leaving
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leave 1
(lēv)v. left (lĕft), leav·ing, leaves
v.tr.
1. To go out of or away from: not allowed to leave the room.
2.
a. To go without taking or removing: left my book on the bus.
b. To omit or exclude: left out the funniest part of the story.
3. To have as a result, consequence, or remainder: The car left a trail of exhaust fumes. Two from eight leaves six.
4. To cause or allow to be or remain in a specified state: left the lights on.
5.
a. To have remaining after death: left a young son.
b. To bequeath: left her money to charity.
6. To give over to another to control or act on: Leave all the details to us.
7.
a. To abandon or forsake: leave home; left her husband.
b. To remove oneself from association with or participation in: left the navy for civilian life.
8.
a. To give or deposit, as for use or information, upon one's departure or in one's absence: He left a note for you. Leave your name and address.
b. To cause or permit to be or remain: left myself plenty of time.
9. Nonstandard To allow or permit; let.
v.intr.
Phrasal Verb: To set out or depart; go: When can you leave?
leave off
Idioms: 1. To stop; cease.
2. To stop doing or using.
leave/let alone
To refrain from disturbing or interfering.
leave no stone unturned
To make every possible effort.
leav′er n.
Usage Note: In formal writing leave is not an acceptable substitute for let in the sense "to allow or permit." Thus in the following examples, only let should be used: Let me be. Let him go. Let us not quarrel. This use of leave is normally edited out of written prose but remains common in speech. · Leave alone is an acceptable substitute for let alone in the sense "to refrain from disturbing or interfering with." As far back as 1968, a majority of the Usage Panel approved the following example: Leave him alone, and he will produce. Some people feel that leave alone should mean simply "to depart from someone who remains in solitude," as in They were left alone in the wilderness. There is no harm in observing this restriction, but expecting it of others is unrealistic.
leave 2
(lēv)n.
1. Permission to do something. See Synonyms at permission.
2. An act of departing; a farewell: took leave of her with a heavy heart.
3. See leave of absence.
[Middle English leve, from Old English lēafe, dative and accusative of lēaf; see leubh- in Indo-European roots.]
leave 3
(lēv)intr.v. leaved, leav·ing, leaves
To put forth foliage; leaf.
[Middle English leaven, from leaf, leaf; see leaf.]
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leaving
(ˈliːvɪŋ)n
a departure
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leav•ing
(ˈli vɪŋ)n.
1. something that is left; residue.
2. leavings, leftovers or remains; refuse.
[1300–50]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
leaving
- drawing room - A shortening of withdrawing room, the room to which the ladies withdrew, leaving the men to smoking and drinking.
- egression - The action of going out or leaving a place.
- bequeath - Etymologically, what you bequeath is what you "say" you will leave someone in your will—but the original sense "say, utter" died out, leaving the legal sense.
- exclaustration - Being expelled from or leaving a religious retreat; it is also the return to secular life by someone who has been released from their religious vows.
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| Noun | 1. |  leaving - the act of departing breaking away - departing hastily leave-taking, parting, farewell, leave - the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" French leave - an abrupt and unannounced departure (without saying farewell) disappearance, disappearing - the act of leaving secretly or without explanation withdrawal - the act of withdrawing; "the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam" sailing - the departure of a vessel from a port boarding, embarkation, embarkment - the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft exit - the act of going out takeoff - a departure; especially of airplanes |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
leaving
leaving
:leaving certificate
n (Brit) → Abgangszeugnis nt
leaving do
n (esp Brit inf) → Abschiedsfete f, → Ausstand m
leaving party
n → Abschiedsfeier or -party f
leaving present
n → Abschiedsgeschenk nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
- I'm leaving tomorrow
- I shall be leaving tomorrow morning at ten a.m. (US)
I will be leaving tomorrow morning at ten a.m. (UK) - Where do we hand in the key when we're leaving?
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