forsake
To abandon, to give up, to leave, to renounceTo abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
» I won't forsake you.
Я тебя не оставлю.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
aufgeben, im Stich lassen, verlassen
оста́витьostávitʹ, оставля́тьostavljátʹ, поки́нутьpokínutʹ
(obsolete, transitive)To decline or refuse (something offered).
(obsolete, transitive)To avoid or shun (someone or something).
(obsolete, transitive)To cause disappointment to; to be insufficient for (someone or something).
- leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
Examples
20 sentencesI won't forsake you.
ruЯ тебя не оставлю.
What is meant by forsaking all?
They had to forsake their homeland.
I can't forsake a friend in trouble.
He decided to forsake his old habits.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English forsaken (“to abandon, desert, repudiate, withdraw allegiance from”),From Middle English forsaken (“to abandon, desert, repudiate, withdraw allegiance from”), from Old English forsacan (“to oppose; to give up, renounce; to decline, refuse”), from Proto-West Germanic *frasakan (“to forsake, renounce”). By surface analysis, for- + sake.
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Forms
forsakes, forsaking, forsook, forsakenSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle