verb Download 🔗Share To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. Examples : "After arguing with her parents, Sarah abandoned her plans for the weekend. " emotion action attitude mind Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. Examples : "My sister abandoned her dream of becoming a doctor after failing her science exams. " action situation condition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To leave behind; to desert as in a ship or a position, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility. Examples : "Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing." moral action situation guilt nautical military disaster law society state Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To subdue; to take control of. Examples : "The teacher abandoned the old teaching methods and adopted a new, more interactive approach. " action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. Examples : "The teacher abandoned the struggling student, refusing to provide any further help. " action attitude state moral society law negative Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish. Examples : "The company abandoned its claim to the old factory site, relinquishing all rights to the land. " property right law action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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adjective Download 🔗Share Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked. Examples : "The abandoned student's behavior at school was appalling, a clear sign of his immoral choices. " moral character soul religion philosophy negative theology guilt Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share No longer maintained by its former owners, residents or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. Examples : "The abandoned house next to the school has been empty for years. " property place environment condition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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adjective Download 🔗Share No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it. Examples : "The abandoned quarry is no longer being shaped by the movement of the earth. " geology nature environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading