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Sounds | liy'v |
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Rhymes | achieve, aggrieve, Aleve, and 30 more rhymes in iyv at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The period of time during which you are absent from work or duty. |
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Examples | "a ten day's leave to visit his mother" |
Synonyms | leave of absence |
Narrower | furlough; pass; compassionate leave; sabbatical, sabbatical leave; shore leave, liberty; sick leave; terminal leave |
Broader | time off |
Meaning | Permission to do something. |
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Examples | "she was granted leave to speak" |
Broader | permission |
Meaning | The act of departing politely. |
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Examples | "he took his leave" |
Synonyms | farewell, leave-taking, parting |
Narrower | valediction |
Broader | departure, going, going away, leaving |
Verbs | leave; leave; leave |
Meaning | Go away from a place. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
Model | John will leave angry |
Examples | "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
Synonyms | go forth, go away |
Caused by | bundle off |
Entailed by | emigrate; take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off; leave behind |
Narrower | go out; depart, take leave, quit; pop off; walk off, walk away; hightail; walk out; come away; decamp, skip, vamoose; scram, buzz off, fuck off, get, bugger off; run off, run out, bolt, bolt out, beetle off; ride off, ride away; go out; tarry, linger; depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off; pull out, get out; rush off, rush away; run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away; slip away, steal away, sneak away, sneak off, sneak out; vacate, empty, abandon |
Contrary | arrive, get, come |
Similar to | exit, go out, get out, leave; leave, depart, pull up stakes |
Nouns | leave; leaver |
Meaning | Go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
Model | They leave the money in the closet; They leave the people the food |
Narrower | jilt; abandon, forsake, desolate, desert |
Similar to | forget, leave |
Nouns | leave |
Meaning | Act or be so as to become in a specified state. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun; Something ----s somebody |
Broader | make, get |
Similar to | leave, result, lead |
Meaning | Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind" |
Synonyms | leave alone, leave behind |
Narrower | let |
Broader | refrain, forbear |
Similar to | leave |
Meaning | Move out of or depart from. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Model | The men leave the boat |
Examples | "leave the room" |
Synonyms | exit, go out, get out |
Narrower | go, go away, depart; pop out; file out; hop out, get off; fall out; get off; step out; eject; undock; log out, log off |
Broader | move |
Contrary | enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into |
Similar to | leave, go forth, go away |
Nouns | leave |
Meaning | Make a possibility or provide opportunity for. Permit to be attainable or cause to remain. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "This leaves no room for improvement"; "leave lots of time for the trip" |
Synonyms | allow for, allow, provide |
Broader | yield, give, afford |
Similar to | admit, allow |
Meaning | Result in. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Synonyms | result, lead |
Narrower | lead |
Broader | bring about |
Similar to | leave; leave |
Meaning | Remove oneself from an association with or participation in. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
Model | They leave the countryside |
Examples | "She wants to leave" |
Synonyms | depart, pull up stakes |
Narrower | leave office, quit, step down, resign; drop out |
Broader | change |
Similar to | leave, go forth, go away |
Meaning | Put into the care or protection of someone. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something to somebody |
Model | They leave the money to them; They leave them the money |
Examples | "leave your child the nurse's care" |
Synonyms | entrust |
Broader | pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give |
Meaning | Leave or give by will after one's death. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
Model | They leave the money to them; They leave them the money |
Synonyms | bequeath, will |
Narrower | devise; pass on; remember; fee-tail, entail |
Broader | give, gift, present |
Contrary | disinherit, disown |
Similar to | leave, leave behind; impart, leave, give, pass on |
Meaning | Have left or have as a remainder. |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Examples | "19 minus 8 leaves 11" |
Broader | have |
Similar to | leave, leave alone, leave behind; leave, result, lead |
Meaning | Be survived by after one's death. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Model | Sam cannot leave Sue |
Synonyms | leave behind |
Entails | die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass |
Narrower | widow |
Similar to | leave behind; bequeath, will, leave |
Meaning | Tell or deposit (information) knowledge. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
Examples | "leave your name and address here" |
Synonyms | impart, give, pass on |
Broader | tell |
Similar to | bequeath, will, leave; give |
Meaning | Leave behind unintentionally. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something PP |
Model | They leave the money in the closet |
Synonyms | forget |
Broader | lose |
Similar to | leave |