αφήνω — meaning in English

English meaning

• abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
• allow verb To give permission for something to happen.
• 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.
• pass verb To move from one place, position, or state to another.

Senses

αφήνω 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)]
• allow (transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
• leave (transitive) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.
• let go (intransitive, with of, and, transitive, with object before go) To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on.
• pass (intransitive, legal) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.

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".

allow — full definition

1. verb To give permission for something to happen.
2. verb To make something possible.
3. verb To set aside time, money, or another resource for something.
4. verb To admit or acknowledge something as true, often reluctantly.

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