What does giving up mean?

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giv·ing up

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. giving up, yielding, surrendernoun

    a verbal act of admitting defeat

  2. forsaking, giving upnoun

    the act of forsaking

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  1. Giving Up

    Giving Up is a popular song written by Van McCoy that was introduced by Gladys Knight & the Pips with an April 1964 single release. It reached No. 6 on the Billboard R&B singles chart and No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100. In the UK, where the Gladys Knight & the Pips original of "Giving Up" failed to chart in its June 1964 release, a belated cover of the song was recorded in 1965 by Julie Grant with her regular producer Tony Hatch and released that March without evident result. Bill Kenwright also had a UK single release of "Giving Up" in August 1968, the track being the B-side of the non-charting single "Love's Black and White". The song's composer Van McCoy produced a 1969 cover of the song by the Ad Libs that peaked at No. 34 on the US R&B chart. Donny Hathaway remade "Giving Up" for his 1971 self-titled album for which it served as lead single reaching No. 21 R&B in the summer of 1972. Hathaway's version crossed over to the pop chart, peaking at No. 81 on the Billboard Hot 100. The American sax player Kirk Whalum recorded "Giving Up" for his 2010 tribute album Everything Is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway.

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  1. giving up

    Giving up is the act of ceasing to make an effort, discontinuing the pursuit of a certain goal, activity or venture as a result of perceived difficulties or obstacles. It often involves surrendering or relinquishing expectations, passions, dreams or hopes, and can sometimes be accompanied by feelings of defeat, despair, or disappointment. It might also refer to the acceptance of a situation considered undesirable or unfavorable due to a lack of belief in the possibility of change or improvement.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of giving up in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of giving up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of giving up in a Sentence

  1. Sarkis Naoum:

    If The Russians felt The Russians was time for a solution they would have reached an understanding with The Americans to give up on Assad without giving up on the Alawites. The circumstances are not ripe yet for a solution.

  2. Sophie Schmidt:

    I just remember it being a very tough match, new Zealand shut us down, didnt give us an inch. And Im expecting similar from them, that theyre going to be fighting, not giving up on anything, dangerous, and were going to have to be at our best and put in a good performance to get a result.

  3. Bonnie Glaser:

    If tensions ratchet up between the United States and North Korea, then China will end up in the middle, being seen as working closely with the country which is the problem, not giving up its nuclear weapons.

  4. Eleni Vakondiou:

    It was very difficult, and there were many times when we thought about giving up, but we believed in our efforts, we believed that we would make a product that could stand on its own in the market, there were moments when our (food) cabinets at home were empty because whatever income we had went towards research and development.

  5. Ashli Babbitt:

    There has never been a personAshli ran across in her dailylife that didn't love her andwouldn't remember her in someway, shape or form for the restof her life, but this is the game.This is the social mediacraziness that people just runwith a theory and just take offwith it.You know, it is up to us and the ones thatlove her and people like you fornot giving up on it.So I appreciate that, Tucker.


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