| Meaning | Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | forfeit, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego | |
| Narrower | lapse | Let slip |
| Broader | abandon | forsake, leave behind |
| Opposite | claim, lay claim, arrogate | demand as being one's due or property |
| Spanish | perder, prescindir, privarse, renunciar | |
| Catalan | abstenir-se, estar-se, passar-se, perdre, privar-se, renunciar | |
| Meaning | Give up with the intent of never / never claiming again. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | abandon | |
| Narrower | foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish | turn away from |
| Spanish | abandonar, rendirse | |
| Catalan | abandonar, rendir-se | |
| Meaning | Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | drop out, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge | |
| Opposite | enter, participate | Become a participant |
| Spanish | abandonar, arrojar la toalla, dejar, desistir, rendirse, retirarse, tirar la toalla | |
| Catalan | abandonar, deixar, desistir, llençar la tovallola, rendir-se, retirar-se | |
| Meaning | put an end to a state or an activity. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s VERB-ing | |
| Model | They give up moving | |
| Synonyms | discontinue, stop, cease, quit, lay off | |
| Narrower | break | Give up |
| call it quits, call it a day | stop doing what one is doing | |
| cheese | Used in the imperative (get away, or stop it) | |
| drop, knock off | stop pursuing or acting | |
| leave off | stop using | |
| pull the plug | prevent from happening or continuing | |
| retire, withdraw | Withdraw from active participation | |
| shut off, close off | stem the flow of | |
| sign off | Cease broadcasting | |
| Opposite | continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve | Keep or maintain in unaltered condition |
| Spanish | acabar, cesar, dejar, descatalogar, descontinuar, discontinuar, parar, terminar | |
| Catalan | aturar, cessar, deixar, descatalogar, discontinuar, finalitzar, parar | |
| Meaning | Give up what is not strictly needed. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | spare, part with, dispense with | |
| Broader | give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody |
| Spanish | deshacerse de, prescindir de | |
| Catalan | estar-se'n, prescindir de | |
| Meaning | Part with a possession or right. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Synonyms | release, relinquish, resign, free | |
| Narrower | derequisition | Release from government control |
| sacrifice, give | endure the loss of | |
| Broader | pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give | place into the hands or custody of |
| Spanish | liberar, renunciar | |
| Catalan | alliberar, deslliurar, renunciar | |
| Meaning | Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | vacate, resign, renounce | |
| Narrower | abdicate, renounce | Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations |
| Broader | leave office, quit, step down, resign | Give up or retire from a position |
| Spanish | dimitir, renegar, renunciar, resignar | |
| Catalan | dimitir, renegar, renunciar | |
| Meaning | relinquish possession or control over. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Synonyms | surrender, cede, deliver | |
| Narrower | sell | Give up for a price or reward |
| sign away, sign over | formally assign ownership of | |
| yield up | surrender, as a result of pressure or force | |
| Broader | give, gift, present | Give as a present |
| Spanish | ceder, despachar, entregar, librar, rendir | |
| Catalan | cedir, despatxar, entregar, lliurar, rendir, trametre | |
| Meaning | Give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Synonym | surrender | |
| Entailed by | submit | Yield to the control of another |
| Narrower | abnegate | Surrender (power or a position) |
| capitulate | surrender under agreed conditions | |
| concede | Acknowledge defeat | |
| Broader | yield | Cease opposition |
| Opposite | resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm | stand up or offer resistance / resistance to somebody or something |
| Spanish | abandonar, desistir, entregar, rendir | |
| Catalan | rendir | |
| Meaning | stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations" | |
| Synonym | abandon | |
| Narrower | sell out | Give information that compromises others |
| Similar to | collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder | break down, literally or metaphorically |
| move over, give way, give, ease up, yield | Move in order to make room for someone for something | |
| Spanish | abandonar, renunciar | |
| Catalan | abandonar, renunciar | |
| Meaning | Allow the other (baseball) team to score. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "give up a run" | |
| Synonym | allow | |
| Meaning | stop consuming. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s VERB-ing | |
| Example | "give up alcohol" | |
| Synonym | kick | |
| Broader | waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with | Do without or cease to hold or adhere to |
| Spanish | abandonar, dejar | |
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