leave (/liːv/)
verb · Beginner · Common Verbs
🔊 /liːv/
Meaning
Meaning: depart; let remain
To go away from a place or person, or to let something remain where it is. It expresses departure and abandonment.
Examples
🗣 We need to leave the house by eight to catch the early train.
Etymology
From Old English ‘læfan’ (to leave behind, bequeath), from a Germanic root.
How & Where It’s Used
A core everyday verb for departing and leaving things behind.
Tags: movement, depart