refuse
To declineTo decline (a request or demand).
» I refuse to answer the question.
Ich weigere mich, die Frage zu beantworten.
Я отказываюсь отвечать на этот вопрос.
Я відмовляюся відповідати на це запитання.
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To decline (a request or demand).
My request for a pay rise was refused.
(intransitive)To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.
I refuse to listen to this nonsense any more.
I asked the star if I could have her autograph, but she refused.
sich weigern, sich weigern, verweigern
отка́зыватьсяotkázyvatʹsja, отказа́тьсяotkazátʹsja, отка́зыватьotkázyvatʹ
відмовля́тисяvidmovljátysja, відмовля́тиvidmovljáty
(ditransitive)To withhold (something) from (someone); to not give it to them or to bar them from having it.
To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy.
to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks
To fuse again, as with, or after, heating or melting.
(obsolete, transitive)To disown.
- show unwillingness towards
- not accept as true
- refuse to let have
- elude, especially in a baffling way
Examples
2226 sentencesI refuse to answer the question.
Я відмовляюся відповідати на це запитання.
ruЯ отказываюсь отвечать на этот вопрос.
deIch weigere mich, die Frage zu beantworten.
She refused to accept the money.
Вона відмовлялася від грошей.
ruОна отказалась принять деньги.
deSie weigerte sich, das Geld anzunehmen.
She refused to accept the post.
Вона відмовилася від посади.
deSie hat die Stelle abgelehnt.
Unfortunately, Tom refused to help us.
На жаль, Том відмовився нам допомогти.
ruК сожалению, Том отказался нам помочь.
My children refuse to eat fish.
Мої діти відмовляються їсти рибу.
ruМои дети отказываются есть рыбу.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English refusen, from Old French refuser, from Vulgar Latin *refūsāre, a blendFrom Middle English refusen, from Old French refuser, from Vulgar Latin *refūsāre, a blend of Classical Latin refūtāre (whence also refute) and recūsāre (whence also recuse).
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Forms
refuses, refusing, refused, refusedSynonyms
16 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- refuse to do
- refused to help
- refused to answer
- refused to tell
- refused to give
- will refuse to
- refused to accept
- refused to go
- refused to let
- should've refused to
- would refuse to
- refused to pay