leave – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to leave sb behind
Participle: left sb behind
Gerund: leaving sb behind

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	leave sb behind
we	Let's leave sb behind
you	leave sb behind

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to depart; to separate from

beat it, book, bounce, bug off, bugger off, buzz off, cut one's stick, dash, depart, duck out, exit, get away, get out, go, go away, go out, make tracks, move on, namous, part, piss off, pull up stakes, quit, remove, run along, set forth, set off, set out, sling one's hook, split, start, start out, take leave, take off, take one's leave, take wing

go

desert, abandon, vacate

abandon

cease, stop, terminate, forbear, drop

omit

exclude, forget

bequeath

will, transmit, legate, devise

let

allow, permit, suffer

Antonyms

to be idle

energize, make a move, scraffle, scramble, take action, loiter, work

to depart; to separate from

kick out, remain, reside

To reside somewhere temporarily.

sojourn

To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned.

tarry

to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off

remain

to have a settled abode permanently or for a considerable time

reside, vacate, wander

to stay or remain in a place or situation

go, tarry

go

stay, remain, persist, endure

abandon

cherish, defend, advocate, favor

let

disallow, inhibit, oppose, obstruct

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. læfan "to let remain, remain, bequeath," from P.Gmc. *laibijan (cf. O.Fris. leva "to leave," O.S. farlebid "left over"), causative of *liban "remain," (cf. O.E. belifan, Ger. bleiben, Goth. bileiban "to remain"), from root *laf- "remnant, what remains" (see life, live), from PIE *lip-/*leip-. The Gmc. root has only the sense "remain, continue," which also is in Gk. lipares "persevering, importunate." But this usually is regarded as a development from the primary PIE sense of "adhere, be sticky" (cf. Lith. lipti, O.C.S. lipet "to adhere," Gk. lipos "grease," Skt. rip-/lip- "to smear, adhere to." Seemingly contradictory meaning of "depart" (1225) comes from notion of "to leave behind" (as in to leave the earth "to die;" to leave the field "retreat").
2. From Middle English leven, from Old English lǣfan (“to leave”), from Proto-West Germanic *laibijan, from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to let stay, leave”), causative of *lībaną (“to stay, remain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick; fat”).
3. Cognate with Old Frisian lēva (“to leave”), dialectal Dutch loven (“to have left over, save, keep”), Old Saxon lēvian, Old High German leiban (“to leave”), Old Norse leifa (“to leave over”) (whence Icelandic leifa (“to leave food uneaten”), Swedish leva (“to leave”)), lifna (“to be left”) (whence Danish levne). More at lave, belive.
4. The noun is attested since the 19th century, with earliest references to billiards. See: Middle English 'leven', Proto-Germanic '*laibijaną', Dutch 'loven', Old High German 'leiban', Icelandic 'leifa', Swedish 'leva', Danish 'levne'.

Verbs referencing "leave"

Icelandic leifa, Sranan libi, Ido livar, Old French laiier, Polish lepić, Proto-Slavic lьnǫti, Proto-Slavic lěpiti, Russian ливать.

Sample Sentences