leave

Pronunciation: /ˈliːv/

The English word “leave” has 20 meanings listed here.

verb

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.
To cause, to result in.
To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.
To let be or do without interference.
To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).
To die (the object denotes those affected by the death).
To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.
To transfer possession of after death.
To intentionally place (something) to be received by another; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.
To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.
To remain (behind); to stay.
To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.

noun

The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
The 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).
The tiles remaining on a player's rack after his or her turn.
Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
Permission.
Farewell, departure.

Etymology

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…

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