Leaving

Definition: Leaving

Leaving

Noun

1. Act of departing.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "leaving" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Mining

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Leaving

Obliteration

Adjective: obliterated; Verb: out of print; printless; leaving no trace; intestate; unrecorded, unregistered, unwritten.

Crosswords: Leaving

I'm gonna stand at her front door till she lets me in. And I'm not leaving till I get her back (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.)

I'm not leaving without my cats (Mr. Deeds; writing credit: Clarence Budington Kell; Robert Riskin)

Pippin, I think we made a mistake in leaving the Shire (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

I'll swear, I'm never leaving the house again (Speed 2: Cruise Control; writing credit: Graham Yost; Jan de Bont)

Morons! Your bus is leaving! (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

I know you've been talking about leaving (Leaving Town; performing artist: Dexter Freebish)

Your reason for living's your reason for leaving (The Look Of Love; performing artist: ABC)

It's tearing me apart that you're leaving (Don't Turn Around; performing artist: Ace Of Base)

Her leaving me (Pop A Top; performing artist: Alan Jackson)

The language is leaving me in silence (No More "I Love You's"; performing artist: Annie Lennox)

BIBLE: Best Information Before Leaving Earth. (references; author: unknown)

How to act insane: When leaving the zoo, start running towards the parking lot, yelling, "Run for your lives, they're loose! (references; author: unknown)

Leaving It to the Experts (1955)

Design for Leaving (1954)

'Deutschland' Leaving New York at Full Speed (with Prince Henry of Prussia) (1902)

Pilot Leaving 'Prinzessen Victoria Luise' at Sandy Hook (1902)

Train Leaving Philadelphia with Troops for the Coal Mines (1902)

Leaving on a Jet Plane (performing artist: Paul and Mary Peter)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• How to Make $20,000 a Year in Antiques and Collectibles Without Leaving Your Job (reference)

• Leaving a Trace: On Keeping a Journal (reference)

• Leaving Ruin (reference)

• Something Worth Leaving Behind (reference)

• The Solace of Leaving Early (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Leaving Las Vegas (reference)

• Leaving Scars (reference)

• Leaving Normal (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Leaving Through The Window (reference)

• Life, Love and Leaving (reference)

• Something Worth Leaving Behind (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

CDC spray equipment leaving the warehouse at a field office in Laredo, TX, for work in a flood area. Credit: CDC.

A CDC scientist showers in a protective suite before leaving a Biosafety Level 4 laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Credit: CDC.

Truck leaving Station Worland in the Bighorn Mountains Reconnaissance party of Charles Schanck. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Erosion of coral leaving undercut mushroom-type islet. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Private boat leaving Gig Harbor for a day's cruising. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The last plane out leaving for McMurdo Station. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

A last look at the Clean Air Facility before leaving the pole on C-130. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

A large fishing vessel leaving Dutch Harbor on a gray, cold, windy evening. Credit: Fisheries.

The F/V LADY CHERYL leaving port. Credit: Fisheries.

Leaving Roosevelt Roads, fog seen in the basin. Credit: Flying With NOAA.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Import duties may be levied on goods leaving the free zone for consumption in the country on the territory of which the port is situated. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

By a most fortunate chance his leaving Highbury had been delayed so as to bring him to her assistance at this critical moment

I rush in, and save one of the children, and then walk away, leaving the other to drown

Scrooge seized the ruler with such energy of action, that the singer fled in terror, leaving the keyhole to the fog and even more congenial frost

However, leaving that mystery to solve itself, or go unsolved for ever, he drove his task onward, with earnest haste and ecstasy

He came in, took one step, and paused, leaving the door open behind him.

He saw her serious alluring eyes watching him from among the audience and their image at once swept away his scruples, leaving his will compact

For a time he stood watching it swirl by, leaving its yellow foam among the willow stems

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us; leaving nothing but a memory of the smell of smoke and a presumption that our eyes once watered

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Towel dry or shower immediately after leaving the water. (references)

Also, they do not towel dry themselves when leaving the water. (references)

When the area heals, the dead tissue and the ulcer fall off, leaving new, healthy tissue behind. (references)

Business

A husband may bar his wife and children from leaving the country. (references)

Typically, the companies now provide most services, except production, leaving this to local firms. (references)

Some studies estimate that the current number of core ISPs will drop by 75%, leaving a few major players in the market. (references)

Children

Guyana

Many children suffer from neglect or abandonment, particularly when from 1 to 2 percent of the adult population emigrates each year, often leaving children behind. (references)

Venezuela

Approximately one-third of the Ministry of Education budget was dedicated to post-secondary education, leaving both primary and secondary education chronically underfunded. (references)

Guatemala

A similar press report on July 2 reported that police apprehended "baby stealers" who allegedly tried to buy, and then steal the baby of a mother as she was leaving the hospital. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cuba

Police detained six persons before leaving the area. (references)

Congo

Noncitizens reportedly were required to obtain exit permits before leaving the country. (references)

Iran

Married women must receive written permission from their husbands before leaving the country. (references)

Discrimination

El Salvador

There were no new developments in the 1999 shooting of a man leaving the office of the domestic homosexual rights organization Entre Amigos, or in the investigation of telephonic death threats against the director of that organization. (references)

Economic History

Vietnam

Total imports increased in 2000 leaving a small net trade deficit. (references)

Hong Kong

Expenditures were slightly less at US$1.096 billion, leaving a fiscal surplus of US$39 million. (references)

Human Rights

Comoros

Two others then were released, leaving only Cheik Ali in prison. (references)

Honduras

He last was seen leaving his house in Tegucigalpa to meet a police investigative agent regarding a stolen car. (references)

Switzerland

The ECHR noted that the Algerian man had served his sentence and had a regular job as an electrician since leaving prison. (references)

Minorities

Thailand

The Ministry of Interior suspended this program in December 1999, leaving many cases unresolved. (references)

Burma

Economic development among minorities continues to lag, leaving many persons living below subsistence levels. (references)

Cyprus

In 1998 the Turkish Cypriot authorities announced that they were reviewing legislation that bans Greek Cypriots and Maronites in the north from leaving property to heirs residing in the south. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

Employers sometimes prevent Christians in the north from leaving work to worship. (references)

Israel

The two-member Gesher party later split from One Israel, leaving the Labor-Meimad faction. (references)

Guinea

In March 1998, rioting broke out after the GOG demolished houses in the Ratoma commune, illegally constructed on public land, leaving nine dead and 100,000 homeless. (references)

Political Rights

Grenada

In 2000 a Member of Parliament changed party affiliation to become the single elected opposition member, leaving the NNP with a majority of 14 seats. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

To protest the new rules, the HDZ refused to participate in the selection of Federation House of Peoples delegates, leaving 21 seats in the 80-member body empty. (references)

Zambia

The MMD won 69 out of 150 parliamentary seats, leaving it slightly short of a majority; the remaining 81 seats were divided among several opposition parties and 1 independent member. (references)

Trade

Guinea

But those reforms have stalled, leaving the banking sector in much the same state. (references)

Brazil

Each passenger leaving Manaus is allowed a quota of US$ 2,000 (FOB value) of goods of foreign origin. (references)

Ireland

It also may save time since formalities are all arranged before leaving for the international business trip. (references)

Travel

Honduras

Air travelers leaving Honduras are required to pay a USD 25.00 exit tax. (references)

Japan

Passengers should exchange some U.S. dollars for yen before leaving the airport. (references)

Haiti

An airport tax of $30.00 (USD) plus ten gourdes is requested from foreigners leaving the country. (references)

Women

El Salvador

One of the factors that contributes to girls' leaving school is teenage pregnancy. (references)

Cameroon

In the northern provinces, some Lamibe (traditional rulers) reportedly prevent their wives and concubines from leaving their palaces. (references)

Lebanon

Possible loss of custody of children and the absence of an independent source of income also prevent women from leaving their husbands. (references)

Worker Rights

Ethiopia

Domestics have been forced to pay a monetary penalty for leaving their employment early. (references)

Dominican Republic

Field guards reportedly kept workers' clothes and documents to prevent them from leaving. (references)

Indonesia

In some instances, women are held forcibly at brothels or are prevented from leaving an island. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "leaving": at the point of leaving ♦ be late leaving ♦ i am leaving today ♦ leaving area ♦ leaving certificate ♦ leaving examination ♦ leaving hotel without paying ♦ leaving loss ♦ leaving party ♦ leaving point ♦ leaving restaurant without paying ♦ leaving scene of accident ♦ leaving velocity ♦ school leaving age ♦ school leaving certificate ♦ second leaving ♦ without leaving a trace. Additional references.

