Aufgeben — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- check noun An inspection to make sure something is correct, safe, or working.
- dismiss verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
- enjoin verb To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
- forfeit verb To lose or give up something as a penalty for breaking a rule or agreement.
- 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.
- quit verb To resign from a job or position.
- 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.
- surrender verb To stop fighting or resisting and give oneself up to an opponent.
- waive verb To voluntarily give up a right, claim, or requirement.
- yield verb To produce or give as a result, especially a crop, profit, or outcome.
Senses
Aufgeben is used for these senses in English:
- abandon (transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
- 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)]
- check (transitive) To leave in safekeeping.
- check (transitive) To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
- dismiss (transitive) To dispel; to rid one’s mind of.
- dismiss (transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.
- enjoin (transitive, chiefly, literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
- forfeit To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.
abandon — full definition
- verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- verb To give up an activity, plan, or belief completely.
- noun Total freedom from restraint or inhibition, especially in the phrase "with abandon".
check — full definition
- noun An inspection to make sure something is correct, safe, or working.
- noun A written order instructing a bank to pay a stated sum (spelled "cheque" in British English).
- noun The bill for a meal, especially in a restaurant.
- noun In chess, a position where the king is under direct threat of capture.
- verb To examine or verify something.