give up
verb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
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
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
give up with the intent of never claiming again
Abandon your life to God
Types & categories
- foreswear hyponym
Related & opposite
- abandonment derivation
Sense 3 verb
give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
In the second round, the challenger gave up
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
put an end to a state or an activity
Quit teasing your little brother
Types & categories
- knock off hyponym
- leave off hyponym
- sign off hyponym
- retire hyponym
- pull the plug hyponym
- shut off hyponym
- cheese hyponym
- call it quits hyponym
- break hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
give up what is not strictly needed
he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey
Types & categories
- give hypernym
Sense 6 verb
part with a possession or right
I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest
Types & categories
- hand hypernym
- derequisition hyponym
- sacrifice hyponym
Related & opposite
- relinquishment derivation
- waiver derivation
- acquittance derivation
- relinquishment derivation
Sense 7 verb
leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
She vacated the position when she got pregnant
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- resignation derivation
- vacant derivation
Sense 8 verb
relinquish possession or control over
The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- cession derivation
- surrender derivation
- surrenderer derivation
Sense 9 verb
give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered
Types & categories
- yield hypernym
- abnegate hyponym
- concede hyponym
- capitulate hyponym
Related & opposite
- stand firm antonym
- capitulation derivation
- giving up derivation
- surrenderer derivation
Sense 10 verb
stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage
Related & opposite
- abandonment derivation
- ease up verb group
- collapse verb group
Sense 11 verb
allow the other (baseball) team to score
give up a run
Sense 12 verb
stop consuming
kick a habit
Types & categories
- foreswear hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | arrogate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sacrifice |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | waiver |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | forfeit |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | forfeit |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | abandon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lapse |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | abandonment |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | foreswear |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | enter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | quitter |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | preserve |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | discontinuance |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | layover |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | stop |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cessation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | stop |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cease |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | knock off |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | leave off |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sign off |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | retire |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pull the plug |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | shut off |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cheese |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | call it quits |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | break |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | give |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | relinquishment |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | waiver |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | acquittance |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | relinquishment |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | hand |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | derequisition |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | sacrifice |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | resignation |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | vacant |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | step down |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | renounce |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | cession |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | surrender |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | surrenderer |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | gift |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | yield up |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | sell |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | sign away |
| 9 | antonym | Related & opposite | stand firm |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | capitulation |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | giving up |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | surrenderer |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | yield |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | abnegate |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | concede |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | capitulate |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | abandonment |
| 10 | verb group | Related & opposite | ease up |
| 10 | verb group | Related & opposite | collapse |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | foreswear |