bırakmak — 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.
- dispense verb To give out or distribute something, especially in measured amounts.
- forsake verb To abandon or give up someone or something, often permanently.
- leave verb To go away from a place or person.
- quit verb To resign from a job or position.
- release verb To set free or allow to leave, especially from captivity or confinement.
- relinquish verb To give up or hand over a right, position, or possession, often reluctantly.
Senses
bırakmak 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)]
- forsake (transitive) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
- give in (idiomatic) To relent, yield, surrender or admit defeat.
- 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 alone (transitive) To stop bothering (a person).
- 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.
- quit (transitive) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.
- release (transitive) To let go of; to cease to hold or contain.
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".
dispense — full definition
- verb To give out or distribute something, especially in measured amounts.
- verb To do without something, or get rid of the need for it (used with 'with').