Leave and Setting

Leave

Leave verb - To cause to remain behind.

Setting and leave are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Setting" with "Leave", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Words: leaving, leaven, leaved, leaver

Setting

Setting noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.
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Synonyms for Setting

Leave and setting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Leave" instead a verb "Setting".

Nearby Words: set, settling, setter

How words are described

good good leave good setting
typical typical leave typical setting
complete complete leave complete setting
single single leave single setting
Other adjectives: real, general, official, primary, basic.

Both words in one sentence

  • Locking MacGyver in the Store Cupboard When the villain comes back, they leave the clock on the cell door instead of setting it back up.
  • Literature / Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix It allows him to leave 12 Grimmauld Place and make contact with Narcissa Malfoy — thus granting Voldemort an agent in the Order of the Phoenix's HQ and setting the stage for Sirius' death.
  • Film / House of Wax (1953) And while Joe did leave his partner to die, he merely ran off after setting the fire... Matthew also attempts to kill Jarrod after setting it, even staying behind a bit to try and finish him off when Jarrod does his best to put extinguish it.
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