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n.
period of absence from duty, work
1) to give, grant a ~
2) to extend smb. 's ~
3) to go on ~; to take a ~
4) to overstay one's ~
5) to cancel smb.'s ~
6) an annual; compassionate; maternity; research; sabbatical; shore; sick; terminal ~; a ~ of absence
7) on ~ (she was on maternity ~)
permission
( formal )
8) to ask ~ (to do smt.)
9) by smb.'s ~
departure
( formal )
10) to take ~ of
misc.
11) to take ~ of one's senses ('to act irrationally') ( see the Usage Note for vacation )
II
v.
1) ( A ) ('to bequeath') he left his estate to her; or: he left her his estate
2) ( C ) ('to entrust') she left the report for me; or: she left me the report
3) ( D ; intr. ) ('to depart') to ~ for (they have left for London)
4) ( D ; tr. ) ('to abandon') to ~ for (she left her comfortable home for a rugged life in the desert; he was left for dead on the battlefield; to ~ Paris for London)
5) ( d ; tr. ) to ~ out of ('to omit') (we had to ~ this paragraph out of the text)
6) ( d ; tr. ) ('to abandon') to ~ to (we left them to their own devices; I ~ the decision to your judgment)
7) ( d ; tr. ) ('to cause to remain') to ~ with (they left the children with her mother; she left her books with us)
8) ( H ) ('to take ~ of') we left them to muddle through on their own
9) ( J ) ('to abandon') I left him working in the garden
10) ( N ; used with an adjective, past participle, noun) ('to cause to be in a certain state or condition') they left the fields fallow; the film left me cold; the flood left them homeless; ~ me alone; the enemy left the countryside devastated; the war left her an orphan
11) ( P ; tr. ) ('to forget') I left my books at home