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Main Entry:
leave [leev]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: depart, abandon physically
Synonyms: abscond, beat it, break away, clear out, come away, cut out, decamp, defect, desert, disappear, ditch*, elope, embark, emigrate, escape, exit, flee, flit, fly, forsake, give the slip, go, go away, go forth, head out, issue, migrate, move, move out, part, pull out, push off, quit, relinquish, remove oneself, retire, ride off, run along, sally, say goodbye, scram, set out, slip out, split*, start, step down, take a hike, take leave, take off, vacate, vamoose, vanish, walk out, withdraw
Notes: let means to make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen, to allow; leave means to go away from a place
Antonyms: come, go
Main Entry: leave
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: forget, neglect
Synonyms: allow, drop, have, lay down, leave behind, let, let be, let continue, let go, let stay, mislay, omit, permit, suffer
Antonyms: care, maintain
Main Entry: leave
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give, especially after death
Synonyms: allot, apportion, assign, bequeath, bequest, cede, commit, confide, consign, demise, devise, entrust, give over, hand down, leave behind, legate, refer, transmit, will
Antonyms: hold
Example Sentences
  • Sabathia, who is tied for the major league lead in wins, was left off.
  • No, it is simply his own personal or family situation and it's left at that.
  • Although rare, other such incidents of divers being left behind in the open ocean have happened.
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Main Entry: left
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: on west side when facing north
Synonyms: hard to left, larboard, near, nigh side, port, portside, sinister, sinistral, south
Antonyms: right
Main Entry: left
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: politically radical
Synonyms: left-wing, leftist, liberal, progressive, revolutionary, socialist
Antonyms: right
Main Entry: left
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: abandoned
Synonyms: continuing, departed, extra, forsaken, gone out, leftover, marooned, over, remaining, residual, split, staying
Main Entry: abandon
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: leave behind, relinquish
Synonyms: abdicate, back out, bail out, bow out, chicken out, cop out, cut loose, desert, discard, discontinue, ditch*, drop, drop out, duck*, dump*, dust*, flake out, fly the coop, give up the ship, kiss goodbye, leave, leg it, let go, opt out, pull out, quit, run out on, screw*, ship out, stop, storm out, surrender, take a powder, take a walk, throw over, vacate, walk out on, wash hands of, withdraw, yield
Antonyms: cherish, defend, keep, pursue, retain, support
Main Entry: abandon
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: leave in troubled state
Synonyms: back out, desert, disown, forsake, jilt, leave, leave behind, quit, reject, renounce, throw over, walk out on
Antonyms: adopt, assert, favor, uphold
Main Entry: abandoned
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: left alone, deserted
Synonyms: alone, cast aside, cast away, deserted, discarded, dissipated, dropped, dumped, eighty-sixed, eliminated, empty, forgotten, forsaken, given up, godforsaken, jilted, left, left in the cold, left in the lurch, neglected, on the rocks, outcast, passed up, pigeon-holed, rejected, relinquished, shunned, side-tracked, sidelined, unoccupied, vacant, vacated
Antonyms: adopted, cherished, defended, maintained, supported
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