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Abandon: Definition, Usage & Key Examples (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：desert or forsake (abandon)

abandon 🔊

/əˈbændən/

vt.

to leave someone or something you should take care of, and not come back.

Abandon meaning illustrated by a lonely teddy bear left on a park bench.

desert or forsake 🔊

➕

/dɪˈzɜːrt ɔːr fɔːrˈseɪk/

vt.

To leave a person, place, or thing permanently, especially when you have a responsibility to care for them.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Old French 'abandoner', from 'a bandon' (at one's control), meaning to give up control.

💡 Mnemonic

A band on the run leaves someone behind—they 'abandon' their post.

📖 Example

The rescue team found a puppy that had been abandoned by the roadside. 🔊 The rescue team found a puppy that had been deserted by the roadside.

🔗 Collocations

abandon ship – to leave a sinking ship as an emergency measure

abandon hope – to give up all hope or expectation

abandon a place – to leave a location completely and permanently

🔄 Synonyms

desert (vt.) – to leave someone without help or support

forsake (vt.) – to abandon someone or something, especially in a time of need

leave (vt.) – to go away from a person or place

🚫 Antonyms

keep (vt.) – to have or retain possession of

protect (vt.) – to keep safe from harm or injury

adopt (vt.) – to legally take another's child and care for it as one's own

🌱 Derivatives

abandoned (adj.) – having been deserted or left behind

abandonment (n.) – the act of abandoning someone or something

📖 Cultural Story

The word entered English from Old French in the 14th century, originally with a legal sense of surrendering rights or control over property. It evolved to its modern meaning of complete desertion.

Meaning 2：give up (abandon)

abandon 🔊

/əˈbændən/

vt.

to stop doing something before it is finished, or to stop following a plan or idea.

Abandon definition shown by hands tearing up and discarding a project plan.

give up 🔊

➕

/ɡɪv ʌp/

vt.

To stop an activity or course of action before it is completed, or to cease supporting a plan or idea.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

Due to the sudden heavy storm, the climbers had to abandon their attempt to reach the summit. 🔊 Due to the sudden heavy storm, the climbers had to give up their attempt to reach the summit.

🔗 Collocations

abandon a plan – to decide not to proceed with a previously made plan

abandon an idea – to discard or stop considering a particular thought or concept

abandon a project – to cease work on a specific undertaking

🔄 Synonyms

discard (vt.) – to get rid of something that is no longer useful or desirable

relinquish (vt.) – to voluntarily cease to keep or claim; to give up

cease (vt.) – to bring or come to an end

🚫 Antonyms

continue (v.) – to persist in an activity or process

pursue (vt.) – to follow or proceed with a course of action

persist (vi.) – to continue firmly in spite of difficulty or opposition

🌱 Derivatives

abandonment (n.) – the act of giving something up