Beginning with "leaving": leaving-home.

Ending with "leaving": school-leaving.

Containing "leaving": school-leaving examination.

Afrikaans

eindeksamen (final examination, leaving examination). (various references)

Albanian

të ikurit, mbarim (closure, conclusion, date, death, end, ending, expiration, finality, finish, Omega, period, tag, tail end, termination). (various references)

Arabic 

راحل (parting), ‏مفارق برحيل (departing), ‏مفارق (parting), ‏منصرف (outgoing), ‏مغادرة (departure, dismissal, going away), ‏خارج (out, outgoing, outside), ‏راحل (departing, late, migrating, outgoing). (various references)

Chinese 

离开 (Departure, Deserted, Deserting, leaves). (various references)

Czech

beze stopy (without leaving a trace). (various references)

Danish

patentering kan udfoeres paa en varmvalset traad umiddelbart naar den forlader traadvalsevaerket,idet man foretager en kontrolleret,hurtig afkoeling (the patenting of a hot-rolled wire can be achieved on its leaving the wire mill by applying controlled fast cooling), afgangsbevis (leaving certificate, qualification), afgangseksamen (leaving examination), anden behandling (second leaving), der er sammenfoejningsled for enden af de pakkende afspaerringsventiler og mellem de ringformede pakningsventiler,som saa kan hentes op sammen med returledningen for reparation eller udskiftning af en del;resten af sikkerhedsventilarrangementet beroeres i (connectors are located on the bottom of the ram preventers and between the annular preventers to be retrieved on the riser for repair or change of element leaving the rest of the BOP stack undisturbed), dyr forlader oprindelsesbesætning (leaving the herd of origin), efter lastningen saettes togstammen i bevaegelse indtil den naar normal koerehastighed, hvorefter der opbremses, naar den naermer sig losningsstationen (and then slowed down as it reaches the unloading point, on leaving the loading point, the train is accelerated to its normal speed of operation), efter oxydation svejses de ikke-oxyderede gasblaerer sammen uden at efterlade sig spor;imidlertid bliver hverken de sildebensformede gasblaerespor eller gasblaeresejgringerne fjernede (but neither the heringbone segregates which accompany the rimming channels nor the blowhole segregates are eliminated, during working the unoxidized blowholes weld up without leaving a trace), examensbevis (leaving certificate), forordning om eksamen for den korte afsluttende linie (regulations for the examination at the end of the shorter leaving course), i skyggemaske-billedroeret afskaeres mere end 80% af elektronerne i den afsoegende elektronstraale af skyggemasken, saaledes at kun den resterende procentdel naar billedskaermen (in the shadow ώ-mask type of picture tube more than 8O% of the electrons in the scanning beam are intercepted by the mask, leaving only the remaining small percent to travel to the phosphor screen), varer som efter at have forladt landets økonomiske område som midlertidig eksport ikke vender tilbage inden for den fastsatte tidsfrist og derfor overgår til endelig eksport (after leaving the economic territory of the country as temporary exports, are not returned within the prescribed time limits and thereby become permanent exports, goods which), selv ved en lille nedsaettelse af stoerkningshastigheden kan blaererne undvige og efterlader saa spor i form af gasblaerespor mellem randblaererne og den indre krans af blaerer (even the slight slowing down of solidification enables the gas bubbles to escape, leaving traces in a shape of rimming channels between the surface blowholes and the rim-core-junction), sidemur i nedre portkammer (leaving wall, lower round head), slutfelt (device situated at the leaving end of a section to release the entry signal), udflyvningspunkt (leaving point), udløbsareal (leaving area), udløbshastighed (exit velocity, leaving velocity, outlet velocity, velocity of exit), udskrivningsdato (date of leaving hospital), udstrømningstab (carry-over loss, leaving loss, residual velocity loss), vand,der kommer op sammen med olien,opsamles ved udloebene fra separationsanlaeg,behandlingsanlaeg og beholdere og foeres foerst til olieudskillelsesanlaegget:luft-eller gasflotationsanlaeg og bundfaeldningsanlaeg (and passed first to the free water knock-out station, consisting of a skimmer tank and a settling tank, the water associated with the oil is collected on leaving the separators, treaters and tanks), i mange tilfaelde har det planlagte program for nedsaetning af foringsroer omfattet enten en oproemning af boreroershullet eller fjernelse af sikkerhedsventilerne,saaledes at der kan nedsaettes forankringsforingsroer med stoerre diameter eller evt.begge d (in many instances, or both, the planned casing programme requires either under-reaming the surface pipe hole or removing the preventers in order to run large-diameter surface casing, thus possibly leaving the hole unprotected). (various references)

