how to pronounce leave

/ˈliːv/

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the above transcription of leave is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

leave is pronounced in one syllable

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iː

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video examples of leave pronunciation

An example use of leave in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… the second point third we have to leave the logic of the projects …”

meaning of leave

Leave means to go away from a place, to depart.

leave frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word leave occurs in english on average 263 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics leave can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that leave can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;