give up

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
2. (transitive) To relinquish (something)
3. (transitive) To have someone obtain (something) to one's disadvantage; to concede.
4. (transitive) To stop or quit (an activity, etc.)
5. (transitive) To abandon (someone or something)
6. (transitive) To lose hope concerning (someone or something)
7. (intransitive) To admit defeat, capitulate.
8. (transitive) To execute a trade on behalf of another broker.
9. (US, dialectal, intransitive) To acknowledge, recognize as.
10. (US, intransitive, slang) To reveal (something).

Adj

Become fully taken over by a certain quality, activity, trait, etc.

Synonyms

abandon

renounce

relinquish

quit

surrender

resign

leave

yield

stop

🛑

give way

concede

forsake

give in

forgo

cease

desert

🏜️

capitulate

cede

waive

hand over

discontinue

sacrifice

abnegate

vacate

lose

forego

abstain from

discard

leave behind

drop

deliver

throw in the towel

lay off

submit

avoid

neglect

drop out

expel

reject

abolish

throw away

release

yield up

kick

retire

hand in

back down

give away

grant

forfeit

Translations

abandonner

aufgeben

renoncer

abandonar

desistir

renunciar

céder

abandonar

εγκαταλείπω

renunciar

résigner

ترك

desistere

desistir

arrendersi

Sentences

Maybe that's why they give up on it so early , too .