abandon
A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitionsA yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. (Now especially in the phrase with abandon.)
» They were abandoned by their mother.
Sie wurden von ihrer Mutter verlassen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Их мать их бросила. — Alexword
Мать их бросила. — marafon
Їхня матір їх покинула. — uaspeaker
Вони були кинуті іхньою матір'ю. — rmdas
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. (Now especially in the phrase with abandon.)
with gay abandon, with wild abandon, with reckless abandon
Hingabe, Ungezwungenheit, Selbstvergessenheit
несде́ржанностьnesdéržannostʹ, необу́зданностьneobúzdannostʹ, импульси́вностьimpulʹsívnostʹ
нестри́маністьnestrýmanistʹ
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Abandonment; relinquishment.
- the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
- a feeling of extreme emotional intensity
Examples
860 sentencesThey were abandoned by their mother.
Їхня матір їх покинула. — uaspeaker
ruИх мать их бросила. — Alexword
deSie wurden von ihrer Mutter verlassen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I have abandoned the idea of buying a house.
Я відмовився від ідеї купити будинок. — deniko
ruЯ отказался от идеи купить дом. — sharptoothed
deIch habe die Idee aufgegeben, mir ein Haus zu kaufen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
He abandoned the plan.
Він відмовився від плану. — deniko
ruОн отказался от плана. — odexed
deEr gab den Plan auf. — Yorwba
He abandoned the idea.
Він відмовився від цієї ідеї. — deniko
ruОн отказался от этой идеи. — Hellerick
deEr gab die Idee auf. — a_coder
He abandoned his family.
Він кинув родину. — deniko
ruОн бросил семью. — marafon
deEr verließ seine Familie. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English abandoun, from Old French abandon, from Old French abondonner.From Middle English abandoun, from Old French abandon, from Old French abondonner.
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Forms
plural: abandonsSynonyms
7 synonyms- the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry:wantonnessunconstraint
- a feeling of extreme emotional intensity:wildness
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
10 patterns- abandoned his family
- an an abandoned
- an abandoned building
- abandoned the idea
- abandoned the plan
- abandoned building
- had to abandon
- abandoned house
- abandoned hope
- to abandon that