leave Definition - Englisch Wörterbuch | leave Erklärungen und Aussprachen

SubstantivPLleaves

(cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.

(billiards) The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).

Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.

I've been given three weeks' leave by my boss.

(dated or law) Permission.

Might I beg leave to accompany you?
The applicant now seeks leave to appeal and, if leave be granted, to appeal against these sentences.

(dated) Farewell, departure.

I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance.

VerbSGleavesPRleavingPT, PPleftPT, PPleaved

(heading) VT To have a consequence or remnant.
1. I left my car at home and took a bus to work. The ants did not leave so much as a crumb of bread. There's not much food left. We'd better go to the shops. ‎
2. The lightning left her dazzled for several minutes. Infantile paralysis left him lame for the rest of his life. ‎
3. Leave your hat in the hall. We should leave the legal matters to lawyers. I left my sewing and went to the window to watch the falling snow. ‎

(heading) To depart; to separate from.

I left him to his reflections. I leave my hearers to judge. ‎
I left the country and I left my wife. ‎
I left the band. ‎
I think you'd better leave. ‎

(heading) To transfer something.

When my father died, he left me the house. ‎
I'll leave the car in the station so you can pick it up there. ‎
Can't we just leave this to the experts? ‎

VI OBS To remain (behind); to stay.

VT (archaic) To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).

VT To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.

VI (rare) To produce leaves or foliage.

OBS To raise; to levy.

Mehr Beispiele

Wird in der Mitte des Satzes verwendet
- After the accident, he just vanished and left me holding the bag.
- Mainstream Hollywood would not cater to the taste for sexual sensation, which left a space for B-movies, including noir.
- The bride greatly resented being left at the church. ‎
Zu Beginn des Satzes verwendet
- Leaving your wallet visible on the car seat is just asking for it.
- Leaving a breath to swell his tradesmen's books, To adonise, to smile, and kill with looks;
- Left hemicorporeal seizures persisted despite anticonvulsant treatment.
In der Endung des Satzes verwendet
- The wretched thraldom was over,—and what had it left?
- The conductor Robert Irving began to insist on a faster tempo, and Balanchine rechoreographed it when Ms. Paul left.
- The hedgehog uncurled when its predators had left.

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Meaning of leave for the defined word.