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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

  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".

dispense — full definition

  1. verb To give out or distribute something, especially in measured amounts.
  2. verb To do without something, or get rid of the need for it (used with 'with').

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