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zurücklassen — 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.
  • leave verb To go away from a place or person.
  • let verb To allow someone or something to do a particular thing, or to happen without stopping it.
  • trail verb To follow closely behind someone or something.

Senses

zurücklassen 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)]
  • 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 behind (transitive, idiomatic) To abandon.
  • let (transitive) To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave alone.
  • let (transitive) To allow the release of (a fluid).
  • trail (transitive) To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication.

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".

leave — full definition

  1. verb To go away from a place or person.
  2. verb To let something remain in place, or to allow it to stay without taking it away.
  3. verb To give something to someone, especially after death.
  4. noun Official permission to be absent from work, or the time away itself.

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