leave

/li:v/

Thân thiện

The student asks for leave to attend a family event.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • Permission to do something: Formal consent or authorization to act or be absent.
   • An authorized period of absence from work or duty: A scheduled break or vacation from one's job or responsibilities.
   • The act of departing or saying goodbye: A formal farewell or the act of taking one's departure.

2. Verb:

   • To go away from a place or person: To depart or exit from a location.
   • To allow or cause to remain: To not take something with you when you go; to let something stay in its place.
   • To bequeath or pass on after death: To give property or assets to someone through a will.
   • To have as a remainder after subtraction: To result in a specific amount after a mathematical operation.
   • To cause to be in a specified state: To result in someone or something being in a particular condition.
   • To entrust a decision or responsibility to someone: To give a task or choice to another person.
   • To stop being involved with a group, job, or activity: To resign, quit, or withdraw from an association.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • She was granted leave to speak at the meeting.
  • He is on annual leave for two weeks.
  • He took his leave after the dinner party.

• Verb:

  • The train will leave the station at noon.
  • I left my book on the table.
  • Her grandfather left her a valuable painting in his will.
  • Ten minus four leaves six.
  • The news left her feeling shocked.
  • I'll leave the final decision to you.
  • She decided to leave the company after ten years.

Advanced Usage

• "To leave something to be desired": To be not as good as it should be; to be unsatisfactory.
  • The hotel service left much to be desired.
• "To leave someone/something alone": To not disturb or interfere with someone or something.
  • Leave the cat alone; it's sleeping.
• "To leave no stone unturned": To try every possible course of action to achieve something.
  • The detectives left no stone unturned in their search for the truth.

Variants and Related Words

• Leaver (n): A person who leaves, especially someone who leaves school or a job.
  • The company offers support programs for leavers.
• Leaving (n/gerund): The action of departing.
  • His sudden leaving surprised everyone.
• Leave-taking (n): A formal or ceremonial act of saying goodbye.
  • It was a sad leave-taking at the airport.

Synonyms

• Verb: Depart, exit, go, abandon, quit, bequeath, will, entrust.
• Noun: Permission, authorization, vacation, furlough, departure, farewell.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Leave behind:
  • To forget to bring something.

    • I accidentally left behind my passport at the hotel.
  • To abandon or not take someone with you.

    • The hikers were left behind by the main group.
  • To produce a lasting result or legacy.

    • The scientist left behind a great legacy of discovery.
• Leave off:
  • To stop doing something.

    • We left off reading at chapter five.
  • To omit or exclude.

    • His name was left off the guest list.
• Leave out:
  • To omit or not include.

    • You left out an important detail from your report.
• Leave over:
  • To remain after the rest has been used or dealt with.

    • We had some food left over from the party.

Related Idioms

• Take French leave: To leave secretly or without permission.
  • He got bored at the conference and decided to take French leave.
• Take leave of one's senses: To act in a crazy or irrational way.
  • Have you taken leave of your senses? You can't drive in this storm!
• Leave someone in the lurch: To abandon someone in a difficult situation without help.
  • He promised to help but left me in the lurch at the last minute.
• Leave it at that: To say or do nothing more about something.
  • We've argued enough; let's just leave it at that.
• Leave to chance: To not plan or control something, but let fate decide.
  • We didn't book a hotel; we're leaving our accommodation to chance.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the act of departing politely
   • he disliked long farewells
   • he took his leave
   • parting is such sweet sorrow
2. permission to do something
   • she was granted leave to speak
3. the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty
   • a ten day's leave to visit his mother

Verb

1. leave behind unintentionally
   • I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant
   • I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors
2. transmit (knowledge or skills)
   • give a secret to the Russians
   • leave your name and address here
   • impart a new skill to the students
3. be survived by after one's death
   • He left six children
   • At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats
4. have left or have as a remainder
   • That left the four of us
   • 19 minus 8 leaves 11
5. leave or give by will after one's death
   • My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry
   • My grandfather left me his entire estate
6. put into the care or protection of someone
   • He left the decision to his deputy
   • leave your child the nurse's care
7. remove oneself from an association with or participation in
   • She wants to leave
   • The teenager left home
   • She left her position with the Red Cross
   • He left the Senate after two terms
   • after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes
8. have as a result or residue
   • The water left a mark on the silk dress
   • Her blood left a stain on the napkin
9. make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
   • This leaves no room for improvement
   • The evidence allows only one conclusion
   • allow for mistakes
   • leave lots of time for the trip
   • This procedure provides for lots of leeway
10. move out of or depart from
    • leave the room
    • the fugitive has left the country
11. leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking
    • leave it as is
    • leave the young fawn alone
    • leave the flowers that you see in the park behind
12. act or be so as to become in a specified state
    • The inflation left them penniless
    • The president's remarks left us speechless
13. go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness
    • She left a mess when she moved out
    • His good luck finally left him
    • her husband left her after 20 years of marriage
    • she wept thinking she had been left behind
14. go away from a place
    • At what time does your train leave?
    • She didn't leave until midnight
    • The ship leaves at midnight

Từ đồng nghĩa

• farewell
• leave-taking
• parting
• leave of absence
• forget
• impart
• give
• pass on
• leave behind
• bequeath
• will
• entrust
• depart
• pull up stakes
• result
• lead
• allow for
• allow
• provide
• exit
• go out
• get out
• leave alone
• go forth
• go away