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abandon / ə`bændən /
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ترک کردن ،ترک گفتن ،واگذارکردن ،تسليم شدن ،رهاکردن ،تبعيدکردن ،واگذارى ،رهاسازى ،بى خيالى
ترک کردن ،ترک گفتن ،واگذارکردن ،تسليم شدن ،رهاکردن ،تبعيدکردن ،واگذارى ،رهاسازى ،بى خيالى
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from Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary | |||
aban·don abandons abandoning abandoned
1. [VERB: V n, V-ed]
If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
The road is strewn with abandoned vehicles.
2. [VERB: V n]
If you abandon an activity or piece of work, you stop doing it before it is finished.
The authorities have abandoned any attempt to distribute food...
= give up ≠ continue
3. [VERB: V n]
If you abandon an idea or way of thinking, you stop having that idea or thinking in that way.
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
= give up
4. [N-UNCOUNT: usu with N] disapproval
If you say that someone does something with abandon, you mean that they behave in a wild, uncontrolled way and do not think or care about how they should behave.
He has spent money with gay abandon...
see also abandoned
6. [PHRASE: v inflects]
If people abandon ship, they get off a ship because it is sinking.
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (4th Ed) | ||
a·ban·don1 W3 /E5bAndEn/ v [T]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: abondoner, from abandon 'surrendering', from a bandon 'into someone's power']
to leave someone, especially someone you are responsible for
How could she abandon her own child?
to go away from a place, vehicle etc permanently, especially because the situation makes it impossible for you to stay
= leave
We had to abandon the car and walk the rest of the way.
Fearing further attacks, most of the population had abandoned the city.
to stop doing something because there are too many problems and it is impossible to continue
The game had to be abandoned due to bad weather.
They abandoned their attempt to recapture the castle.
Because of the fog they abandoned their idea of driving.
to stop having a particular idea, belief, or attitude
They were accused of abandoning their socialist principles.
Rescuers had abandoned all hope of finding any more survivors.
abandon yourself to sth
literary to feel an emotion so strongly that you let it control you completely
She abandoned herself to grief.
abandon ship
to leave a ship because it is sinking
>abandonment n [U]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: abondoner, from abandon 'surrendering', from a bandon 'into someone's power']
to leave someone, especially someone you are responsible for
How could she abandon her own child?
to go away from a place, vehicle etc permanently, especially because the situation makes it impossible for you to stay
= leave
We had to abandon the car and walk the rest of the way.
Fearing further attacks, most of the population had abandoned the city.
to stop doing something because there are too many problems and it is impossible to continue
The game had to be abandoned due to bad weather.
They abandoned their attempt to recapture the castle.
Because of the fog they abandoned their idea of driving.
to stop having a particular idea, belief, or attitude
They were accused of abandoning their socialist principles.
Rescuers had abandoned all hope of finding any more survivors.
abandon yourself to sth
literary to feel an emotion so strongly that you let it control you completely
She abandoned herself to grief.
abandon ship
to leave a ship because it is sinking
>abandonment n [U]
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abandon 2, noun
abandon2 n [U]
if someone does something with abandon, they behave in a careless or uncontrolled way, without thinking or caring about what they are doing
with reckless/wild abandon
They drank and smoked with reckless abandon.
if someone does something with abandon, they behave in a careless or uncontrolled way, without thinking or caring about what they are doing
with reckless/wild abandon
They drank and smoked with reckless abandon.
from Concise Oxford Thesaurus
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▶ verb  the party abandoned policies which made it unelectable: RENOUNCE, relinquish, dispense with, disclaim, disown, disavow, discard, wash one's hands of; give up, drop, jettison, do away with, axe; informal ditch, scrap, scrub, junk; formal forswear.  by that stage, she had abandoned painting: GIVE UP, stop, cease, drop, forgo, desist from, have done with, abstain from, discontinue, break off, refrain from, set aside; informal cut out, kick, pack in, quit; Brit. informal jack in; formal abjure.  he abandoned his wife and children: DESERT, leave, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, cast aside, break (up) with; jilt, strand, leave stranded, leave in the lurch, throw over; informal walk out on, run out on, dump, ditch; poetic/literary forsake.  the skipper gave the order to abandon ship: VACATE, leave, depart from, withdraw from, quit, evacuate.  a vast expanse of territory was abandoned to the invaders: RELINQUISH, surrender, give up, cede, yield, leave.  she abandoned herself to the sensuousness of the music: INDULGE IN, give way to, give oneself up to, yield to, lose oneself to/in. OPOSITES keep, retain, continue. ▶ noun reckless abandon: UNINHIBITEDNESS, recklessness, lack of restraint, lack of inhibition, wildness, impulsiveness, impetuosity, immoderation, wantonness. OPOSITE self-control. |
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