leaving
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- noun
- /ˈliːvɪŋ/
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- I had a hard time coping with my feelings after leaving my childhood home.
Here the fact is that you leaving is going to go so badly.
- Here the fact is that you leaving is going to go so badly.
- And let's say it leads to her still leaving, wearing what she was wearing.
- It happens all the time leaving, leaving the military.
- When it comes down to leaving, that's the wrong person.
- Just like narcissism, leaving is on a continuum.
Examples
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Does the thought of your wife leaving your life hurt you?
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The leaving of the guests created a noticeable silence in the hall.
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I feel bad for leaving, I feel bad for staying.
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How was it leaving the White House?
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We should probably consider leaving the lounge about now.
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Some of them start leaving because clients are leaving, franchisees start leaving.
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And then she just walks away, leaving Jace in his little prison.
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I even feel my thoughts about leaving faith are immoral.
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We sweep the day's leavings from our floors into dustpans.
Fiction book (1991) -
Across the piazza, there's a little museum for the found leavings of refugees.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
201
2.3
The time a train, plane, or bus leaves
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The act of leaving a place or situation
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3.2
Leaving a place or people to live somewhere else for a long time
30
3.2
To leave or say goodbye to someone
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An act of leaving a group suddenly to be on your own
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A departure from a place or job
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To say goodbye in a polite or formal way
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9.9
A formal leaving from a place that attracts attention
Antonyms
Compounds
How Permanent
- Formal
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8.8
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6.2
26
3.6
- Formal
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3.4
109
3.2
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186
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Leaving comes from the old English verb leave, which meant 'to go away' or 'to let something stay behind'. So leaving is literally the act of going away from a place or person.