Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; a feeling of abandonment and resignation; the deliberate cessation of struggle over outcomes.

    Kapitulation, Ergebung, Ergeben

    капитуля́цияkapituljácija, сда́чаsdáča

    капітуля́ціяkapituljácija, зда́чаzdáča

  2. (countable, uncountable)The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.

    Übergeben, Übergabe, Aushändigung

  3. (countable, uncountable)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.

More definitions
  • the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
  • acceptance of despair
  • the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
  • a verbal act of admitting defeat

Examples

179 sentences
  1. Tom has no choice but to surrender.

    У Тома немає іншого вибору, крім як здатися. — deniko

  2. We have to surrender.

    Ми маємо здатися. — deniko

    ruМы должны сдаться. — odexed

  3. I'd rather die than surrender.

    Я краще помру, ніж здамся. — deniko

    ruЯ лучше умру, чем сдамся. — Hayabusa

    deLieber sterbe ich, als mich zu ergeben! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Did Tom surrender?

    Том здався? — deniko

    ruТом сдался? — sharptoothed

    deHat Tom sich geschlagen gegeben? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. We'll never surrender.

    Ми ніколи не здамося. — deniko

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
an act of surrendering:
Русский
By meaning 1
an act of surrendering:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
an act of surrendering:
the yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand:

Origin

From Middle English surrendre, from Anglo-Norman surrendre, infinitive as noun. Displaced

From Middle English surrendre, from Anglo-Norman surrendre, infinitive as noun. Displaced native Old English handgang.

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Forms

plural: surrenders
Singularsurrender
Pluralsurrenders

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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