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LEAVING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does leaving mean?

• LEAVING (noun)
The noun LEAVING has 1 sense:

1. act of departing

Familiarity information: LEAVING used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LEAVING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Act of departing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

departure; going; going away; leaving

Hypernyms ("leaving" is a kind of...):

deed; effort; exploit; feat (a notable achievement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "leaving"):

breaking away (departing hastily)

despatch; dispatch; shipment (the act of sending off something)

exit (the act of going out)

boarding; embarkation; embarkment (the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft)

sailing (the departure of a vessel from a port)

withdrawal (the act of withdrawing)

disappearance; disappearing (the act of leaving secretly or without explanation)

French leave (an abrupt and unannounced departure (without saying farewell))

farewell; leave; leave-taking; parting (the act of departing politely)

takeoff (a departure; especially of airplanes)

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