English Explanatory Dictionary

give up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
  2. To relinquish (something)
  3. Devote or dedicate (oneself, one's life, etc.) to something.
  4. To have someone obtain (something) to one's disadvantage; to concede.
  5. To stop or quit (an activity, etc.).
  6. To abandon (someone or something)
  7. To lose hope concerning (someone or something)
  8. To admit defeat, capitulate; to desist for that reason.
  9. To execute a trade on behalf of another broker.
  10. To acknowledge, recognize as.
  11. To reveal (something).
adj
  1. Become fully taken over by a certain quality, activity, trait, etc.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-give up.wav

Word forms

give up gives up giving up gave up given up more give up most give up

Synonyms

surrender yield forlend cease discontinue blin turn away from desert forlet forsake capitulate give in throw in the towel wave the white flag

Derived words

don't give up your day job give it up giver-upper give-up give up the ghost

Translations

Arabic: تَنَازَلَ Arabic: تَخَلَّى Arabic: اِسْتَسْلَمَ Armenian: հանձնվել Belarusian: здава́цца Belarusian: зда́цца Bulgarian: предавам се Catalan: rendir-se Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏲᏍᎦ Chinese Mandarin: 投案 Chinese Mandarin: 自首 Chinese Mandarin: 投降 Czech: vzdát se Czech: vydat Danish: give op Danish: opgive Dutch: zich overgeven Esperanto: kapitulaci Finnish: antautua Finnish: luovuttaa French: se rendre Galician: renderse Georgian: ნებდება Georgian: ბარდება Georgian: ჩაბარდება German: aufgeben German: sich ergeben German: kapitulieren Hungarian: felad Icelandic: gefast upp Indonesian: menyerah Ingrian: antiissa Irish: tabhair suas Italian: arrendersi Japanese: 降服する Khmer: ចុះចាញ់ Korean: 항복하다 Latin: dēdō Latin: exhibeo Old Saxon: afgevan Polish: poddawać się impf poddać się Portuguese: render-se Romanian: se da bătut Romanian: renunța Russian: сдава́ться Russian: сда́ться Russian: сдава́ть Russian: сдать pf trans. Russian: выдава́ть Russian: вы́дать Scottish Gaelic: gèill Scottish Gaelic: thoir suas Slovak: vydať Spanish: rendirse Spanish: entregar Swedish: ge upp Tajik: даст кашидан Thai: ยอมแพ้ Ukrainian: здава́тися Ukrainian: зда́тися Vietnamese: đầu hàng
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