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Definition of 'give up' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
"you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"

2. (verb) abandon, give up
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"

3. (verb) drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge
give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
"In the second round, the challenger gave up"

4. (verb) discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
put an end to a state or an activity
"Quit teasing your little brother"

5. (verb) spare, give up, part with, dispense with
give up what is not strictly needed
"he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"

6. (verb) release, relinquish, resign, free, give up
part with a possession or right
"I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"

7. (verb) vacate, resign, renounce, give up
leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
"She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"

8. (verb) surrender, cede, deliver, give up
relinquish possession or control over
"The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"

9. (verb) surrender, give up
give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
"The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"

10. (verb) abandon, give up
stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
"He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"

11. (verb) give up, allow
allow the other (baseball) team to score
"give up a run"

12. (verb) kick, give up
stop consuming
"kick a habit"; "give up alcohol"


Definition of 'give up' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) give up
to stop trying
I didn't understand any of the questions, so I gave up.

2.  give up
to stop doing, having, or feeling
I convinced him to give up drinking.; Don't give up hope!


Translation of 'give up' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to stop, abandon
I must give up smoking; They gave up the search.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: laat vaar Arabic flag Arabic: يَتَخَلّى عن، يُقْلِع عَن Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: изоставям
Brazilian flag Brazilian: desistir Czech flag Czech: zanechat, vzdát se German flag German: aufgeben
Danish flag Danish: holde op; opgive Greek flag Greek: σταματώ, εγκαταλείπω Spanish flag Spanish: dejar de, abandonar; rend
Estonian flag Estonian: lõpetama Farsi flag Farsi: دست کشیدن؛ تسلیم شدن Finnish flag Finnish: lopettaa
French flag French: cesser (de) Hebrew flag Hebrew: להרים ידים Hindi flag Hindi: छोड़ देना, त्याग देना
Croatian flag Croatian: prestati Hungarian flag Hungarian: abbahagy (vmit) Indonesian flag Indonesian: berhenti
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hætta við Italian flag Italian: smettere, abbandonare Japanese flag Japanese: ��
Korean flag Korean: 포기하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: mesti, liautis Latvian flag Latvian: atmest (paradumus u.tml.)
Malay flag Malay: menghentikan Dutch flag Dutch: opgeven Norwegian flag Norwegian: gi opp/avkall på
Polish flag Polish: zaprzestać Persian flag Persian: دست کشیدن؛ تسلیم شدن Pashto flag Pashto: تلیسیمیدل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: desistir Romanian flag Romanian: a aban­dona Russian flag Russian: бросать; оставлять
Slovak flag Slovak: prestať, vzdať sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: opustiti Serbian flag Serbian: prestati
Swedish flag Swedish: sluta, upphöra Thai flag Thai: หยุดทำ Turkish flag Turkish: bırakmak, vazgeçmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 停止 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: відмовлятися від; покидат Urdu flag Urdu: چھوڑ دینا، ترک کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: từ bỏ Chinese flag Chinese: 停止

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