give up
give
gÉĒv
giv
up
ƌp
ap
/ÉĄÉĒv ƌp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "give up"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to give up
[phrase form: give]
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āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻšāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻž

to stop trying when faced with failures or difficulties
Intransitive
to give up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When faced with the challenging puzzle, he was tempted to give up, but he persisted and solved it.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻžā§āϜāĻŋāĻ‚ āϧāĻžāρāϧāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§‹āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻŋ āĻšāϞ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϞ⧁āĻŦā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϚāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to stop or end an activity or state
Transitive: to give up an activity or state
to give up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After years of disagreement, they finally decided to give up the argument.
āĻŦāĻ›āϰāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§€ āĻŽāϤāĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻĻāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to voluntarily resign or depart from a job or position
Transitive: to give up a job or position
to give up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She decided to give up her managerial position to pursue a career in a different field.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋

to lose something, such as a right or possession, typically due to an error, offense, or crime
Transitive: to give up a right or possession
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The athlete was forced to give up his gold medal due to a doping scandal.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĄā§‹āĻĒāĻŋāĻ‚ āϕ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĨāϞāĻŋāϟāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻĒāĻĻāĻ• āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to sacrifice something valued for the benefit or well-being of someone or something else
Transitive: to give up something valued
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite personal dreams, she gave up her career to support her family.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āύ āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to allow someone to have or use something
Transitive: to give up sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In a generous act, he offered to give his dessert up to his younger sibling.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ­āĻžāχ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§‹āύāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to let go of things that are not essential or necessary
Transitive: to give up something non-essential
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hiker had to give up some of his non-essential gear to reduce the backpack's weight.
āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ“āϜāύ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšā§‡āϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to stop holding onto or advocating for certain ideas or claims
Transitive: to give up an idea or claim
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Sometimes it 's important to give up your pride for the sake of a harmonious relationship.
āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāĻ¸ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
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āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to surrender control, power, or possession to someone else
Transitive: to give up power or control
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In a peaceful transition of leadership, the outgoing president agreed to give up power to the newly elected leader.
āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ⧇, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāĻŋāϤ āύ⧇āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤ āĻšāύāĨ¤
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āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to cease the consumption or use of something
Transitive: to give up a consumption habit
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After years of smoking, he finally gave it up for good.
āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϧāϰ⧇ āϧ⧂āĻŽāĻĒāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(with reference to baseball) to allow the opposing team to score runs
Transitive: to give up runs
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team 's defense struggled, leading to several errors that gave up runs.
āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ āĻĻāϞāϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to surrender or offer oneself or someone else to be captured by authorities
Transitive: to give up oneself | to give up sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She chose to give her accomplice up to avoid a harsher sentence.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§€āϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻļāĻž āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to abandon hope or expectation regarding someone's arrival, recovery, or discovery
Transitive: to give up sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When you did n't arrive by midnight, we'd almost given you up.
āϝāĻ–āύ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāϰāĻžāϤ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāĻ“āύāĻŋ, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
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āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to end a relationship with someone
Transitive: to give up a person or relationship
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After numerous disagreements, they decided to give each other up.
āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāϤāĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāϕ⧇ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻ¤ā§āϏāĻ°ā§āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to sacrifice time that would normally be spent on other activities for a specific task or purpose
Transitive: to give up one's time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite the tempting invitation, she gave up her Saturday to work on the project.
āĻĒā§āϰāϞ⧋āĻ­āύāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāύāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to let oneself be entirely overtaken by a specific emotion, sensation, or addiction
Transitive: to give up oneself to an emotion or addiction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Instead of seeking help, he gave himself up to the despair of isolation.
āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āϚāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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