leave

Pronunciation

• IPA: /liːv/
• SAMPA: /li:v/
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Verb

Plain form leave

Third person singular leaves

Simple past left

Past participle left

Present participle leaving

(transitive & intransitive)

1. When you leave a place, you go away from it.

   I leave the building.

2. Something you leave remains where it was.

   Two cakes are left.