greek:
 * Indonesian: izin,


 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Welsh: caniatad


 * Afrikaans: verlof
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German: Beurlaubung ; Freistellung
 * Greek:


 * Indonesian: Cuti
 * Russian: отпуск (ótpusk) ; побывка (pobývka, military)
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ledighet
 * Welsh: seibiant, gwyliau


 * Afrikaans: verlaat
 * Danish: afsked
 * French:
 * German:
 * Indonesian: Berangkat


 * Italian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: avsked
 * Welsh: gadawiad