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opuścić — 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.
  • desert noun A large, dry area of land with little rainfall, vegetation, or water, often sandy or rocky.
  • elide verb To leave out or omit something.
  • forsake verb To abandon or give up someone or something, often permanently.
  • leave verb To go away from a place or person.
  • lower verb To move something down, or reduce its height, amount, or intensity.
  • omit verb To leave something out or exclude it.

Senses

opuścić 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.
  • elide To leave out or omit (something).
  • forsake (transitive) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
  • leave (transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
  • let down (transitive) To allow to descend.
  • lower (transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
  • miss out (intransitive, or, transitive with 'on') To miss an experience or lose an opportunity, etc. that should not be missed.

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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