give up
To surrender; to inform onTo surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
» You must not give up hope.
Du darfst die Hoffnung nicht aufgeben.
Вы не должны терять надежду.
Не треба втрачати надію.
Meaning
11 senses(transitive)To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
He was surrounded, so gave himself up.
They gave him up to the police.
(transitive)To relinquish (something)
He gave up his seat to an old man.
The king gave up land in exchange for peace.
aufgeben, sich ergeben, kapitulieren
уступа́тьustupátʹ, уступи́тьustupítʹ, сдава́тьсяsdavátʹsja
поступа́тисяpostupátysja, відмовля́тисяvidmovljátysja, здава́тисяzdavátysja
relinquish possession or control over
(transitive)Devote or dedicate (oneself, one's life, etc.) to something.
I gave myself up to working for this cause.
She persuaded us to give up our time to the project.
(transitive)To have someone obtain (something) to one's disadvantage; to concede.
A good pitcher will give up very few home runs.
Don't tell them where you are, and try not to give up any clues either.
(transitive)To stop or quit (an activity, etc.).
They gave up the search when it got dark.
aufgeben
броса́тьbrosátʹ, бро́сить pf the habitbrósitʹ, прекраща́тьprekraščátʹ
кида́тиkydáty, припиня́тиprypynjáty
stop consuming
(transitive)To abandon (someone or something)
I gave up my faith years ago.
aufgeben
броса́тьbrosátʹ, бро́ситьbrósitʹ, оставля́тьostavljátʹ
кида́тиkydáty, залиша́тиzalyšáty
(transitive)To lose hope concerning (someone or something)
They gave him up for dead.
aufgeben
оставля́тьostavljátʹ, оста́витьostávitʹ
облиша́тиoblyšáty, лиша́тиlyšáty
(intransitive)To admit defeat, capitulate; to desist for that reason.
OK, I give up, you win.
aufgeben, kapitulieren
сдава́тьсяsdavátʹsja, сда́тьсяsdátʹsja, капитули́роватьkapitulírovatʹ
здава́тисяzdavátysja
give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
(transitive)To execute a trade on behalf of another broker.
(US, dialectal, intransitive)To acknowledge, recognize as.
(US, intransitive, slang)To reveal (something).
He gave up that he was the one who opened the door.
Examples
1797 sentencesYou must not give up hope.
Не треба втрачати надію. — deniko
ruВы не должны терять надежду. — shanghainese
deDu darfst die Hoffnung nicht aufgeben. — Vortarulo
Why don't you give up smoking?
Чому б тобі не кинути палити? — deniko
ruПочему ты не бросишь курить? — sharptoothed
deWarum hörst du nicht mit dem Rauchen auf? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
They did not give up hope.
Вони не втратили надію. — deniko
I can't give up my dream.
Я не можу відмовитися від своєї мрії. — shanghainese
ruЯ не могу отказаться от своей мечты. — odexed
I don't want to give up.
Я не хочу здаватися. — deniko
ruЯ не хочу сдаваться. — odexed
deIch will nicht aufgeben. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 5
By meaning 5
By meaning 1
Forms
gives up, giving up, gave up, given upPhrasal verbs
11 phrasal verbs- give upздаватися, кидатиTo surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
- give offвидихнути, видихатиTo emit; to produce and send forth; to come across in some manner.
- give outроздавати, роздатиTo utter, publish; to announce, proclaim, report.
- give inпіддаватися, піддатисяTo collapse or fall.
- give backповернути, віддатиTo return, restore (a thing to its original owner or location etc.).
- give awayдарувати, віддаватиTo make a gift of (something).
- give overTo give up, hand over, surrender (something).
- give intoTo give in to.
Synonyms
43 synonyms- allow the other (baseball) team to score:allow
- stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims:abandon
- give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat:drop outfall by the waysidedrop by the waysidethrow inthrow in the towelquitchuck up the sponge
- give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another:surrender
- stop consuming:kick
- give up with the intent of never claiming again:abandon
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form