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From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
give way
v 1: move in order to make room for someone for something; "The
park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told
the crowd" [syn: move over, give, ease up, yield]
2: break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall
collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke";
"The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof
finally gave under the weight of the ice" [syn: collapse,
fall in, cave in, give, break, founder]
3: end resistance, especially under pressure or force; "The
door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram" [syn:
yield]
4: stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went";
"The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke
down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The
engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went
after the accident" [syn: fail, go bad, die, give
out, conk out, go, break, break down]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
give way
vb.
1 To yield to persistent persuasion.
2 To collapse or break under physical stresses.
3 To be followed, succeeded, or replaced by.
4 To give precedence to other road users.
5 To allow another person to intervene to make a point or ask a
question whilst one is delivering a speech.
6 To allow the expression of (a pent-up emotion, grief, etc.).
7 (lb en mostly imperative as command to the crew) To begin rowing.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
give way
vb.
1 To yield to persistent persuasion.
2 To collapse or break under physical stresses.
3 To be followed, succeeded, or replaced by.
4 To give precedence to other road users.
5 To allow another person to intervene to make a point or ask a
question whilst one is delivering a speech.
6 To allow the expression of (a pent-up emotion, grief, etc.).
7 (lb en mostly imperative as command to the crew) To begin rowing.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
give way
vb.
1 To yield to persistent persuasion.
2 To collapse or break under physical stresses.
3 To be followed, succeeded, or replaced by.
4 To give precedence to other road users.
5 To allow another person to intervene to make a point or ask a
question whilst one is delivering a speech.
6 To allow the expression of (a pent-up emotion, grief, etc.).
7 (lb en mostly imperative as command to the crew) To begin rowing.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
give way
vb.
1 To yield to persistent persuasion.
2 To collapse or break under physical stresses.
3 To be followed, succeeded, or replaced by.
4 To give precedence to other road users.
5 To allow another person to intervene to make a point or ask a
question whilst one is delivering a speech.
6 To allow the expression of (a pent-up emotion, grief, etc.).
7 (lb en mostly imperative as command to the crew) To begin rowing.
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
give way /ɡˈɪv wˈeɪ/
1. поддавам
to collapse or break under physical stress
2. давам път
to give precedence to other road users
3. отстъпвам
to yield to persistent persuasion
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
give way /ɡˈɪv wˈeɪ/
uvolnit
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
give way /ɡˈɪv wˈeɪ/
prasknout
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
give way /ɡˈɪv wˈeɪ/
ustoupit
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
give way /ɡˈɪv wˈeɪ/
povolit
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
give way /ɡˈɪv wˈeɪ/
zřítit se
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
give way /ɡˈɪv wˈeɪ/
podlomit se
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
give way /ɡˈɪv wˈeɪ/
[Br.] Vorfahrt/Vorrang/Vortritt geben
Synonym: yield
see: right of way, priority to right, yield, give way, yield
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
give way /ɡˈɪv wˈeɪ/
[Br.] „Vorfahrt beachten“
Synonym: yield
see: right of way, priority to right, yield, give way, yield
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
give way /ɡˈɪv wˈeɪ/
nachgeben, einknicken
"give way to sb. (on a matter)" - vor jdm. kapitulieren (bei einer Sache)
see: giving way, given way
From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]
give way /ɡˈɪv wˈeɪ/
συμβιβάζω, δίνω προτεραιότητα
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
give way /ɡˈɪv wˈeɪ/
1. tehdä tilaa
to be followed by
2. sortua
to collapse or break under physical stress
3. väistää
to give precedence to other road users
4. antaa periksi
to yield to persistent persuasion
From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 : [ freedict:eng-fra ]
give way /givwei/
abandonner, abdiquer, céder, reculer
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
give way /ɡˈɪv wˈeɪ/
elsôbbségadás kötelezô
From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]
give way /givwei/
abdicar, alhear, ceder, submeter-se, transigir
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
give way /ɡˈɪv wˈeɪ/
1. ge efter, vika
to collapse or break under physical stress
2. väja
to give precedence to other road users
3. ge med sig
to yield to persistent persuasion
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
164 Moby Thesaurus words for "give way":
abandon hope, accommodate, adjust, aye, back down, beat down,
become suicidal, bend, break, break off combat, break open,
break up, burst, carry away, catch a crab, cave, cave in,
cease resistance, cheapen, collapse, come apart, come off,
come undone, come unstuck, compose, compound, compromise, conk out,
cop out, crack, crack up, crumble, cut, cut a crab, cut prices,
decline, deflate, depreciate, despair, despair of, despond,
devaluate, disintegrate, dive, droop, drop, duck responsibility,
evade responsibility, fade, fail, faint, fall, fall in price,
fall off, fall to pieces, falter, feather, feather an oar, fissure,
fizzle out, flag, flop, flop down, flump, flump down, fly apart,
founder, fracture, get loose, give, give and take, give away,
give ground, give in, give out, give up, give up hope, go down,
go downhill, go fifty-fifty, go soft, go to pieces,
hit rock bottom, hit the skids, jew down, languish, lapse,
lose heart, lose hope, lower, make a deal, make an adjustment,
make concessions, mark down, meet halfway, nose-dive, pace, paddle,
pare, peel off, peg out, peter out, pine, play politics, plop,
plop down, plumb the depths, plummet, plump, plunge, ply the oar,
poop out, pull, punt, quit the field, reach a compromise,
reach the depths, reduce, relax, relent, row, row away, row dry,
rupture, sag, scull, set, settle, settle down, shave, ship oars,
shoot, sink, sink down, sink into despair, sky an oar, slash,
slouch, slump, slump down, snap, split, split the difference,
spring a leak, spring apart, start, strike a balance,
strike a bargain, submerge, submit, subside, surrender, swag,
take the mean, touch bottom, trim, unbend, unravel, weaken,
wear away, wear thin, wilt, yield, yield to despair
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
让路,让步;撤退
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
让步,让路
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