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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "leave"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to go away from somewhere
Intransitive: to leave | to leave for a destination
Transitive: to leave sb/sth
to leave definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She decided to leave the party because it was too crowded.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.1

āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to go away from a place without taking someone or something with one either intentionally or unintentionally
Transitive: to leave sth somewhere
to leave definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I accidentally left my keys at home when I rushed out this morning.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύ āφāϜ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
1.2

āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to stop living, working, or being a part of a particular place or group
Transitive: to leave a place or position
to leave definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He decided to leave his job and pursue a new career.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
1.3

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to abandon one's wife, husband, or partner with no plan of returning
Transitive: to leave one's partner
to leave definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He left his wife and children without warning.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϤāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāχ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāύāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to allow someone or something to remain in a particular place, state, or condition without changing or disturbing it
Complex Transitive: to leave sb/sth [adj]
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Leave the dough to rise for an hour before baking it.
āĻŦ⧇āĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻāĻ• āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻĻāĻž āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĢ⧁āϞ⧇ āωāϠ⧇āĨ¤
2.1

āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to have a surviving family member who continue to live after one's death
Transitive: to leave a surviving family member
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Sarah left a loving family who will cherish her memory.
āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻš āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āύ⧇āĻšāĻĒāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŖ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āϞāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
2.2

āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āωāχāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to give someone something, particularly money and wealth, after one's death
Ditransitive: to leave sb an inheritance | to leave an inheritance to sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Jane 's will ensured that she left her estate to her surviving relatives.
āĻœā§‡āύ⧇āϰ āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦ⧇āρāĻšā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
2.3

āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something be seen, heard, or noticed by delivering, writing or recording something
Transitive: to leave a message on sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I left a voicemail for you on your phone.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĢā§‹āύ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇āϏāĻŽā§‡āχāϞ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
2.4

āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to let someone deal with something in one's place
Ditransitive: to leave a task to sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I 'll leave the task to you while I attend the meeting.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦāĨ¤
2.5

āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύ

to cause something to remain as a result
Transitive: to leave sth on sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His words left a lasting impact on me.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
2.6

āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

(in mathematics) to have a certain amount remaining
Transitive: to leave a number
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Four from eight leaves four.
āφāϟ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϚāĻžāϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϚāĻžāϰ.
2.7

āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to refrain from doing or dealing with something
Transitive: to leave a task or issue
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Let 's leave the issue for now and discuss it later.
āφāϏ⧁āύ āĻāĻ–āύāχ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
01

permission or authorization to do something

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She requested leave to appeal the decision.
02

a period of authorized absence from work, duty, or service

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He took annual leave to visit his family.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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