Antonyms for leaving


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : lee-ving
Phonetic Transcription : ˈli vɪŋ


Definition of leaving

Origin :
  • Old English læfan "to let remain; remain; have left; bequeath," from Proto-Germanic *laibijan (cf. Old Frisian leva "to leave," Old Saxon farlebid "left over"), causative of *liban "remain," (cf. Old English belifan, German bleiben, Gothic bileiban "to remain"), from root *laf- "remnant, what remains," from PIE *leip- "to stick, adhere;" also "fat."
  • The Germanic root has only the sense "remain, continue," which also is in Greek lipares "persevering, importunate." But this usually is regarded as a development from the primary PIE sense of "adhere, be sticky" (cf. Lithuanian lipti, Old Church Slavonic lipet "to adhere," Greek lipos "grease," Sanskrit rip-/lip- "to smear, adhere to." Seemingly contradictory meaning of "depart" (early 13c.) comes from notion of "to leave behind" (as in to leave the earth "to die;" to leave the field "retreat").
  • noun remains
  • verb depart, abandon physically
  • verb abandon, renounce
  • verb forget, neglect
  • verb give, especially after death
Example sentences :
  • I wish we might have talked more—I'm sure—when are you leaving?
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Mr. Bines is my husband, Mtterchen, and we're leaving for the West in the morning.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Leaving the two to pursue their voyage home, we return to Captain Haley.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • This is the first good spring since leaving the settled districts.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • The natives had made off when they saw us, leaving their game cooking.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Light seemed to be vanishing from the universe, leaving them alone with the sea.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • I blamed him for leaving him, and ordered him to find him forthwith on foot.
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • Hardy was leaving just at the same time, and so they went out together.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • Cornelius, leaving his mother, took refuge with his anger in his own room.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The next day after leaving Salisbury we arrived at Mr. Dansley's.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson

Synonyms for leaving

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