leave
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(verb) leave unchanged or unaltered; "leave it as is" |
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Related Words: leave, let |
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Antonyms: change |
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(verb) be survived by after one's death: "He left six children" |
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Synonyms: leave behind |
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Related Words: widow |
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(verb) let be; leave alone or undisturbed; "leave the door open!" |
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Synonyms: let |
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Related Words: leave |
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(verb) leave behind; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him" |
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Related Words: abandon, desert, desolate, forsake, jilt, lurch |
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(verb) go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?" "She didn't leave until midnight" |
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Synonyms: go away, go forth |
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Related Words: abandon, bolt, bolt out, break away, bugger off, bunk, buzz off, come away, dally, decamp, depart, empty, flee, fly, get, get out, go out, lam, leave behind, leave quietly, linger, part, pop off, pull out, quit, ride away, ride off, run, run away, run off, run out, rush away, rush off, scarper, scram, set forth, set off, set out, skip, slip away, sneak away, sneak off, sneak out, start, start out, steal away, take flight, take leave, take off, tarry, turn tail, vacate, vamoose, walk out |
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Antonyms: arrive |
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(verb) refrain from taking; "Please leave the hand-outs on the tables" |
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Synonyms: leave behind |
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(verb) leave home, school, a position, etc. |
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Synonyms: depart |
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Related Words: change, drop out, leave office, quit, step down |
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(verb) result in; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" |
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Synonyms: lead, result |
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Related Words: bring about, lead |
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(verb) make a possibility or provide opportunity for; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion" |
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Synonyms: allow, allow for, provide for |
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Related Words: afford, give, yield |
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(verb) cause to be in a specified state; "The inflation left them penniless"; "He left money on the table for his wife to find" |
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Related Words: get, make |
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(verb) have left or have as a remainder; "That left the four of us"; "19 - 8 leaves 11" |
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Related Words: have |
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(noun) permission to do something; "she was granted leave to speak" |
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Related Words: permission |
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(noun) the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty; "a ten day's leave to visit his mother" |
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Synonyms: leave of absence |
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Related Words: compassionate leave, furlough, liberty, pass, sabbatical, sabbatical leave, shore leave, sick leave, terminal leave, time off |
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(noun) the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave" |
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Synonyms: farewell, leave-taking, parting |
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Related Words: departure, going, going away, leaving, valediction |
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(verb) leave behind; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant" |
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Synonyms: forget |
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Related Words: lose |
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(verb) tell, give knowledge; "give a secret to the Russians" |
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Synonyms: give, impart, pass on |
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Related Words: tell |
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(verb) put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the decision to his deputy" |
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Synonyms: entrust |
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Related Words: give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over |
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(verb) leave or give by will; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry" |
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Synonyms: bequeath, will |
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Related Words: gift, give, pass on, present, remember, reward |
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(verb) move out of; as of a room, a country, a bus, etc. |
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Synonyms: exit, get out, go out |
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Related Words: depart, eject, file out, get off, go, go away, hop out, log off, log out, move, pop out, step out, undock |
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(verb) give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up" |
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Synonyms: chuck up the sponge, drop out, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel |
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