achterlaten — meaning in English

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.
• jettison verb To throw cargo or equipment overboard or overboard-equivalent, usually to lighten a vessel or aircraft in an emergency.
• leave verb To go away from a place or person.
• maroon adj A dark brownish-red colour.

Senses

achterlaten 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.
• jettison (figurative) To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.
• leave (transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
• leave (transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
• leave behind (transitive, idiomatic) To abandon.
• 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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