Tra từ leave - Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

leave UK US [liːv] verb [ left ], [ left ] [ left leaves leaving ]

GO AWAY

1. <E > intransitive or transitive to go away from someone or something, for a short time or permanently
• I'll be leaving at five o'clock tomorrow.
• He left the house by the back door.
• She left the group of people she was with and came over to speak to us.
• The bus leaves in five minutes.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Departing

Common errors:
Warning: the verbs 'leave' and 'live' look and sound similar but have very different meanings.
To talk about being alive or having a particular way of life, don't say 'leave', say live:
✗ The best way to improve your English is to leave with a family.
Warning: choose the correct preposition!
To talk about going away from somewhere to go somewhere else, don't say 'leave to' a place, say leave for a place:
✗ Trains leave to London every 30 minutes.
• Trains leave for London every 30 minutes.

• I didn't leave the office until eight o'clock last night.
• A young girl was crying, protesting that she didn't want to leave her mother.
• We gathered our things together and left quickly.
• Soon we had left the river estuary and were heading towards the open sea.
• Your flight to Perth will leave from Terminal 4.

NOT TAKE

2. <E > transitive to not take something or someone with you when you go, either intentionally or by accident
• Hey, you've left your keys on the table.
• Can I leave a message for Sue?
• Why don't you leave the kids with me on Friday?
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Departing

• Guests are advised not to leave any articles of value in their hotel rooms.
• Never leave your luggage unattended.
• It's considered good manners in some societies to leave a little food on your plate.
• She absent-mindedly left her umbrella on the bus.
• That's funny - I'm sure I left my keys here.

REMAIN

3. <E > If something leaves something else, a part or effect of it stays after it has gone or been used
• His shoes left muddy marks on the floor.
• There's some food left over from the party.
• + two objects If I give you £10 that won't leave me enough cash to pay the bill.
• + object + adjective Far from improving things the new law has left many people worse off (= they are now in a worse situation) than before.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Affecting and influencing
4. <E > transitive If you leave something in a particular condition you do not touch it, move it or act to change it in any way, so that it stays in the same condition
• Leave that chair where it is.
• He left most of his dinner (= did not eat much of it).
• + object + adjective The family were left (= became and continued to be) homeless.
• I'll have to go back - I think I've left the iron on.
• You can leave the window open.
• Leave your sister alone (= Stop annoying her).
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Keeping and staying the same ↑Not able to be changed
5. <I > transitive + object + -ing verb If you leave something or someone doing something, when you go away they are still doing it
• I left the children watching television.
• He left the engine running.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Departing

STOP

6. <E > transitive to stop doing something, or to leave a place because you have finished an activity
• Many children leave school at sixteen.
• He left work in June for health reasons.
• She left home (= stopped living with her parents) at 18.
• She's left her husband (= stopped living with him) and gone to live with another man.
• Could we leave that subject (= stop discussing that subject) for the moment and go on to the next item on the agenda?
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Causing something to end ↑Coming to an end

• She walked straight into a well-paid job after leaving university.
• I never get to see her now that she's left the company.
• He left the priesthood to get married.
• My contract specifies that I must give a month's notice if I leave my job.
• After I leave college, I want to travel round the world.

WAIT

7. <I > transitive If you leave (doing) something, you wait before you do it
• I'll leave these letters till Monday (= write them on Monday).
• Don't leave it too late (= Don't wait too long to do it).
• + -ing verb They left booking their holiday till/to the last minute.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Waiting ↑Staying and remaining

AFTER DEATH

8. <A > transitive To leave a wife, husband or other close family member is to die while these family members are still alive
• He left a wife and two children.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Death and dying
9. <A > + two objects If you leave money or things that you own to someone, you say they should receive it or them when you die
• He left his nieces all his money./He left all his money to his nieces.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Inheriting and bequeathing

GIVE RESPONSIBILITY

10. transitive to allow someone to make a choice or decision about something, or to make someone responsible for something
• I left the decision (up) to her.
• + to infinitive I left it to her to make the decision.
• Leave it (= the problem) with me, I'll see what I can do.
• I'll leave it to chance (= wait and see what happens without planning).
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Allowing and permitting
Idioms: Leave it out! ▪ leave a bad taste in your mouth ▪ leave a lot to be desired ▪ leave go of something ▪ leave it at that ▪ leave no stone unturned ▪ leave somebody be ▪ leave somebody cold ▪ leave somebody in the lurch ▪ leave somebody out in the cold ▪ leave somebody standing ▪ leave somebody to their own devices ▪ leave well alone ▪ left holding the baby
Phrasal Verbs: Leave off! ▪ leave off ▪ leave somebody behind ▪ leave somebody off something ▪ leave somebody out ▪ leave something aside ▪ leave something behind ▪ leave something to somebody

noun

HOLIDAY

1. <A > uncountable time allowed away from work for holiday or illness
• How much annual/paid leave do you get?
• She's (gone) on leave (= holiday).
• I've asked if I can take a week's unpaid leave.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Time off work
2. leave of absence
formal permission to be away from work or studies
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Time off work

• I haven't got any leave left.
• He's on leave this week.
• I get 25 days annual leave.
• I need to take some leave before the end of the year.
• We were given an extra day's leave.

PERMISSION
3. uncountable formal permission or agreement
• He did it without (my) leave.
• + to infinitive Did you get leave to do that?
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Allowing and permitting

GOODBYE
4. take leave
to say goodbye
• He decided the time had come to take leave of his home town.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Departing
Idioms: take leave of your senses ▪ without so much as a by-your-leave