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English
Verb
give up (third-person singular simple present gives up, present participle giving up, simple past gave up, past participle given up)
- (transitive) To surrender (someone or something)
- Synonyms: surrender, yield
He was surrounded, so gave himself up.
They gave him up to the police.
- (transitive) To stop or quit (an activity, etc.)
- Synonyms: blin, cease, discontinue
They gave up the search when it got dark.
- (transitive) To relinquish (something)
- Synonyms: forlend, surrender, yield
- Coordinate term: give away
He gave up his seat to an old man.
1816, Jane Austen, chapter 7, in Emma, volume 1:"Dear Miss Woodhouse, I would not give up the pleasure and honour of being intimate with you for any thing in the world."
- (transitive) To lose hope concerning (someone or something)
They gave him up for dead.
- (transitive) To abandon (someone or something)
- Synonyms: desert, forlet, forsake
I gave up my faith years ago.
1941 October, “Notes and News: Great Western Parcels Railcar”, in Railway Magazine, page 474:The semi-streamlined contour of the earlier G.W.R. railcars has been given up in favour of a more utilitarian blunt-nose end, and effective floor space gained thereby.
2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 7:The optimistic peace-and-love philosophy of his youth having given him up, he no longer knew how to reconcile himself to an increasingly phoney (he loathed, in this context, the otherwise excellent word “virtual”) reality.
2021 November 3, Adrian Shooter talks to Paul Clifton, “A lifetime of railway achievements”, in RAIL, number 943, page 34:"I tried retirement ten years ago. Didn't think much of it. Complete waste of time. So I gave it up after two weeks."
- (intransitive) To admit defeat, capitulate.
- Synonyms: capitulate, give in, surrender, wave the white flag
- Coordinate terms: give out, give way
OK, I give up, you win.
- (transitive, baseball) Of a pitcher: to allow a hitter to make (a certain play).
A good pitcher will give up very few home runs.
2019 November 14, Tyler Kepner, “After Reports of Astros’ Cheating, M.L.B. Is Left to Restore Trust”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-15:Fiers, who now pitches for the Oakland Athletics, has gone 27-12 with a no-hitter in two years since leaving the Astros. But the last time he faced them, on Sept. 9, he gave up nine runs, including five homers, and got just three outs.
- (transitive, finance) To execute a trade on behalf of another broker.
- (intransitive, US dialectal) To acknowledge, recognize as.
1969, God Struck Me Dead; Religious Conversion Experiences and Autobiographies of Ex-Slaves, Philadelphia, P.A., Boston, M.A.: Pilgrim Press, page 45:The next morning, Sunday, I was boxing with R., who had come over with three or four others to swap a few with me. I was given up to be the best boxer around, and I laid them cold as fast as they came at me.
Derived terms
Translations
surrender
- Arabic: تَنَازَلَ (tanāzala), تَخَلَّى (taḵallā), اِسْتَسْلَمَ (istaslama)
- Armenian: հանձնվել (hy) (hanjnvel)
- Belarusian: здава́цца impf (zdavácca), зда́цца pf (zdácca)
- Bulgarian: предавам се (predavam se)
- Catalan: rendir-se (ca)
- Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏲᏍᎦ (adayosga)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 投案 (zh) (tóu'àn), 自首 (zh) (zìshǒu), 投降 (zh) (tóuxiáng)
- Czech: vzdát se (oneself), vydat (cs) (someone else)
- Danish: give op, opgive
- Dutch: zich overgeven
- Esperanto: kapitulaci (eo)
- Finnish: antautua (fi), luovuttaa (fi)
- French: se rendre (fr)
- Galician: renderse
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: aufgeben (de), sich ergeben, kapitulieren (de)
- Hungarian: felad (hu)
- Indonesian: menyerah (id)
- Irish: tabhair suas
- Italian: arrendersi (it)
- Japanese: 降服する (ja) (こうふくする, kōfuku suru)
- Khmer: ចុះចាញ់ (coh cañ)
- Korean: 항복하다 (ko) (hangbokhada)
- Latin: dēdō, exhibeo (la)
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Old Saxon: afgevan
- Polish: poddawać się impf poddać się pf
- Portuguese: render-se
- Romanian: se da bătut, renunța (ro)
- Russian: сдава́ться (ru) impf (sdavátʹsja), сда́ться (ru) pf (sdátʹsja) (intrans.); сдава́ть (ru) impf (sdavátʹ), сдать (ru) pf (sdatʹ) trans.; выдава́ть (ru) impf (vydavátʹ), вы́дать (ru) pf (výdatʹ) (trans.)
