English dictionary



Hint: Click 'Bookmark' to add this page to your favorites.

English verb: leave behind

1. leave behind (motion) depart and not take along


SamplesHe left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe.


Pattern of useSomething ----s.
Somebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody.
Something ----s something


Narrower (hyponym)distance, outdistance, outstrip


Entailgo away, go forth, leave


Verb groupleave, leave behind

2. leave behind (change) be survived by after one's death


SamplesHe left six children.
At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats.


Synonymsleave


Pattern of useSomebody ----s somebody


Narrower (hyponym)widow


Entailbuy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it


Verb groupbequeath, leave, leave behind, will

3. leave behind (change) leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking


SamplesLeave it as is.
Leave the young fawn alone.
Leave the flowers that you see in the park behind.


Synonymsleave, leave alone


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody.
Something ----s somebody.
Something ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody PP.
Somebody ----s something PP


Broader (hypernym)forbear, refrain


Narrower (hyponym)let


Verb groupleave









Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
Web design: Orcapia v/Per Bang. English edition: .
2024 onlineordbog.dk