leave behind
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
depart and not take along
He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe
Types & categories
- outdistance hyponym
Related & opposite
- leave entails
- leave behind verb group
Sense 2 verb
be survived by after one's death
He left six children
Types & categories
- widow hyponym
Related & opposite
- die entails
- leave behind verb group
- bequeath verb group
Sense 3 verb
leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking
leave it as is
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- leave verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | leave |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | leave behind |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | outdistance |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | die |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | leave behind |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | bequeath |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | widow |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | leave |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | refrain |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | let |