0 to go away from someone or something, for a short time or permanently:
1 to not take something or someone with you when you go, either intentionally or by accident:
2 If something leaves something else, a part or effect of it stays after it has gone or been used:
[ + two objects ] If I give you €$50 that won't leave me enough cash to pay the bill.
[ + obj + adj ] Far from improving things, the new law has left many people worse off (= they are now in a worse situation) than before.
Leave that chair where it is.
[ + obj + adj ] The family were left (= became and continued to be) homeless.
I left the children watching television.
He left the engine running.
3 to not eat or use all of something:
4 to stop doing something, or to leave a place because you have finished an activity:
5 to end a relationship with a husband, wife, or partner and stop living with them:
6 If you leave (doing) something, you wait before you do it:
7 To leave a wife, husband, or other close family member is to die while these family members are still alive:
8 to allow someone to make a choice or decision about something, or to make someone responsible for something:
10 permission or agreement:
He did it without (my) leave.
[ + to infinitive ] Did you get leave to do that?
11 to say goodbye:
12 to go away from someone or something that stays in the same place:
13 to not take something with you:
14 to allow or cause something to stay in a particular place, position, or state:
15 to make something available after some part has been taken or used:
16 to allow someone to make a choice or decision about something, or to make someone responsible for something:
17 time permitted away from work, esp. for a medical condition or illness or for some other special purpose:
maternity leave
18 permission to do something:
He took it without my leave.
19 a period of time that someone is allowed away from work for holiday, illness, or another special reason:
take leave from sth I'm taking 5 days' unpaid leave from work to go to the wedding.
be/go on leave from sth Benefits will need to be adjusted when an employee is on leave from their job.
Higher maternity pay and a longer leave entitlement are likely outcomes of the review.
adoption/bereavement/child-care leave
educational/medical leave
20 agreement or permission to do something:
be given/granted leave to do sth She has been granted leave to remain in the country.
No application should be issued without my leave.
21 to be told to take time away from work, usually because you have been accused of doing something wrong:
22 permission to formally ask for a legal or official decision to be changed:
24 to go away from a place permanently:
25 to stop working for an organization or company, or stop attending a school, university, etc. :
26 to not use all of something:
27 to do something later that you could do immediately:
28 to arrange for someone to receive something after you die:
A young girl was crying, protesting that she didn't want to leave her mother.
Soon we had left the river estuary and were heading towards the open sea .
Guests are advised not to leave any articles of value in their hotel rooms.
Never leave your luggage unattended.
It's considered good manners in some societies to leave a little food on your plate.
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