leave out meaning

UK /liːv aʊt/ US /liv aʊt/ 2 syllables

leave out (verb): prevent from being included or considered or accepted.

leave out has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

leave out as a verb

  1. prevent from being included or considered or accepted
    • The bad results were excluded from the report
    • Leave off the top piece

    Synonyms: exclude, except, leave off, omit, take out

    Type of: extinguish

    Kinds: elide

  2. leave undone or leave out
    • How could I miss that typo?
    • The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten

    Synonyms: neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, overlook, overleap

    Kinds: forget, jump

How to pronounce leave out

leave out is pronounced /liːv aʊt/ in British English and /liv aʊt/ in American English. It has 2 syllables.

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