"leave out" meaning in English

See leave out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: leaves out [present, singular, third-person], leaving out [participle, present], left out [participle, past], left out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|leave<,,left> out}} leave out (third-person singular simple present leaves out, present participle leaving out, simple past and past participle left out)
  1. To omit, to not include, to neglect to mention.
    Sense id: en-leave_out-en-verb-65x7eycz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 55 45
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see leave, out. Synonyms: exclude, miss out, omit Derived forms: leave it out
    Sense id: en-leave_out-en-verb-YpWj2Py0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 55 45

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for leave out meaning in English (2.4kB)

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