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leavest

leavest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of leave.

Meaning of leave

Verb

leave (third-person singular simple present leaves, present participle leaving, simple past and past participle left)

  1. (transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
    • I left my car at home and took a bus to work.
  2. (copulative, intransitive, transitive) To cause, to result in.
    • The lightning left her dazzled for several minutes.
  3. (transitive) To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.
    • Leave your hat in the hall.
  4. (transitive) To let be or do without interference.
    • I left him to his reflections.
  5. (transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
    • His bow and arrow never leaves him.
  6. (transitive) To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).
    • If we were to leave, the economic impact on a number of European countries would be severe.2018, The Independent, "Brexit: Theresa May 'not bluffing' in threat to leave EU without a deal, Tory minister Liam Fox says"

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Origin of leavest

leave + -est

Questions about leavest

What is leavest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Leavest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of leave.

Words near leavest in the dictionary

  1. leaves to chance
  2. leaves to the imagination
  3. leaves well alone
  4. Leavesden
  5. leavesful
  6. leavest
  7. leavetaking
  8. leavetakings
  9. leaveth
  10. leavetime
  11. leavin'

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