leave

leave is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

learn - leave - left

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /liːv/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /liv/
• SAMPA: /li:v/

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Verb

Plain form leave

Third-person singular leaves

Past tense left

Past participle left

Present participle leaving

(transitive & intransitive)

1. When you leave a place, you go away from it.

   I left the building.

2. Something you leave remains where it was.

   Two cakes are left.

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