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{ "term": "leave", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "leave", "heSheIt": "leaves" }, "pastSimple": "left", "pastParticiple": "left", "ingForm": "leaving" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to go away from a person or a place", "sensetop": "leave for somethingleave something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Come on, it's time we left *(= time for us to leave)*." }, { "text": "She left without saying goodbye." }, { "text": "The plane leaves for Dallas at 12.35.", "contextForm": "leave for something" }, { "text": "What time do you have to **leave for work**?" }, { "text": "The plane leaves Heathrow at 12.35.", "contextForm": "leave something" }, { "text": "I hate **leaving home**." }, { "text": "She **left the house** around 8 this morning." }, { "text": "The whole family was forced to **leave the country**." }, { "text": "You want Chris? Sorry, he's just left." }, { "text": "Did you want something? I was just about to leave." }, { "text": "You're not welcome here. You should leave." }, { "text": "I wanted to leave but they wouldn't let me." }, { "text": "The bus leaves at 8.30." }, { "text": "The train was just leaving the station." }, { "text": "I heard his car leaving the driveway." }, { "text": "They left for Scotland this morning." }, { "text": "By the time I got there, they'd already left for home." }, { "text": "You should have left for school by now." }, { "text": "I never leave the house without my phone." }, { "text": "He left home around 8 this morning." }, { "text": "They started talking about her as soon as she left the room." }, { "text": "They keep a record of everyone entering and leaving the premises." }, { "text": "I'm sorry, he's already left the office." }, { "text": "She was injured and left the field." }, { "text": "They were being extremely rowdy and the manager had to ask them to leave." }, { "text": "They were caught trying to leave the country." }, { "text": "We were all packed and ready to leave." }, { "text": "Are you ready to leave yet?" }, { "text": "If we leave now, we should make it in time." }, { "text": "John says he left the restaurant at around midnight." }, { "text": "She refused to leave until she had talked to an officer." }, { "text": "It looked as though they had left in a hurry." }, { "text": "They got into an argument and were asked to leave." } ], "collocations": { "verb + leave": ["decide to", "intend to", "plan to"], "preposition": ["for"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to stop living at a place, belonging to a group, working for an employer, etc.", "sensetop": "leave somethingleave for somethingleave something for something", "labels": "(British English)(North American English)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "My assistant is threatening to leave." }, { "text": "He didn't **leave home** until he was 30.", "contextForm": "leave something" }, { "text": "She **left school** at 16." }, { "text": "I went to see him, but was told he had **left town**." }, { "text": "The Mayor **left office** in 2018." }, { "text": "Why did you leave your last job?" }, { "text": "People leave for better-paid jobs elsewhere.", "contextForm": "leave for something" }, { "text": "Many of her relatives had left Ireland for America.", "contextForm": "leave something for something" }, { "text": "He had left the organization some years before." }, { "text": "I decided to leave the company and go freelance." }, { "text": "I worked in Hong Kong after I left university." }, { "text": "Her youngest child has just left college." }, { "text": "US troops left the island in December 1983." }, { "text": "His family had to leave the village." }, { "text": "She claims she was forced to leave her job after she became pregnant." }, { "text": "He left school at 14 with no qualifications." }, { "text": "They left for a new life abroad." }, { "text": "Too many teachers are leaving the profession for higher-paid jobs." }, { "text": "Hundreds of villagers have already left to seek work in the towns." } ], "collocations": { "verb + leave": ["decide to", "intend to", "plan to"], "preposition": ["for"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to leave your wife, husband or partner permanently", "sensetop": "leave somebody leave somebody for somebody", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I was afraid you'd leave if you knew the truth." }, { "text": "I'll never leave you.", "contextForm": "leave somebody" }, { "text": "She left him for a colleague.", "contextForm": "leave somebody for somebody" }, { "text": "He's been depressed since his wife left." }, { "text": "Her father left her mother when she was just two years old." }, { "text": "His girlfriend was threatening to leave him." }, { "text": "I'm sorry, George, I'm leaving you." }, { "text": "He promised he would leave his wife for her." }, { "text": "My fiancé left me for someone else." }, { "text": "She's leaving him for another man." } ], "topics": ["Family and relationships"], "collocations": { "verb + leave": ["decide to", "intend to", "plan to"], "preposition": ["for"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to go away from a place without taking something/somebody with you", "sensetop": "leave something/somebodyleave something/somebody + adv./prep.leave something/somebody behind", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I'll have to go back—I've left my jacket.", "contextForm": "leave something/somebody" }, { "text": "They left the children and went out for the evening." }, { "text": "I've left my bag on the bus.", "contextForm": "leave something/somebody + adv./prep." }, { "text": "You can leave your things here." }, { "text": "He wasn't well, so we had to leave him behind.", "contextForm": "leave something/somebody behind" }, { "text": "Don't leave any of your belongings behind." }, { "text": "Is there somewhere we can leave our luggage?" }, { "text": "I've left my phone somewhere but I can't remember where." }, { "text": "Hang on a minute—I left my phone upstairs." }, { "text": "I stupidly left my passport at home." }, { "text": "The lost property office is full of belongings people have left on trains." }, { "text": "You'll have to leave your dog outside." }, { "text": "She left her little brother in the park and came home by herself." }, { "text": "What shall we do with the baby? We can't leave him." }, { "text": "They were charged with neglect after leaving their children to go on holiday." }, { "text": "He's old enough to be left for the evening." