Definitions of surrender [əˈrɛn dər]

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Definition of 'surrender'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) surrender
to deliver up or yield (something) to the possession or power of another on demand or under duress:
to surrender the fort to the enemy.

2.  surrender
to give (oneself) up, as to the police.

3.  surrender
to give (oneself) up to some influence, course, emotion, etc.:
surrendered himself to despair.

4.  surrender
to give up, abandon, or relinquish (comfort, hope, etc.).

5.  surrender
to yield or resign (an office, privilege, etc.) in favor of another.

6. (v.i.) surrender
to give oneself up, as into the power of another; submit or yield.

7. (n.) surrender
an act or instance of surrendering.

Etymology: (1425–75; < OF surrendre to give up =sur-sur -¹+rendre to render¹)

Definition of 'surrender'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) resignation, surrender
acceptance of despair

2. (noun) giving up, yielding, surrender
a verbal act of admitting defeat

3. (noun) surrender
the delivery of a principal into lawful custody

4. (verb) capitulation, fall, surrender
the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
"they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"

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

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

Definition of 'surrender'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) surrender
to give up fighting because you know you cannot win
I would rather die than surrender.

2. surrender
to give sth to sb in authority
He was ordered to surrender his weapon.; the army's surrender

Definition of 'surrender'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) surrender
the act of surrendering; the act of yielding, or resigning one's person, or the possession of something, into the power of another; as, the surrender of a castle to an enemy; the surrender of a right

2. (noun) surrender
the yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion

3. (noun) surrender
the giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail

4. (noun) surrender
the delivery up of fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See Extradition

5. (verb) surrender
to yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy or to an officer; to surrender a fort or a ship

6. (verb) surrender
to give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage

7. (verb) surrender
to yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; -- used reflexively; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep

8. (verb) surrender
to yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, a principal surrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice by a foreign state, or a particular estate by the tenant thereof to him in remainder or reversion

9. (verb) surrender
to give up one's self into the power of another; to yield; as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first summons

Translation of 'surrender'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to yield The general refused to surrender to the enemy; We shall never surrender!
Afrikaans: oorgee	Arabic: يَسْتَسْلِم، يُسَلِّمُ لِ	Bulgarian: капитулирам
Brazilian: render-se	Czech: vzdát se	German: sich ergeben
Danish: overgive sig	Greek: παραδίνομαι	Spanish: rendirse
Estonian: alistuma	Farsi: تسليم كردن	Finnish: antautua
French: se rendre	Hebrew: לְהִיכָּנַע	Hindi: आत्म समर्पण करना, हार मान
Croatian: predati se	Hungarian: megadja magát	Indonesian: menyerah
Icelandic: gefast upp	Italian: arrendersi	Japanese: 降参する
Korean: 항복하다	Lithuanian: pasiduoti, kapituliuoti	Latvian: padoties
Malay: menyerah kalah	Dutch: (zich) overgeven	Norwegian: overgi seg, kapitulere
Polish: poddawać się	Persian: تسليم كردن	Pashto: تسلیمول
Portuguese: render-se	Romanian: a se preda	Russian: сдаваться
Slovak: vzdať sa	Slovenian: vdati se	Serbian: predati se
Swedish: ge sig, kapitulera	Thai: ยอมแพ้	Turkish: teslim olmak
Taiwanese: 投降	Ukrainian: здавати(ся)	Urdu: حوالے کرنا، ہتھیار ڈالنا
Vietnamese: chịu thua, đầu hàng	Chinese: 投降
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