- Scottish Gaelic: gèill, thoir suas
- Slovak: vydať
- Spanish: rendirse (es), entregar (es)
- Swedish: ge upp (sv)
- Thai: ยอมแพ้ (yɔɔm-pɛ́ɛ)
- Ukrainian: здава́тися (uk) (zdavátysja), зда́тися pf (zdátysja)
- Vietnamese: đầu hàng (vi)
- Volapük: please add this translation if you can
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stop, quit, desist
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Basque: amore eman
- Belarusian: кі́даць impf (kídacʹ), кі́нуць pf (kínucʹ)
- Bulgarian: преставам (bg) (prestavam)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 放棄/放弃 (fong3 hei3)
- Mandarin: 停止 (zh) (tíngzhǐ)
- Danish: overgive, afslutte (da)
- Esperanto: cedi
- Finnish: lopettaa (fi), luopua (fi)
- French: abandonner (fr)
- German: aufgeben (de)
- Hebrew: הִתְיָאֵשׁ (he) (hityaésh)
- Hungarian: felad (hu)
- Indonesian: berhenti (id)
- Irish: tabhair suas
- Italian: rinunciare (it), desistere (it), rassegnarsi (it), darla su
- Japanese: 諦める (ja) (akirameru)
- Korean: 포기하다 (ko) (pogihada)
- Polish: zrezygnować (pl), zaprzestać (pl)
- Portuguese: desistir (pt), largar (pt)
- Romanian: se da bătut, renunța (ro), lăsa (ro)
- Russian: броса́ть (ru) impf (brosátʹ), бро́сить (ru) pf (brósitʹ) the habit; прекраща́ть (ru) impf (prekraščátʹ), прекрати́ть (ru) pf (prekratítʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: thoir suas
- Slovak: vzdať
- Spanish: desistir (es)
- Swedish: ge upp (sv), överge (sv)
- Thai: เลิก (th) (lə̂ək), วางมือ (waang-mʉʉ)
- Ukrainian: кида́ти (uk) (kydáty), припиня́ти (prypynjáty)
- Vietnamese: bỏ cuộc (vi)
- Welsh: rhoi'r gorau
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abandon
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Bulgarian: изоставям (bg) (izostavjam)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 放棄/放弃 (zh) (fàngqì)
- Danish: overgive
- Finnish: hylätä (fi), luopua (fi)
- German: aufgeben (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient: ἀπογιγνώσκω (apogignṓskō) (+ genitive)
- Hebrew: וִתֵּר (he) (vittér)
- Hungarian: felad (hu) (+ instrumental-comitative case)
- Indonesian: mengabaikan (id)
- Irish: tabhair suas
- Italian: abbandonare (it), rinunciare (it), darla su
- Japanese: 諦める (ja) (あきらめる, akirameru), やめる (ja) (yameru)
- Kazakh: тәркі ету (tärkı etu)
- Polish: porzucić (pl)
- Portuguese: abandonar (pt)
- Russian: броса́ть (ru) impf (brosátʹ), бро́сить (ru) pf (brósitʹ), оставля́ть (ru) impf (ostavljátʹ), оста́вить (ru) pf (ostávitʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: thoir suas
- Slovak: vzdať sa, opustiť
- Spanish: abandonar (es)
- Swedish: överge (sv)
- Thai: ละ (th) (lá), ทิ้ง (th) (tíng)
- Ukrainian: кида́ти (uk) (kydáty), залиша́ти (zalyšáty)
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admit defeat
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 認輸投降/认输投降 (rènshū tóuxiáng)
- Czech: vzdát se (cs)
- Danish: kapitulere
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: luovuttaa (fi), antaa periksi (fi)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: aufgeben (de), kapitulieren (de)
- Hebrew: וִתֵּר (he) (vittér), נִכְנַע (nichná), הִתְיָאֵשׁ (he) (hityaésh)
- Hungarian: felad (hu), (“I give up”, I won't guess the solution anymore) szabad a gazda
- Irish: tabhair suas
- Italian: arrendersi (it)
- Khmer: ចុះចាញ់ (coh cañ)
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: poddać się (pl)
- Portuguese: desistir (pt)
- Russian: сдава́ться (ru) impf (sdavátʹsja), сда́ться (ru) impf (sdátʹsja), капитули́ровать (ru) impf or pf (kapitulírovatʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: gèill, thoir suas
- Slovak: vzdať sa, vzdávať sa
- Spanish: rendirse (es)
- Swedish: ge upp (sv), ge sig
- Thai: ยอม (th) (yɔɔm), ยอมแพ้ (yɔɔm-pɛ́ɛ)
- Turkish: pes etmek (tr)
- Ukrainian: здава́тися (uk) (zdavátysja)
- Vietnamese: đầu hàng (vi)
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Adjective
give up (comparative more give up, superlative most give up)
- (US dialectal) Become fully taken over by a certain quality, activity, trait, etc.
c. 1808, Mary Woody, A true account of Nayomy Wise:And now She Seems give up to Sin / Too much neglecting grace within
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