| query | If you s________ something you would rather keep, you give it up or let someone else have it, for example after a struggle .If you surrender something you would rather keep, you give it up or let someone else have it, for example after a struggle . Nadja had to fill out forms surrendering all rights to her property. They had little choice but to surrender their weapons to the government's forces. ...the sixteen-day deadline for the surrender of weapons and ammunition. |
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| word | surrender |
| full-definition | verb If you surrender, you stop fighting or resisting someone and agree that you have been beaten . He called on the rebels to surrender. She surrendered to the police in London last December. ...the government's apparent surrender to demands made by the religious militants. If you surrender something you would rather keep, you give it up or let someone else have it, for example after a struggle . Nadja had to fill out forms surrendering all rights to her property. They had little choice but to surrender their weapons to the government's forces. ...the sixteen-day deadline for the surrender of weapons and ammunition. If you surrender something such as a ticket or your passport, you give it to someone in authority when they ask you to. They have been ordered to surrender their passports. noun You use surrender to refer to someone's attitude or behaviour when they lose the will to resist their feelings or the demands of other people. Depression is a partial surrender to death. A look of disbelief came into his eyes, but was quickly replaced by one of dismal surrender. |
| inflections | surrenderssurrenderingsurrendered |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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