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give up

/ give up /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
allow the other (baseball) team to score
"give up a run"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.
"He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"
"Both sides have to give up some calims in these negociations"
Derived:
abandonment forsaking desertion
Verb group:
collapse fall in cave in give give way
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
give up what is not strictly needed
"he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
Type of:
give
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 4
lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime
Opposites:
claim lay claim arrogate
Type of:
abandon
Kinds of:
lapse
Derived:
release waiver discharge forfeit forfeiture
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 5
give up with the intent of never claiming again
"Abandon your life to God"
"She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"
"We gave the drowning victim up for dead"
Kinds of:
foreswear renounce quit relinquish
Derived:
abandonment forsaking desertion
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 6
refrain from consuming
"You will have to forgo alcohol"
Kinds of:
kick
Derived:
renunciation forgoing forswearing
Entails:
abstain refrain desist
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 7
give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of another
"The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
Opposites:
resist hold out withstand stand firm
Type of:
yield
Kinds of:
concede capitulate
Derived:
capitulation fall surrender giving up yielding
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
verb Sense 8
give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
"In the second round, the challenger gave up"
Opposites:
enter participate
Derived:
quitter
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 9
relinquish possession or control over
"The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
Type of:
give gift present
Kinds of:
yield up sell sign away sign over
Derived:
cession ceding surrender surrenderer yielder
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
verb Sense 10
leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily
"She vacated the position when she got pregnant"
"The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
Type of:
leave office quit step down
Kinds of:
abdicate renounce
Derived:
resignation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 11
put an end to a state or an activity
"Quit teasing your little brother"
Opposites:
continue uphold carry on bear on preserve
Kinds of:
drop knock off leave off sign off retire
Derived:
cessation surcease cease stop stopover
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Frame 33
Something is ----ing PP
verb Sense 12
part with a possession or right
"I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"
"resign a claim to the throne"
Type of:
pass hand reach
Kinds of:
derequisition sacrifice give
Derived:
relinquishment relinquishing release waiver discharge
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Semantic Complexity
92%
Sense Count
12
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
92
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

give abandon lapse claim lay claim arrogate foreswear renounce quit relinquish kick yield