leave

I verb

1)

I left the hotel

Syn:

depart from, go away from, go from, withdraw from, retire from, take oneself off from, exit from, take one's leave of, pull out of, be gone from, decamp from, disappear from, vacate, absent oneself from; say one's farewells/goodbyes to, quit; informal push off from, shove off from, clear out/off of, cut and run from, split, vamoose from, scoot from

Ant:

arrive, stay

2)

the next morning we left for Taipei

Syn:

set off, head, make; set sail

3)

he's left his wife

Syn:

abandon, desert, cast aside, jilt, throw over; informal dump, ditch, drop, walk/run out on; literary forsake

Ant:

stay with

4)

he left his job in November

Syn:

quit, resign from, retire from, step down from, withdraw from, pull out of, give up; pack it in, call it quits

5)

she left her purse on a bus

Syn:

leave behind, forget, lose, mislay

6)

I thought I'd leave it to the experts

Syn:

entrust, hand over, pass on, refer; delegate

7)

he left her $100,000

Syn:

bequeath, will, endow, hand down to, make over to

8)

the speech left some feelings of disappointment

Syn:

cause, produce, generate, give rise to

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- leave someone out

- leave something out

II noun

1)

the judge granted leave to appeal

Syn:

permission, consent, authorization, sanction, warrant, dispensation, approval, clearance, blessing, assent, license; informal the go-ahead, the green light, the OK, the rubber stamp, the nod

2)

he was on leave

Syn:

vacation, break, time off, holiday, furlough, sabbatical, leave of absence

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- take one's leave of