leave
verb (AFTER DEATH) /liːv/ (left, left)Definition
› [T] To leave a wife, husband, or other close family member is to die while these family members are still alive: He left a wife and two children.Death and dying C2 [+ two objects] If you leave money or things that you own to someone, you say they should receive it or them when you die: He left his nieces all his money./He left all his money to his nieces.Inheriting and bequeathing
(Definition of leave verb (AFTER DEATH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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leave verb (END RELATIONSHIP)
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leave verb (GIVE RESPONSIBILITY)
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leave verb (GO AWAY)
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leave verb (NOT TAKE)
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Synonyms and related words:
- be fading away/fast idiom
- cot death noun
- crib death noun
- deceased adjective
- departed adjective
- departed noun
- doornail noun
- drop verb (FALL)
- drowning noun
- gone adjective (LEFT)
- in extremis adverb
- kick the bucket idiom
- loss noun
- predecease verb
- road kill noun
- shuffle off this mortal coil idiom
- stone-dead adjective
- strike sb down phrasal verb
- the Grim Reaper noun
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