Dutch

eindexamen (leaving examination), einddiploma (leaving certificate, leaving-certificate). (various references)

Esperanto

abiturienta diplomo (leaving-certificate). (various references)

Finnish

loppukoe (leaving examination), lähtökiireessä (in the hurry of leaving), sanoutua irti (dissociate oneself from, give notice, give notice of leaving, resign from), päästötodistus (school-leaving certificate), menoportti (leaving point), koska lähdet täältä (when are you leaving ?), kadota tietymättömiin (disappear without leaving a trace), jälkeäkään jättämättä (leaving no trace), jäljettömiin (leaving no trace), erotodistus (leaving certificate, report), erkaneminen (demerge, diverge, diverging, leaving a traffic stream), ennen lähtöä (before leaving), autojonosta poistuminen (leaving a line of traffic). (various references)

French

sortant, partir (leave), départ. (various references)

German

weggang (departure, going), vererbung (bequeathing, heredity, passing on, transmission), gehen (ambulate, go, go down, going, head, lead, leave, look out, market, move, pass, prove, quit, step, to ambulate, to go, walk, walking, work), austritt (abdication, discharge, escape, exit, outflow, protrusion, resignation, withdrawal), ausreise, abgang (daparture, departure, discharging, dismount, dispatch, exit, miscarriage). (various references)

Greek 

που αναχωρεί (departing). (various references)

Haitian Creole

soti. (various references)

Hebrew 

עזיבה (abandonment, dereliction, desertion, forsaking), הותרה (remnant, residue). (various references)

Hungarian

kilépő (emergent, secessionist). (various references)

Indonesian

berangkatnya (departure). (various references)

Irish

imeacht (departure, to leave), fágáil. (various references)

Italian

lasciare (abandon, allow, desertion, evacuate, forsake, keep, leave, leave behind, let, lets, loose, quit, release, relinquish, resign, slack, to assume), uscita (coming-out, egress, ending, exit, gate, going out, issue, outgo, outlet, release, way, way out, witty remark), partire (absent, absent onself, depart, go, go away, leave, pull away, run, set off, start, start off, start out, steam away, take off, troop away, troop off), partenza (blastoff, departure, parting, start), deposito (account, attic, bestowal, check in, deposit, depository, depot, loft, memory, pawn, pledge, repository, storage, store, storeroom, unloading point, warehouse), avanzi (leftovers, offal, remains). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

辞去 (quitting, retiring), 退去 (departure, going away, recession), 退出 (withdrawal), 退場 (exit), リービヒ冷却器 (leaf, leaflet, leave, Liebig condenser, love, reamer, Reebok, reef, Riemann), 引き取り (accepting), 下がり (a little after, decline, decorative cords, hanging down). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たいしゅつ (withdrawal), たいきょ (departure, going away, in force, in great numbers, recession, the sky, the universe), たいじょう (exit, mossy), リービング , ひきとり (accepting), さがり (a little after, decline, decorative cords, hanging down), じきょ (quitting, retiring). (various references)

Korean 

남김. (various references)

Manx

scarrey (alienate, alienation, break away, break off, break up, come away, detach, detachment; spread, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disjunction, dissociate, dissociation, distinguish, disunion, disunite, diverge, divergence, divide, divorce, draw apart; spacing, insulation, part, part with, parting, relinquish, schism, secede, secession, segment, segregate, segregation, separate, separating, separation, sever, severance, shut off, slough, split up, start, sunder), faagail (abandon, bequeath, depart, descend, disembark, ditch, flitting, forsake, give up, hand down, keep on, leave, maroon, outgoing, quit, quitting, relinquish, retire, season; vacating, seasoning, strand, throw over). (various references)

Pig Latin

eavinglay.(various references)

Portuguese

partida (departure, farewell, flit, game, going, lark, leave, match, parting, party, passing, prank, quiz, sailing, side, start, take-off). (various references)

Romanian

în clipa plecãrii (at the point of leaving). (various references)

Russian 

покидать (cast off, на корме, desert, fall away, forsake, leave, vacate). (various references)

