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| Sounds | liy'v |
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| Rhymes | achieve, aggrieve, Aleve, and 31 more rhymes in iyv... |
| 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 |
| Broader | time off |
| Narrower | furlough; pass; compassionate leave; sabbatical, sabbatical leave; shore leave, liberty; sick leave; terminal leave |
| 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 |
| Broader | departure, going, going away, leaving |
| Narrower | valediction |
| Verbs | leave; leave; leave |
| 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 |
| Similar to | forget, leave |
| Narrower | jilt; abandon, forsake, desolate, desert |
| 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 |
| Similar to | leave, result, lead |
| Broader | make, get |
| 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 |
| Similar to | leave |
| Broader | refrain, forbear |
| Narrower | let |
| 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 |
| Contrary | enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into |
| Similar to | leave, go forth, go away |
| Broader | move |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Similar to | admit, allow |
| Broader | yield, give, afford |
| Meaning | Have as a result or residue. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | result, lead |
| Similar to | leave; leave |
| Broader | produce, bring about, give rise |
| Narrower | lead |
| 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 |
| Similar to | leave, go forth, go away |
| Broader | change |
| Narrower | leave office, quit, step down, resign; drop out |
| 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 |
| Contrary | disinherit, disown |
| Similar to | leave, leave behind; impart, leave, give, pass on |
| Broader | give, gift, present |
| Narrower | devise; pass on; remember; fee-tail, entail |
| 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" |
| Similar to | leave, leave alone, leave behind; leave, result, lead |
| Broader | have |
| Meaning | Be survived by after one's death. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Model | Sam cannot leave Sue |
| Synonyms | leave behind |
| Similar to | leave behind; bequeath, will, leave |
| Narrower | widow |
| Entails | die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it |
| 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 |
| Similar to | bequeath, will, leave; give |
| Broader | tell |
| 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 |
| Similar to | leave |
| Broader | lose |
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