lasciare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- allow verb To give permission for something to happen.
- drop noun A small round blob of liquid.
- lay verb To put something down, especially in a flat or resting position.
- 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.
- quit verb To resign from a job or position.
- relinquish verb To give up or hand over a right, position, or possession, often reluctantly.
- resign verb To formally give up a job or position.
- secede verb To formally withdraw from a country, federation, alliance or other organisation, ending membership of it.
- suffer verb To experience pain, hardship, or distress.
Senses
lasciare is used for these senses in English:
- allow (transitive) To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
- allow (transitive, obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
- drop (transitive, ergative, also, figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on). [from 14th c.]
- 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.
- quit (transitive) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.
- relinquish (transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.
- resign (transitive, or, intransitive) To voluntarily leave (a job or position), in particular a hard-fought position of high status. [from 14th c.]
allow — full definition
- verb To give permission for something to happen.
- verb To make something possible.
- verb To set aside time, money, or another resource for something.
- verb To admit or acknowledge something as true, often reluctantly.
drop — full definition
- noun A small round blob of liquid.
- verb To let something fall, or to fall oneself.
- verb To release something (a song, product, or piece of information) to the public.
- verb To stop doing, discuss, or associate with something; to abandon it.