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изоставям — meaning in English

izostavyam

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English meaning

  • abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
  • desert noun A large, dry area of land with little rainfall, vegetation, or water, often sandy or rocky.
  • forgo verb To choose to go without something, even though you could have it.
  • forsake verb To abandon or give up someone or something, often permanently.
  • give up phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.
  • leave verb To go away from a place or person.
  • maroon adj A dark brownish-red colour.
  • neglect verb To fail to give proper care or attention to someone or something.
  • relinquish verb To give up or hand over a right, position, or possession, often reluctantly.
  • renounce verb To formally give up a right, title, or claim.

Senses

изоставям is used for these senses in English:

  • abandon (transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
  • desert To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.
  • forgo To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish.
  • forgo (literary) To refrain from, to abstain from.
  • forsake (transitive) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
  • give up (transitive) To abandon (someone or something)
  • leave (transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
  • maroon To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island.

abandon — full definition

  1. verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
  2. verb To give up an activity, plan, or belief completely.
  3. noun Total freedom from restraint or inhibition, especially in the phrase "with abandon".

desert — full definition

  1. noun A large, dry area of land with little rainfall, vegetation, or water, often sandy or rocky.
  2. verb To abandon a place, person, or duty, especially when you had promised or were obligated to stay.
  3. noun What someone deserves, whether reward or punishment (usually in the phrase "just deserts").

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