Definition
to leave: to exit, to go away, to depart; to abandon, to deposit, to give over
When do you leave for France? When are you going to France?
I've left five messages on her answerphone. I rang and recorded five messages on her answerphone.
I left the country two years ago. I exited the country two years ago.
This is an irregular verb:
I leave / I left / I have left
(there's nothing) left: (there's nothing) remaining, (there is) no more
There's still some food left. There is still some food that hasn't been eaten.
What is left to do? What remains to be done?
Pronunciation examples
UK: I'd like to leave the office early today.
US: You left early yesterday. Get back to work.
- "There's only one thing left to do: have a barbie!"
- "- Adorable brown right ear, floppy white left ear"
- "You can't leave now!"
- "You're not just going to leave that lyin' here, are you?"
- "Voiceover : Imagine another dimension where nothing is as it seems. Up is down, right is left, and the Delavigne Corporation... well, let's just say it's the Brian Jones Corporation."
- "But, before she could leave the building, she heard a cry for help..."
- "Your flight leaves SFO at 7:25 tonight and you arrive in Boston at 1:52 tomorrow morning."
- "They won't be back until sundown, which leaves us to do as we please."
- "I left my shoes with your wife, Susan Bliss."
- "I'm leaving, goodbye!"
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