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( leaves , leav . ing , left / left / has left )

to go away from a place or a person The train leaves at 8:40.

He left home when he was 22.

We're leaving for Connecticut tomorrow.

to let someone or something stay in the same place or in the same way

Leave the door open, please.

to forget to bring something with you I left my books at home.

I can't find my glasses. Maybe I left them behind at work.

to make something stay; to not use something Leave some cake for me!

to give something to someone when you die She left all her money to her two sons.

to give the responsibility for something to another person I'll leave it to you to organize the food.

be left

to still be there after everything else has gone There is only one piece of cake left. leave someone or something alone

to not touch, bother, or speak to someone or something Leave me alone — I'm busy! Leave that bag alone — it's mine!

leave someone or something out to not put in or do

something; to not include someone or something The other children left him out of the game. I left out question 3 in the exam because it was too difficult.

leave2 / liv / noun

[noncount]

a period of time when you are away from work for a special reason

She's not working — she's on sick leave .

I'm taking a six-week leave of absence from work.

leaves

plural of leaf

lec • tureawЦ / ' lektjbr / noun [ count ]

a talk to a group of people to teach them about something She gave an interesting lecture on the history of science.

a serious talk to someone that explains what they have done wrong or how they should behave

My parents gave me a lecture about staying out too late.

► lec • ture verb

(lec • tures , lec • tur• ing , lec • tured )

Professor Sims lectures on modern art.

The police officer lectured the boys about running across

the street.

lec • tur • er AWL / ' lektjarar / noun [ count ]

a person who gives talks to teach people about a subject, especially as a job in a college My history professor is a great lecturer.

led

form of lead 1

ledge / Ы3 / noun [ count ]

a long, narrow, flat place, for example under a window or on the side of a mountain a window ledge

leek / lik / noun [ count ]

a vegetable like a long onion that is white at one end and green at the other leek and potato soup

left 1

form of leave 1

left 2 / left / adjective, adverb

on the side where your heart is in the body I broke my left arm. Turn left at the church.

—ANTONYM right

left зФ / left / noun [ singular ]

the left side or direction

To the left is the town library. The house is on your left .

—ANTONYM right

the left ( politics ) political groups who support changes in society to make people more equal

The left proposes higher taxes for the rich.

—ANTONYM the right

left-hand / ' left hrend / adjective

of or on the left

Your heart is on the left-hand side of your body. —ANTONYM right-hand

left-hand • ed / |left ' hrendad / adjective, adverb

using your left hand more easily than your right hand, for example when you write Are you left-handed? I can't write left-handed.

—ANTONYM right-handed

left • o • vers / ' left|ouvarz / noun [ plural ]

food that has not been eaten at the end of a meal and is kept to be eaten later