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Meaning of surrender | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
səˈɹɛndə(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. Said of a student: subject to examination.
  2. An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
    countable, uncountable
  3. To give up into the power, control, or possession of another
  4. Subject something or to somebody to the command, subjection or control of another.
  5. The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
    countable, uncountable
  6. To submit to the power of another, especially after resisting; give up.
  7. To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy
  8. Give fruit, produce something useful.
  9. The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.
    countable, uncountable
  10. (an) act of surrendering. The garrison was forced into surrender. opgee يَسْتَسْلِم ، يُسَلِّمُ لِ предаване rendição kapitulace die Kapitulation overgivelse παράδοση στον αντίπαλο rendición allaandmine تسليم antautuminen redditionכניעה आत्म समर्पण, अभ्यर्पण, परित्याग, त्याग, अभिभव, अभिभूत predaja, izručenje megadás penyerahan uppgjöf resa 降参 항복 pasidavimas padošanās penyerahan overgaveovergivelse, kapitulasjonpoddanie się تسلیم rendição capitulare сдача; капитуляция kapitulácia vdaja predaja...
  11. To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in
  12. To relinquish possession or control of (something) to another because of demand or compulsion: surrendered the city to the enemy. See Synonyms at relinquish.
  13. To give up possession of; to yield; to resign
  14. To give up in favor of another, especially voluntarily: surrendered her chair to her grandmother.
  15. To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc
  16. To give up or abandon: surrender all hope.
  17. To give over or resign (oneself) to something, as to an emotion: surrendered himself to grief.
  18. Law To effectuate a surrender of.
    Law
  19. The act or an instance of surrendering: The general demanded the unconditional surrender of the fort.
  20. Law The yielding of the possession of an estate to a party with a reversion or remainder interest in the estate, or of a lease to a landlord, prior to the term's expiration.
    Law
  21. (tr) to relinquish to the control or possession of another under duress or on demand: to surrender a city.
    tr

Equivalents

Беларуская здавацца зда́ча
Cymraeg ildio ymostwng
Gaeilge tabhair suas
Galego entregar render
Bahasa Indonesia serah
Íslenska uppgjöf
ქართული დანებება
Lietuvių pasiduoti
Te Reo Māori hauraro
Română capitula
Shqip dorëzohem
Tiếng Việt đầu hàng

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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