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Plural of leave

regular plural

The plural of leave is leaves.

Forms of leave

Singularleave /ˈliːv/
Pluralleaves /ˈliːvz/
Countablecountable

Leaves in a sentence

  • His bow and arrow never leaves him.
  • He made 45 leaves in his innings of 64.
  • The tomato plants had some kind of disease that left their leaves splotchy and their fruit withered.From the entry disease
  • Don't kill yourself raking the leaves now; we're due for a windstorm tonight.From the entry kill
  • They used twigs and leaves as a base to start the fire.From the entry twig

Meaning of leave

  1. verb 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.
  2. verb To cause, to result in.
  3. verb To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.

Full definition of leave

Questions about the plural of leave

What is the plural of leave?
The plural of leave is leaves.
Is leave countable?
Leave is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: leave (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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