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Meaning of leave | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A1 Common
liːv

Definitions

  1. Go on foot of a side for another.
  2. permission
  3. The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
  4. To have a consequence or remnant. To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely
  5. Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
    countable, uncountable
  6. To set out or depart; go: When can you leave?
  7. Leave a place, set off for another part.
  8. Permission.
    countable, dated, uncountable
  9. license
  10. 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).
  11. To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely
  12. To refrain from disturbing or interfering.
  13. Work a device or mechanism that moves or that has mobile pieces.
  14. Farewell, departure.
    countable, dated, uncountable
  15. leave (absence from work)
  16. The tiles remaining on a player's rack after his or her turn.
  17. To cause, to result in
  18. To make every possible effort.
  19. excuse me, pardon
  20. To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself
  21. To depart; to separate from. To let be or do without interference
  22. To put forth foliage; leaf.
  23. first-person singular present indicative of permisar
  24. to leaf.
  25. (of absence) furlough
  26. not to disturb, upset or tease. Why can't you leave your little brother alone? los uit يَتْرُكُه وشأنَه، لا يُزْعِج не пипай deixar em paz nechat na pokoji in Ruhe lassen lade være; lade være i fred αφήνω κπ. ήσυχο dejar a alguien en paz rahule jätma تنها گذاشتن jättää rauhaan laisser tranquille לְהָנִיח अकेला छोड़ना ostaviti na miru békén hagy tidak mengganggu láta í friði lasciar stare かまわない 간섭하지 않다 palikti ramybėje likt mierā jangan ganggu met rust laten la være, holde seg unna zostawić w ...
  27. not to include or put in. You've left out a word in that sentence. uitlos يُغْفِل، يُهْمِل، لا يَشْمَل изпускам omitir vynechat auslassen udelade παραλείπωomitir, excluir välja jätma از قلم انداختن jättää pois oublier לְהַשמִיט छोड़ देना ispustiti, izostaviti kihagy tidak memasukkan sleppa úr, sjást yfir omettere, dimenticare ぬかす 제외하다 praleisti izlaist (burtu u.tml.); neņemt vērā tidak memasukkan weglatenutelateopuścić, pominąć له ياده تلل omitir a omite пропускать vynechať izpustiti izostavi...
  28. not used; extra. When everyone took a partner there was one person left over; We divided out the left-over food. oorblywend بقايا الطَّعام остатък de sobra navíc; zbylý übrigbleiben til overs που έχει απομείνει, επιπλέονde más, de sobra järelejäänud باقی مانده؛ زیاد آمده ylimääräinen de trop, de resteשארית बाद के लिए छोड़ देना ostatak maradék tersisa (einum) of mikið; afgangur (rimasto) 残りの 남기다 atliekamas atlikušais; atlicis baki overgeblevenekstra, ubrukt, rest-pozostały, zbywający بيرته پات...
  29. to say goodbye (to). I took my leave (of the others) and went out. vertrek يُوَدِّع، يَسْتأذِن ويَذْهَب сбогувам се despedir-se rozloučit se Abschied nehmen tage afsked αποχαιρετώ, αποχωρίζομαι despedirse de alguien hüvasti jätma خداحافظی کردن hyvästellä prendre congé לְהִיפָּרֵד विदा होना oprostiti se elbúcsúzik permisi kveðja prendere congedo いとまごいをする 작별을 고하다 atsisveikinti atvadīties mengucapkan selamat tinggal afscheid nementa avskjed, si adjøpożegnać się خداې پامانۍ اخيستل despedir-se a-ş...

Equivalents

Afrikaans los
Azərbaycanca məzuniyyət
Беларуская пакідаць пакінуць
བོད་སྐད འགྲོ་བ
Català comiat deixar dipositar permís
Cymraeg caniatâd gadael gwyliau seibiant
Ελληνικά άδεια αφήνω
Esperanto eliri lasi
Euskara utzi
فارسی رفتن مرخصی
Suomi erota jättää lähtö vapaa
Français conge laisser permis permission quitter
Gaeilge fág tiomnaigh
Gàidhlig fàg
Galego deixar
ગુજરાતી રજા વધવું
עברית השאיר עזב
Հայերեն թողնել լքել
Bahasa Indonesia berangkat cuti izin meninggalkan perlop tinggal
Íslenska fara
ខ្មែរ ចាកចេញ
Kurdî bo izin lasa laşî le los şair
ລາວ ຈາກ ປະ
Lietuvių palikti
Latviešu atstāt
Македонски одмор остава остави
Монгол амралт
मराठी रजा सोडणे
Bahasa Melayu tinggal
Română lașă pleca
Slovenčina opustiť
Slovenščina pustiti zapustiti
Shqip le lëshoj
Kiswahili toka
ไทย เหลือ
Tagalog hayaan iwanan Matira
Türkçe bırakmak izin
اردو چھوڑنا
Tiếng Việt bọ roi

Examples

“He made 45 leaves in his innings of 64.”
“Having counted 38 points he tried a beautiful massé out of the corner, hit the first ball just a trifle too hard and kissed his own ball off just when victory seemed to be his. The leave was unfortunate for Ives. Slosson played brilliantly and ran the game out, a close winner, with 22 points.”
“I didn't score much, but LING was a good leave.”
“I've just been given three weeks' leave by my boss — I don't think I still have some leave owing to me.”
“Might I beg leave to accompany you?”
“The applicant now seeks leave to appeal and, if leave be granted, to appeal against these sentences.”
“Since I have your good leave to go away, / I will make haste: but, till I come again, / No bed shall e'er be guilty of my stay, / Nor rest be interposer 'twixt us twain.”
“I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance.”

CEFR level

A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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