how to pronounce оставить

/ɐˈstavʲɪtʲ/

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оставить is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of оставить in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… потому что лучше ничего не оставить мне …”

meanings of оставить

verb:

To keep, to reserve.
To abandon.
To drop, to stop.
To leave, to leave alone.
To give up.

оставить frequency in russian - A2 level of CEFR

the word оставить occurs in russian on average 95.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.