leave
verb
liːv 
liːv left left place/person
1 [intransitive, transitive] to go away from a person or a placeCome on, it's time we left.leave for… The plane leaves for Dallas at 12.35.leave something I hate leaving home.The plane leaves Heathrow at 12.35.home/job/school
2 [intransitive, transitive] to stop living at a place, belonging to a group, working for an employer, etcMy secretary has threatened to leave.leave something (British English) Some children leave school at 16.wife/husband
3 [transitive] leave somebody (for somebody) to leave your wife, husband or partner permanentlyShe's leaving him for another man.something to do later
4 [transitive] to not do something or deal with something immediatelyleave something Leave the dishes—I'll do them later.leave something until… Why do you always leave everything until the last moment?somebody/something in condition/place
5 [transitive] to make or allow somebody/something to remain in a particular condition, place, etcleave somebody/something (+ adjective) Leave the door open, please.The bomb blast left 25 people dead.leave somebody/something doing something Don't leave her waiting outside in the rain.leave somebody/something to do something Leave the rice to cook for 20 minutes.6 [transitive] to make something happen or remain as a resultleave something Red wine leaves a stain.leave somebody with something She left me with the impression that she was unhappy with her job.leave somebody something I'm afraid you leave me no choice.7 be left [transitive] to remain to be used, sold, etcIs there any coffee left?How many tickets do you have left?leave of something (figurative) They are fighting to save what is left of their business.leave to somebody The only course of action left to me was to notify her employer.8 [transitive] to go away from a place without taking something/somebody with youleave something/somebody (+ adverb/preposition) I've left my bag on the bus.leave something/somebody behind Don't leave any of your belongings behind.He wasn't well, so we had to leave him behind.mathematics
9 [transitive] leave something to have a particular amount remainingSeven from ten leaves three.after death
10 [transitive] leave somebody to have family remaining after your deathHe leaves a wife and two children.11 [transitive] to give something to somebody when you dieSynonym
bequeathleave something (to somebody) She left £1 million to her daughter.leave somebody something She left her daughter £1 million.responsibility to somebody
12 [transitive] to allow somebody to take care of somethingleave somebody/something + adverb/preposition You can leave the cooking to me.She left her assistant in charge.Leave it with me—I'm sure I can sort it out.‘Where shall we eat?’ ‘I'll leave it entirely (up) to you (= you can decide).’They left me with all the clearing up.leave somebody/something to do something I was left to cope on my own.deliver
13 [transitive] to deliver something and then go awayleave something (for somebody) Someone left this note for you.leave somebody something Someone left you this note.Idioms
Most idioms containing leave are at the entries for the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example leave somebody in the lurch is at lurch.
leave go (of something)
(British English, informal) to stop holding on to somethingSynonym
let goLeave go of my arm—you're hurting me!leave it at that
(informal) to say or do nothing more about somethingWe'll never agree, so let's just leave it at that.leave it out
(British English, informal) used to tell somebody to stop doing somethingPhrasal verbs
leave something 
aside
to not consider somethingLeaving the expense aside, do we actually need a second car?leave somebody/something behind
1 [usually passive] to make much better progress than somebodyBritain is being left behind in the race for new markets.2 to leave a person, place or state permanentlyShe knew that she had left childhood behind. see also leave (8)leave off
(informal) to stop doing somethingStart reading from where you left off last time.leave doing something He left off playing the piano to answer the door.leave somebody/something off (something)
to not include somebody/something on a list, etcYou've left off a zero.We left him off the list.leave somebody/something out (of something)
to not include or mention somebody/something in somethingLeave me out of this quarrel, please.He hadn't been asked to the party and was feeling very left out.She left out an ‘m’ in ‘accommodation’.