Scottish

falbh (absent onself, depart, go away, go falbhan, going, gone away, leave, to leave, walking : air falbh). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

razilazak (breaking up), ostavljanje, napuštanje (abandonment, dereliction, desertion, relinquishment, walkout). (various references)

Somali

baxayaa (is leaving). (various references)

Spanish

salir (absent onself, break, break out, come off, come out, come up, depart, departing, drive away, drive off, emancipate, emerge, exit, get away, get out, get over, go, go away, go off, go on, go out, issue, lead off, leak, leave, line out, lurch out, march out, pan out, pass out, Pierce, pop out, protrude, pull out, push through, put off, put out, radiate, rise, sail, sail out, set forth, set forward, set out, shoot out, shoot up, stand out, start off, step out, stick out, take away, take off, take out, throw off, to leave, troop, trot along, trot over, trot round, turn up, walk out, wash off), partir (abandon, break, call away, chapter, chop, cleave, come off, crack, cut, depart, district, divide, dole out, drive away, drive off, fly off, go, go alone, go away, set off, set out, share, split, split up, start off, start out, tear, tear up, throw over, walk away), dejamiento (dung, emigration). (various references)

Swedish

lämna (abandon, desert, drop, forsake, furnish, give, give up, hand, hand down, jack in, leave, offer, quit, render, vacate, yield), avsked (discharge, dismissal, dismission, farewell, goodbye, leave, leave taking, parting, resignation, valediction), avresa (depart, departure, leave, leave taking, set off). (various references)

Tswana

tsamaya (go, going, leave, walk). (various references)

Turkish

terketme (abandonment, voidance, walkout), bırakma (abandonment, disuse, exposure, never say die, release, relinquishment, renunciation, resignation, surrender, withdrawal), ayrılma (breakaway, breakup, check out, cleavage, decampment, defection, departure, deviation, disconnection, disconnexion, disjunction, dissociation, disunion, divergence, divergency, divorce, excursion, leave taking, parting, scission, secession, secessional, segregation, separation, sequestration, severance, split, split up, sunder, sunderance, turn off). (various references)

Ukrainian

від'їзд (departure, going, outgo, outgoing), відхід (breakaway, departure, outgo, outgoing, recession, recoil, sailing, withdrawal), закінчення (close, closing, completion, conclusion, ending, expiry, outgoing), залишення (abandonment, absence, desertion, relinquishment, vacation), атестат зрілості, дозвіл (allowance, assent, authorization, consent, leave, o.k., ok, okay, okey, order, permission, permit, permittance, warranty). (various references)

Xhosa

uhamba (You leaving), sisuka (We leaving), sihamba (We leaving). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "leaving": leavings. (additional references)

Words ending with "leaving": cleaving, deleaving, interleaving, sleaving. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Leaving" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eaving, laavin, Lavengro, learing, leavon, legavi, leibing, levinz, levyng, luaging, lwaving. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: vealing.

-1 letter: alevin, alvine, genial, glaive, laving, linage, vagile, valine, veinal, venial, vineal.

-2 letters: agile, algin, alien, align, aline, alive, angel, angle, anile, anvil, elain, ganev, gavel, given, glean, ingle, levin, liane, liang, ligan, linga, liven, naevi, naive, navel, nival, vegan, venal, vinal.

-3 letters: agin, anil, egal, elan, evil, gaen, gain, gale, gane, gave, gien.

+1 letter: cleaving, gaveling, leavings, raveling, sleaving, valeting.

+2 letters: clavering, deleaving, devaluing, elevating, enslaving, evangelic, galvanise, galvanize, gavelkind, gavelling, genitival, graveling, laveering, leavening, levanting, marveling, navigable, ravelings, ravelling, revaluing, revealing, shaveling, slavering, traveling, vigilance, vigilante, villenage.

+3 letters: eigenvalue, eluviating, evaluating, evangelism, evangelist, evangelize, galivanted, galvanised, galvanises, galvanized, galvanizer, galvanizes, gavelkinds, gravelling, invigilate, javelining, leavenings, leveraging, levigating, levigation, levitating, lifesaving, lovemaking, marvelling, negatively, overlading, overlaying, palavering, prevailing, ravellings, reavailing, shavelings, starveling, travelling, unraveling, velarizing, vigilances, vigilantes, villenages, waveringly.