GIVE UP


Meaning of GIVE UP in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ verb ]

Date: 13th century

transitive verb

1. : to yield control or possession of : surrender

forced to give up his job

2. : to desist from : abandon

refused to give up her efforts

3. : to declare incurable or insoluble

4.

a. : to abandon (oneself) to a particular feeling, influence, or activity

gave himself up to despair

b. : to devote to a particular purpose or use

5. : to despair of seeing

we'd given you up

6. : to allow (a hit or run in baseball) while pitching

intransitive verb

: to cease doing or attempting something especially as an admission of defeat : quit — often used with on

don't give up on the project

- give up the ghost

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.