оставля́ть — meaning in English
ostavlyat
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English meaning
- abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- 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.
- leave verb To go away from a place or person.
- relinquish verb To give up or hand over a right, position, or possession, often reluctantly.
- retain verb To keep possession of something instead of losing or giving it up.
Senses
оставля́ть 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)]
- forsake (transitive) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
- give up (transitive) To abandon (someone or something)
- give up (transitive) To lose hope concerning (someone or something)
- leave (transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
- leave (transitive) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.
- leave (transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.
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".
forsake — full definition
- verb To abandon or give up someone or something, often permanently.
- verb To turn down or refuse something that is offered.