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to surrender
01
to give up resistance or stop fighting against an enemy or opponent
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
surrender
3rd person singular
surrenders
Past simple
surrendered
Past participle
surrendered
Examples
Faced with overwhelming forces, the army decided to surrender to avoid further bloodshed.
02
to give away or yield something, usually under pressure or voluntarily
Transitive: to surrender sth
Examples
The soldiers were forced to surrender their weapons to the enemy.
Surrender
01
the act of yielding, giving up, or submitting to an opponent, authority, or circumstance
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
surrenders
Examples
Faced with overwhelming odds, the general ordered a strategic surrender to avoid further casualties.
02
the acceptance or yielding to despair, hopelessness, or overwhelming emotion
Examples
She felt a complete surrender to grief after the loss.
03
the act of giving oneself or something over, often under agreed terms
Examples
The surrender of the city followed negotiations with the invaders.
04
the act of delivering a person into lawful custody
Examples
The suspect 's surrender to the authorities occurred at dawn.
