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From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  give up
       v 1: lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime
            [syn: forfeit, throw overboard, waive, forgo]
            [ant: claim]
       2: give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon
          your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her
          ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the
          drowning victim up for dead" [syn: abandon]
       3: give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat;
          "In the second round, the challenger gave up" [syn: drop
          out, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw
          in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge]
          [ant: enter]
       4: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your
          little brother" [syn: discontinue, stop, cease, quit,
           lay off] [ant: continue]
       5: give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could
          spare one of their horses to speed his journey" [syn: spare,
           part with, dispense with]
       6: part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my
          bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to
          the throne" [syn: release, relinquish, resign, free]
       7: leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She
          vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman
          resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
          [syn: vacate, resign, renounce]
       8: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to
          surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn: surrender,
           cede, deliver]
       9: give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of
          another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
          [syn: surrender] [ant: resist]
       10: stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.;
           "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in
           marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some calims in
           these negociations" [syn: abandon]
       11: allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run"
           [syn: allow]
       12: refrain from consuming; "You will have to forgo alcohol"
           [syn: forgo]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  give up
     Αγγλικά vb.
     εγκαταλείπω, παραιτούμαι από την προσπάθεια

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  give up
     a.
     (lb en US dialectal) Become fully taken over by a certain quality,
  activity, trait, etc.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To surrender (q: someone or something)
     2 (lb en transitive) To stop or quit (q: an activity, etc.)
     3 (lb en transitive) To relinquish (q: something)
     4 (lb en transitive) To lose hope concerning (q: someone or
  something)
     5 (lb en transitive) To abandon (q: someone or something)
     6 (lb en intransitive) To admit defeat, capitulate.
     7 (lb en transitive baseball) Of a pitcher#Noun: to allow a
  hitter#Noun to make (a certain play).
     8 (lb en transitive finance) To execute a trade on behalf of another
  broker.
     9 (lb en intransitive US dialectal) To acknowledge#Verb,
  recognize#Verb as.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  give up
     a.
     (lb en US dialectal) Become fully taken over by a certain quality,
  activity, trait, etc.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To surrender (q: someone or something)
     2 (lb en transitive) To stop or quit (q: an activity, etc.)
     3 (lb en transitive) To relinquish (q: something)
     4 (lb en transitive) To lose hope concerning (q: someone or
  something)
     5 (lb en transitive) To abandon (q: someone or something)
     6 (lb en intransitive) To admit defeat, capitulate.
     7 (lb en transitive baseball) Of a pitcher#Noun: to allow a
  hitter#Noun to make (a certain play).
     8 (lb en transitive finance) To execute a trade on behalf of another
  broker.
     9 (lb en intransitive US dialectal) To acknowledge#Verb,
  recognize#Verb as.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  give up
     a.
     (lb en US dialectal) Become fully taken over by a certain quality,
  activity, trait, etc.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To surrender (q: someone or something)
     2 (lb en transitive) To stop or quit (q: an activity, etc.)
     3 (lb en transitive) To relinquish (q: something)
     4 (lb en transitive) To lose hope concerning (q: someone or
  something)
     5 (lb en transitive) To abandon (q: someone or something)
     6 (lb en intransitive) To admit defeat, capitulate.
     7 (lb en transitive baseball) Of a pitcher#Noun: to allow a
  hitter#Noun to make (a certain play).
     8 (lb en transitive finance) To execute a trade on behalf of another
  broker.
     9 (lb en intransitive US dialectal) To acknowledge#Verb,
  recognize#Verb as.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  give up
     a.
     (lb en US dialectal) Become fully taken over by a certain quality,
  activity, trait, etc.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To surrender (q: someone or something)
     2 (lb en transitive) To stop or quit (q: an activity, etc.)
     3 (lb en transitive) To relinquish (q: something)
     4 (lb en transitive) To lose hope concerning (q: someone or
  something)
     5 (lb en transitive) To abandon (q: someone or something)
     6 (lb en intransitive) To admit defeat, capitulate.
     7 (lb en transitive baseball) Of a pitcher#Noun: to allow a
  hitter#Noun to make (a certain play).
     8 (lb en transitive finance) To execute a trade on behalf of another
  broker.
     9 (lb en intransitive US dialectal) To acknowledge#Verb,
  recognize#Verb as.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  give up
     Englanti vb.
     1 luovuttaa, jättää sikseen
     2 lopettaa (jokin säännöllinen tekeminen), luopua (jostakin tavasta)
     3 luopua jostakin, luovuttaa jotakin
     4 '''give''' oneself '''up''' – antautua (poliisille tms.)
     5 luopua toivosta jonkun/jonkin löytymiseksi yms., olettaa kuolleeksi
  t. kadonneeksi

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  give up
     Engelska vb.
     1 avsäga sig
     2 överge (t.ex. en tanke, en idé, ett mål)
     3 ge upp, ge sig, sluta kämpa

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  give up /ɡˈɪv ˈʌp/ 
  1. изоставям
  abandon
  2. преставам
  stop, quit, desist
  3. предавам се
  surrender