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уступи́ть — meaning in English

ustupit

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English meaning

  • budge verb To move even slightly, especially from a fixed position.
  • cave noun A natural hollow space underground or in the side of a cliff or hill.
  • cede verb To formally give up land, rights, or power to someone else.
  • concede verb To admit, often reluctantly, that something is true.
  • consent verb To agree to something or give permission for it.
  • fold verb To bend something, especially paper or fabric, over on itself.
  • give up phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.
  • reduce verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.
  • relinquish verb To give up or hand over a right, position, or possession, often reluctantly.

Senses

уступи́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • budge To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.
  • cave (figurative) To surrender.
  • cede (transitive) To give up; yield to another. [with to]
  • concede To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
  • concede To yield or make concession.
  • consent (intransitive) To express willingness, to give permission.
  • fold (intransitive) To give way on a point or in an argument.
  • give up (transitive) To relinquish (something)

budge — full definition

  1. verb To move even slightly, especially from a fixed position.
  2. verb To change one's opinion, position, or decision, even slightly.

cave — full definition

  1. noun A natural hollow space underground or in the side of a cliff or hill.
  2. noun Informally, a private room or space someone retreats to (a "man cave").
  3. verb To give in or surrender, especially after resisting.
  4. verb To collapse inward.

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