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "to make or allow somebody/something to remain in a particular condition, place, etc.", "sensetop": "leave somebody/something + adj.leave somebody/something doing somethingleave somebody/something to do somethingleave something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "**Leave** the door **open**, please.", "contextForm": "leave somebody/something + adj." }, { "text": "The bomb blast **left** 25 people **dead**." }, { "text": "His help left her free to focus on her research." }, { "text": "Don't leave her waiting outside in the rain.", "contextForm": "leave somebody/something doing something" }, { "text": "We were **left feeling** rather disappointed." }, { "text": "Leave the rice to cook for 20 minutes.", "contextForm": "leave somebody/something to do something" }, { "text": "He ate up his vegetables but left the chicken.", "contextForm": "leave something" }, { "text": "The treatment had left her vulnerable to infection." }, { "text": "He had left his food untouched." }, { "text": "The experience left them shaken, but unharmed." }, { "text": "The accident left him unable to walk." }, { "text": "The writer leaves us free to imagine our own ending to the story." }, { "text": "We were left in no doubt who was really to blame." }, { "text": "They were left without power for two days after storms blew down cables." }, { "text": "The furniture had all been left in place, just as it would have been when he was alive." }, { "text": "They left me standing there like an idiot while they argued." }, { "text": "I was left wondering what had really happened." }, { "text": "Don't leave your stuff lying around." }, { "text": "Remove the pan from the heat and leave it to cool down." }, { "text": "I'll leave you to enjoy your book." }, { "text": "We left them to have some time alone." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "to remain to be used, sold, etc.", "sensetop": "be left of somethingbe left to somebody", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "**Is there** any coffee **left**?" }, { "text": "He's spent all the money—there's nothing left." }, { "text": "You still **have** a few minutes **left**." }, { "text": "How many tickets do you have left?" }, { "text": "They are fighting to save what is left of their business.", "contextForm": "be left of something" }, { "text": "Not much is left of the old town." }, { "text": "The only course of action left to me was to notify her employer.", "contextForm": "be left to somebody" }, { "text": "Are there any cookies left?" }, { "text": "There's no time left. We have to decide now." }, { "text": "If there's any left, I'll use it to make soup." }, { "text": "There's no water left in the jug." }, { "text": "If you have a few minutes left at the end, use them to check your work." }, { "text": "I've still got a few presents left to buy." }, { "text": "There are 85 days left until the games begin." }, { "text": "There's only a year left until I finish university." }, { "text": "By the time we'd finished, there wasn't a lot left to spend." }, { "text": "I'm sorry, we haven't got any of the blue ones left." }, { "text": "As the hurricane blew over, people returned to what was left of their homes." }, { "text": "He tried to brush what was left of his hair across his scalp." }, { "text": "The company is trying to salvage what's left of its reputation." }, { "text": "The only option left to us was to fire her." }, { "text": "They decided that the only avenue left to them was legal action." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "to make something happen or remain as a result", "sensetop": "leave somethingleave somebody with somethingleave somebody something", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Red wine leaves a stain.", "contextForm": "leave something" }, { "text": "The Romans **left their mark** on Britain." }, { "text": "**Leave room** on the spreadsheet to add the results later." }, { "text": "They've **left a space** here where you can put your name." }, { "text": "She left me with the impression that she was unhappy.", "contextForm": "leave somebody with something" }, { "text": "I'm afraid you leave me no choice.", "contextForm": "leave somebody something" }, { "text": "The storm left a trail of destruction." }, { "text": "First experiences leave lasting impressions." }, { "text": "The incident left its mark on all of us." }, { "text": "He disappeared without leaving a trace." }, { "text": "This doesn't leave much room for error." }, { "text": "The film leaves you with the desire to find out more." }, { "text": "I was left with the feeling that I'd done something wrong." }, { "text": "You haven't left me much room for manoeuvre." }, { "text": "I've left you some space on the shelf for your books." }, { "text": "We try to leave people a positive impression." }, { "text": "She left them no option but to fire her." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "to deliver, write or record something to be seen or heard later", "sensetop": "leave somethingleave something for somebodyleave somebody something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Lots of people had **left comments** under the post.", "contextForm": "leave something" }, { "text": "Someone called, but they didn't **leave a message**." }, { "text": "Someone left this note for you.", "contextForm": "leave something for somebody" }, { "text": "Someone left you this note.", "contextForm": "leave somebody something" }, { "text": "Leave a message and we'll get back to you as soon as we can." }, { "text": "She disappeared without leaving a note." }, { "text": "Please leave a comment on the blog." }, { "text": "I left a message on his Facebook page." }, { "text": "He left a sign on the door saying 'Gone fishing'." }, { "text": "She had left a little note inside the package." }, { "text": "Somebody left you some flowers." }, { "text": "Perhaps this mess was their way of leaving us a message." }, { "text": "I left myself a note to get more coffee." }, { "text": "She leaves herself little reminders all over the house." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "to not do something or deal with something immediately", "sensetop": "leave somethingleave something until/till somethingleave something for something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Leave the dishes—I'll do them later.", "contextForm": "leave something" }, { "text": "Why do you always leave everything until the last moment?", "contextForm": "leave something until/till something" }, { "text": "Let's leave that topic for another day.", "contextForm": "leave something for something" }, { "text": "I'm going to leave this now and finish it tomorrow morning." }, { "text": "If you find a question difficult, leave it and come back to it." }, { "text": "Leave it! It's not worth bothering with!" }, { "text": "We all know we shouldn't leave essays until the night before they're due." }, { "text": "I left the best till last." }, { "text": "OK, let's leave the discussion there for now." }, { "text": "He decided to leave the washing-up for later." }, { "text": "We can leave that issue for next week." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 10, "definition": "to allow somebody to take care of something", "sensetop": "leave something to somebody/somethingleave it (up) to somebody (to do something)leave somebody + adv./prep.leave something with somebodyleave somebody with somethingleave somebody/something to do something", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "You can leave the cooking to me.", "contextForm": "leave something to somebody/something" }, { "text": "They didn't **leave** anything **to chance** *(= everything was planned carefully)*." }, { "text": "‘Where shall we eat?’ ‘I’ll leave it entirely (up) to you *(= you can decide)*.’", "contextForm": "leave it (up) to somebody (to do something)" }, { "text": "I leave it to you to decide what order to do things in." }, { "text": "She **left** her assistant **in charge**.", "contextForm": "leave somebody + adv./prep." }, { "text": "**Leave it with me**—I'm sure I can sort it out.", "contextForm": "leave something with somebody" }, { "text": "They left me with all the clearing up.", "contextForm": "leave somebody with something" }, { "text": "Can I leave you to lock up the shop?", "contextForm": "leave somebody/something to do something" }, { "text": "I was left to cope on my own." }, { "text": "He leaves most of the important decisions to his wife." }, { "text": "Stop analysing everybody! Leave that to the psychologists!" }, { "text": "If you leave it with me, I'll get back to you within a day or two." }, { "text": "I left the problem with Gina to sort out." }, { "text": "He has fun baking with the kids and I'm left with all the mess to clean up." }, { "text": "I left him with the boxes to pack." }, { "text": "I'll leave you to finish this when you have time." }, { "text": "We left them to keep an eye on the house while we were away." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 11, "definition": "to give something to somebody when you die", "sensetop": "leave somethingleave something to somebodyleave somebody something", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "He left a large estate.", "contextForm": "leave something" }, { "text": "She left £1 million to her daughter.", "contextForm": "leave something to somebody" }, { "text": "She left her daughter £1 million.", "contextForm": "leave somebody something" }, { "text": "He left over ten million dollars when he died." }, { "text": "She left everything to charity." }, { "text": "His father's will left everything to his brothers." }, { "text": "She promised she would leave the house to me." }, { "text": "His grandfather left him some stocks and shares." }, { "text": "She died and left me nothing." }, { "text": "I'll leave you the ring when I die." }, { "text": "I'll leave it to you when I die." } ], "synonyms": "bequeath" }, { "senseNumber": 12, "definition": "to have family who continue to live after your death", "sensetop": "leave somebody", "examples": [ { "text": "He leaves a wife and two children." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 13, "definition": "to have a particular amount left over", "sensetop": "leave something", "examples": [ { "text": "Seven from ten leaves three." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to be alone", "examples": [ { "text": "I didn’t know anyone in New York, so I was left to myself to explore." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to be allowed to do what you want", "examples": [ { "text": "Left to himself, the dog will eat anything and everything." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "used to say that you do not care if somebody accepts or rejects your offer", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "used to say that somebody does not have a strong opinion about something", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "Dancing? I can take it or leave it." } ], "topics": ["Opinion and argument"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to stop annoying somebody or trying to get their attention", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Why can’t you stop texting me and just leave me be?" } ], "synonyms": "leave/let somebody alone" }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to stop holding on to something", "labels": "(British English, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Leave go of my arm—you're hurting me!" } ], "synonyms": "let go" }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to say or do nothing more about something", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "We'll never agree, so let's just leave it at that." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to tell somebody to stop doing something", "labels": "(British English, informal)", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/liːv/", "audio": "le/leave/leave__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/liːvz/", "audio": "le/leave/leaves__gb_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/left/", "audio": "le/leave/left__gb_4.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈliːvɪŋ/", "audio": "le/leave/leaving__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/liːv/", "audio": "le/leave/leave__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/liːvz/", "audio": "le/leave/leaves__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/left/", "audio": "le/leave/left__us_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈliːvɪŋ/", "audio": "le/leave/leaving__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "verb Old English lǣfan ‘bequeath’, also ‘allow to remain, leave in place’ of Germanic origin; related to German bleiben ‘remain’." }