Dictionary entry details
• LEAVE (noun)
Meaning:
The period of time during which you are absent from work or duty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
leave of absence; leave
Context example:
a ten day's leave to visit his mother
Hypernyms ("leave" is a kind of...):
time off (a time period when you are not required to work)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "leave"):
terminal leave (final leave before discharge from military service)
sick leave (a leave of absence from work because of illness)
liberty; shore leave (leave granted to a sailor or naval officer)
sabbatical; sabbatical leave (a leave usually taken every seventh year)
compassionate leave ((military) leave granted in an emergency such as family sickness or death)
pass ((military) a written leave of absence)
furlough (a temporary leave of absence from military duty)
Meaning:
Permission to do something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
she was granted leave to speak
Hypernyms ("leave" is a kind of...):
permission (approval to do something)
Meaning:
The act of departing politely
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
leave-taking; parting; farewell; leave
Context examples:
he disliked long farewells / he took his leave / parting is such sweet sorrow
Hypernyms ("leave" is a kind of...):
departure; going; going away; leaving (act of departing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "leave"):
valediction (the act of saying farewell)
• LEAVE (verb)
Meaning:
Go away from a place
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
leave; go forth; go away
Context examples:
At what time does your train leave? / She didn't leave until midnight / The ship leaves at midnight
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "leave"):
go out (take the field)
linger; tarry (leave slowly and hesitantly)
depart; part; set forth; set off; set out; start; start out; take off (leave)
get out; pull out (move out or away)
rush away; rush off (depart in a hurry)
break away; bunk; escape; fly the coop; head for the hills; hightail it; lam; run; run away; scarper; scat; take to the woods; turn tail (flee; take to one's heels; cut and run)
slip away; sneak away; sneak off; sneak out; steal away (leave furtively and stealthily)
abandon; empty; vacate (leave behind empty; move out of)
ride away; ride off (ride away on a horse, for example)
beetle off; bolt; bolt out; run off; run out (leave suddenly and as if in a hurry)
bugger off; buzz off; fuck off; get; scram (leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form)
go out (leave the house to go somewhere)
depart; quit; take leave (go away or leave)
pop off (leave quickly)
walk away; walk off (go away from)
hightail (leave as fast as possible)
walk out (leave abruptly, often in protest or anger)
come away (leave in a certain condition)
decamp; skip; vamoose (leave suddenly)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
John will leave angry
Antonym:
arrive (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress)
Meaning:
Go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context examples:
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
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "leave"):
abandon; desert; desolate; forsake (leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch)
jilt (cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
They leave the people the food
They leave the money in the closet
Meaning:
Act or be so as to become in a specified state
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context examples:
The inflation left them penniless / The president's remarks left us speechless
Hypernyms (to "leave" is one way to...):
get; make (give certain properties to something)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
leave alone; leave behind; leave
Context examples:
leave it as is / leave the young fawn alone / leave the flowers that you see in the park behind
Hypernyms (to "leave" is one way to...):
forbear; refrain (resist doing something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "leave"):
let (leave unchanged)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Move out of or depart from
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
exit; get out; go out; leave
Context examples:
leave the room / the fugitive has left the country
Hypernyms (to "leave" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "leave"):
log off; log out (exit a computer)
undock (move out of a dock)
eject (leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule)
step out (go outside a room or building for a short period of time)
get off (leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.)
fall out (leave (a barracks) in order to take a place in a military formation, or leave a military formation)
get off; hop out (get out of quickly)
file out (march out, in a file)
pop out (exit briefly)
depart; go; go away (move away from a place into another direction)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The men leave the boat
Meaning:
Make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
allow for; allow; provide; leave
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "leave" is one way to...):
afford; give; yield (be the cause or source of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Have as a result or residue
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
lead; result; leave
Context examples:
The water left a mark on the silk dress / Her blood left a stain on the napkin
Hypernyms (to "leave" is one way to...):
bring about; give rise; produce (cause to happen, occur or exist)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "leave"):
lead (tend to or result in)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Remove oneself from an association with or participation in
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
pull up stakes; depart; leave
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "leave" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "leave"):
leave office; quit; resign; step down (give up or retire from a position)
drop out (leave school or an educational program prematurely)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They leave the countryside
Meaning:
Put into the care or protection of someone
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
entrust; leave
Context examples:
He left the decision to his deputy / leave your child the nurse's care
Hypernyms (to "leave" is one way to...):
give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over (place into the hands or custody of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sentence examples:
They leave the money to them
They leave them the money
Meaning:
Leave or give by will after one's death
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
bequeath; will; leave
Context examples:
My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry / My grandfather left me his entire estate
Hypernyms (to "leave" is one way to...):
gift; give; present (give as a present; make a gift of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "leave"):
entail; fee-tail (limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs)
remember (show appreciation to)
pass on (give to or transfer possession of)
devise (give by will, especially real property)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sentence examples:
They leave the money to them
They leave them the money
Meaning:
Have left or have as a remainder
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context examples:
That left the four of us / 19 minus 8 leaves 11
Hypernyms (to "leave" is one way to...):
have (have left)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Be survived by after one's death
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
leave behind; leave
Context examples:
He left six children / At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats
"Leave" entails doing...:
buy the farm; cash in one's chips; choke; conk; croak; decease; die; drop dead; exit; expire; give-up the ghost; go; kick the bucket; pass; pass away; perish; pop off; snuff it (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "leave"):
widow (cause to be without a spouse)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot leave Sue
Meaning:
Tell or deposit (information) knowledge
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
impart; pass on; give; leave
Context examples:
give a secret to the Russians / leave your name and address here
Hypernyms (to "leave" is one way to...):
tell (let something be known)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Leave behind unintentionally
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
forget; leave
Context examples:
I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant / I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors
Hypernyms (to "leave" is one way to...):
lose (miss from one's possessions; lose sight of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
They leave the money in the closet
