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5 days ago · Leave is a period of time when you are not working at your job, because you are on vacation, or for some other reason. If you are on leave , you are not working at your job. Why don't you take a few days' leave?
Definition of leave noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. leave. noun. /liːv/ [uncountable] Idioms. a period of time when you are allowed to be away from work for a holiday or for a special reason. to take a month’s paid/unpaid leave. How much annual leave do you get? on leave soldiers home on leave. She's on maternity leave.
To leave is to go away or exit. You can leave the country, the house, or a job. This has many meanings, most having to do with departing. Getting permission to take time off from work is taking a leave of absence. To not disturb something is to leave it alone. To abandon or forget something is to leave it behind.
[intransitive, transitive] to stop living at a place, belonging to a group, working for an employer, etc. My assistant threatened to leave if I didn't pay her more. leave something He left college after his freshman year. wife/husband.
to go away from a place or a situation, either permanently or for a temporary period: I'm leaving work early this afternoon. What time does the bus leave? They left for Paris last night. "Does Trevor still work there?" "No, he left" (= he does not work there now). She left school at 16. Fewer examples. The train is about to leave.
[ no object] to stop; cease; discontinue: The professor couldn't remember where she had left off from the previous lecture. to omit: [ ~ + object + off] We left him off the list. [ ~ + off + object] We left off too many of her relatives from the list.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English leave1 /liːv/ S1 W1 verb (past tense and past participle left /left/) 1 go away [ intransitive, transitive] to go away from a place or a person My baby gets upset when I leave the room. Before leaving the train, make sure you have all your belongings with you.
