give up

English

Verb

give up (third-person singular simple present gives up, present participle giving up, simple past gave up, past participle given up)

1. (transitive) to surrender

   He was surrounded, so gave himself up.

   His friends gave him up to the police.

2. (transitive) to stop or desist; to quit

   They gave up the search when it got dark.

3. (transitive) to relinquish

   He gave up his seat to an old man.

   • 1816: Jane Austen, Emma, Volume 1 Chapter 7

     "You could not have visited me!" she cried, looking aghast. "No, to be sure you could not; but I never thought of that before. That would have been too dreadful!--What an escape!--Dear Miss Woodhouse, I would not give up the pleasure and honour of being intimate with you for any thing in the world."

4. (transitive) to lose hope

   They gave him up for dead.

5. (transitive) to abandon

   I gave up my faith years ago.

6. (intransitive) to admit defeat, to capitulate

   OK, I give up, you win.

Synonyms

• surrender
• quit
• relinquish
• forlet
• abandon
• blin

Translations

surrender

• Catalan: rendir-se (ca)
• Czech: vzdát se (oneself), vydat (somene else)
• Dutch: zich overgeven (nl)
• Finnish: antautua (fi), luovuttaa (fi)
• French: se rendre (fr)
• German: aufgeben (de), sich ergeben (de), kapitulieren (de)
• Hungarian: felad (hu)
• Italian: arrendersi (it)
• Mandarin: 投案 (cmn), 自首 (cmn)

• Polish: poddać się (pl)
• Portuguese: render-se (pt)
• Russian: сдаваться (ru) (sdavát'sja)  impf., сдаться (ru) (sdát'sja)  impf. (intrans.); сдавать (ru) (sdavát')  impf., сдать (ru) (sdat')  pf. trans.; выдавать (ru) (vydavát')  impf., выдать (ru) (výdat')  pf. (trans.)
• Scottish Gaelic: gèill (gd), thoir suas (gd)
• Spanish: rendirse (es), entregar (es)
• Swedish: ge upp (sv)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can

desist

• Finnish: lopettaa (fi), luopua (fi)
• French: abandonner (fr)
• German: aufgeben (de)
• Hungarian: felad (hu)
• Italian: rinunciare (it)
• Mandarin: 停止 (cmn)
• Polish: zrezygnować (pl), zaprzestać (pl)

• Portuguese: desistir (pt)
• Russian: бросать (ru) (brosát')  impf., бросить (ru) (brósit')  pf. the habit; прекращать (ru) (pr'ekraš'át')  impf., прекратить (ru) (pr'ekratít')  pf.
• Scottish Gaelic: thoir suas (gd)
• Spanish: desistir (es)
• Swedish: ge upp (sv), överge (sv)

relinquish

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 让渡 (cmn), 交出 (cmn)

• Dutch: afzien (nl)
• Esperanto: rezigni (eo)
• Finnish: luovuttaa (fi)
• French: renoncer (fr)
• Hungarian: átad (hu)

• Jèrriais: èrnonchi
• Polish: oddać (pl)
• Portuguese: renunciar a
• Russian: уступать (ru) (ustupát')  impf., уступить (ru) (ustupít')  pf.
• Scottish Gaelic: thoir suas (gd)
• Spanish: renunciar (es)
• Swedish: lämna ifrån sig

lose hope

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 失去 (cmn)信心 (cmn), 放棄 (cmn), 放弃 (cmn) (fàngqì)

• Finnish: menettää toivonsa (fi)
• French: désespérer (fr), perdre l'espoir
• German: aufgeben (de)
• Hungarian: felad (hu)

• Polish: tracić nadzieję (pl)
• Portuguese: perder as esperanças
• Russian: оставлять (ru) (ostavl'át')  impf., оставить (ru) (ostívit')  pf.
• Scottish Gaelic: thoir suas (gd)
• Swedish: ge upp (sv)

abandon

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 放棄 (cmn), 放弃 (cmn) (fàngqì)

• Finnish: hylätä (fi), luopua (fi)
• German: aufgeben (de)
• Hungarian: felad (hu) (+ Instrumental-comitative case)
• Japanese: 諦める (ja) (あきらめる, akirameru), やめる (ja) (yameru)

• Polish: porzucić (pl)
• Portuguese: abandonar (pt)
• Russian: бросать (ru) (brosát') 
• Scottish Gaelic: thoir suas (gd)
• Swedish: överge (sv)

admit defeat

• Czech: vzdát se (cs)
• Finnish: luovuttaa (fi), antaa periksi (fi)
• German: aufgeben (de), kapitulieren (de)
• Hungarian: felad (hu)
• Italian: arrendersi (it)
• Mandarin: 认输 (cmn), 投降 (cmn)
• Polish: poddać się

• Portuguese: desistir (pt)
• Russian: сдаваться (ru) (sdavát'sja)  impf., сдаться (ru) (sdát'sja)  impf., капитулировать (ru) (kapitulírovat') 
• Scottish Gaelic: gèill (gd), thoir suas (gd)
• Spanish: rendirse (es)
• Swedish: ge upp (sv), ge sig (sv)

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