leave
Base form
leave
/liːv/
Past simple
left
/left/
Past participle
left
/left/
MeaningA1
to go away from a place
to leave someone alone
In use
- Negative · Form 1Don’t leave your bag on the train again!
- Question · Form 1What time did you leave the office?
- Past simple · Form 2We left the party at midnight and shared a taxi home.
- Past simple · Form 2Maria left her job in June to travel round Asia.
- Present perfect · Form 3Someone has left an umbrella in the meeting room.
- Passive · Form 3The children were left with their grandparents for the weekend.
Watch out
Left in both forms, never leaved; left is also the opposite of right.
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