different between away vs leave

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English away, awey, awei, oway, o wey, on way, from Old English awe?, onwe? (“away”), originally on we? (“on one's way; onward; on”), equivalent to a- (“on”) +? way. Cognate with Scots awa, away (“away”), Old Frisian aweg, awei (“away”), Saterland Frisian wäch, wääge (“away”), Dutch weg (“away”), German weg (“away”), Danish væk (“away”), Swedish i väg (“away; off; along”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?w?', IPA^(key): /??we?/
• Rhymes: -e?
• Homophone: aweigh
• Hyphenation: a?way

Adverb

away (comparative further away, superlative furthest away)

1. From a place, hence.
2. Aside; off; in another direction.

   I tried to approach him, but he turned away.

3. Aside, so as to discard something.

   throw away, chuck away, toss away

4. At a stated distance in time or space.
   • 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,

     While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
5. In or to something's usual or proper storage place.

   I'll dry the dishes and you put them away.

   Please file away these documents.

6. In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place.

   The jewels were locked away in the safe.

   He was shut away in the castle tower for six months.

7. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.

   fade away, die away

8. So as to remove or use up something.

9. (as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away.

   Away! Be gone! And don't let me see you round here again!

   • 1933+, Fran Striker, The Lone Ranger, WXYZ-AM

     Hi-yo Silver, away!

10. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.

    She's been in her room all day, working away at her computer.

11. Without restraint.

Synonyms

• (away from a place): at bay, off

Translations

Interjection

away

1. (Northern England) come on!; go on!

Adjective

away (comparative further away, superlative furthest away)

1. Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.

   The master is away from home.

   Would you pick up my mail while I'm away.

2. At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.

   He's miles away by now.

   Spring is still a month away.

3. (chiefly sports) Not on one's home territory.

   This is the entrance for away supporters.

   Next, they are playing away in Dallas.

4. (baseball, following the noun modified) Out.

   Two men away in the bottom of the ninth.

Translations

Verb

away (third-person singular simple present aways, present participle awaying, simple past and past participle awayed)

1. (intransitive, poetic) To depart; to go to another place.

   At 9 o'clock sharp he awayed to bed.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

away (comparative more away, superlative most away)

1. Misspelling of aweigh.

References

• away at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Yawa

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?way

Verb

away

1. to fight; to contend in physical conflict
2. to quarrel; to squabble
3. to go to war

Noun

away

1. a fight; a physical confrontation
2. a quarrel; a heated argument
3. (sports) a boxing or martial arts match
4. a war

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:away.

Anagrams

• ayaw, yawa

Middle English

Alternative forms

• awey, oway, awei, ewai, awe, awi, owy

Etymology

From Old English onwe?, awe?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?w?i?/
• Rhymes: -?i?

Adverb

away

1. Out, away (from), off.
2. Sideways, to a side.

Descendants

• English: away
• Scots: awa
• Yola: awye

References

• “awei, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Quechua

Verb

away

1. (transitive) To weave.

Conjugation

See also

• sinp'ay

Tagalog

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?a.waj/

Noun

away

1. fight; quarrel; dispute

Derived terms

Waray-Waray

Noun

away

1. fight; quarrel; altercation; trouble

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /li?v/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /liv/
• Rhymes: -i?v

Etymology 1

From Middle English leven, from Old English l?fan (“to leave”), from Proto-Germanic *laibijan? (“to let stay, leave”), causative of *l?ban? (“to stay, remain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick; fat”). Cognate with Old Frisian l?va (“to leave”), Old Saxon l?vian, Old High German leiban (“to leave”), Old Norse leifa (“to leave over”) (whence Icelandic leifa (“to leave food uneaten”)), lifna (“to be left”) (whence Danish levne). More at lave, belive.

Verb

leave (third-person singular simple present leaves, present participle leaving, simple past and past participle left)

1. To have a consequence or remnant.
   1. (transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
   2. (transitive or intransitive, copulative) To cause, to result in.
   3. (transitive) To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.

      • Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way.

      • The foot / That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks.

2. To depart; to separate from.
   1. To let be or do without interference.

   2. (transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
   3. (transitive) To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).
      • 2018, The Independent, "Brexit: Theresa May 'not bluffing' in threat to leave EU without a deal, Tory minister Liam Fox says"

        If we were to leave, the economic impact on a number of European countries would be severe.

   4. (intransitive) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.

3. To transfer something.
   1. (transitive) To transfer possession of after death.

   2. (transitive) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.

   3. (transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.

4. (intransitive, obsolete) To remain (behind); to stay.
   • Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.

5. (transitive, archaic) To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke V:

     When he had leeft speakynge, he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe, and lett slippe thy nette to make a draught.

   • 1716 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, The Basset-Table. An Eclogue.[1]

     Now leave Complaining, and begin your Tea.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to end one's connection with): depart, forget, leave behind

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Formed in English by conversion (anthimeria) of the transitive verb leave (“cause or allow to remain available”). Attested since the 19th century, with earliest references to billiards.

Noun

leave (plural leaves)

1. (cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
2. (billiards) The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).

Etymology 3

From Middle English leve, from Old English l?af (“permission, privilege”), from Proto-Germanic *laub?, *laub? (“permission, privilege, favour, worth”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewb?- (“to love, hold dear”). Cognate with obsolete German Laube (“permission”), Swedish lov (“permission”), Icelandic leyfi (“permission”). Related to Dutch verlof, German Erlaubnis. See also love.

Noun

leave (countable and uncountable, plural leaves)

1. Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.

3. (dated or law) Permission.
4. (dated) Farewell, departure.

Synonyms

• (permission to be absent): annual leave, holiday; see also Thesaurus:vacation
• (permission): authorisation, consent

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 4

From Middle English leven, from Old English l?efan (“to allow, grant, concede; believe, trust, confide in”), from Proto-Germanic *laubijan? (“to allow, praise”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewb?- (“to love, hold dear”). Cognate with German lauben (“to allow, believe”), Icelandic leyfa (“to allow”).

Verb

leave (third-person singular simple present leaves, present participle leaving, simple past and past participle leaved or left)

1. (transitive) To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.

Etymology 5

From Middle English leven, from lef (“leaf”). More at leaf.

Verb

leave (third-person singular simple present leaves, present participle leaving, simple past and past participle leaved)

1. (intransitive, rare) To produce leaves or foliage.
   • 1868, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, 2nd edition:

     Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say:

     Yes, but where leaves the Rose of Yesterday?

Synonyms

• leaf (verb)

Translations

Etymology 6

From French lever. Compare levy. Compare also Middle English leve, a variant of levy that may have been monosyllabic.

Verb

leave (third-person singular simple present leaves, present participle leaving, simple past and past participle leaved)

1. (obsolete) To raise; to levy.

References

• leave in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• leave in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Veale, veale