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left over

left over is the simple past and past participle of leave over.

left over is the alternative form of leftover.

Meaning of leave over

Verb

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

  1. (UK, transitive) To allow a portion to remain unused or unconsumed.
    • The family leaves over enough food from Sunday dinner for Monday lunch and dinner.
  2. Give over; stop it!
    • "Oh, leave over!" he whispered urgently.1924, Collier's, volume 73, page 92

Meaning of leftover

Adjective

leftover (not comparable)

  1. Remaining; left behind; extra; odd; in reserve.
    • Do you want some of the leftover supplies from the event?

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Questions about left over

What is left over the simple past and past participle of?
Left over is the simple past and past participle of leave over.

Words near left over in the dictionary

  1. left one's options open
  2. left one's stamp
  3. left out
  4. left outer join
  5. left outer joins
  6. left over
  7. left peripheries
  8. left periphery
  9. left recursion
  10. left shift
  11. left shifted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: left over (page history and authors); leave over (page history and authors); leftover (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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