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Surrender: Meaning, Examples, and Usage (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：yield to an enemy (surrender)

surrender 🔊

/səˈrendər/

To admit defeat in a fight or contest and stop fighting back.

Soldier surrendering with raised hands in a field

yield to an enemy 🔊

➕

/jiːld tuː ən ˈenəmi/

To stop fighting because you cannot win, and accept the enemy's control over you.

📁 Category：Warfare & Battle 🔖 Level：intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Old French 'surrendre' (sur- 'over' + rendre 'give back'), meaning to give back or yield.

💡 Mnemonic

Think of a surfer giving up after a huge wave (sur- + render = yield).

📖 Example

To save his remaining soldiers, the general decided to surrender to the enemy. 🔊 To save his remaining soldiers, the general decided to surrender to the enemy.

🔗 Collocations

surrender unconditionally – to yield without any conditions

surrender to the authorities – to give oneself up to the police or officials

refuse to surrender – to decline giving up control or admitting defeat

🔄 Synonyms

capitulate (v.) – to formally surrender under agreed terms

yield (v.) – to give way to force or pressure

submit (v.) – to accept the authority or control of another

🚫 Antonyms

resist (v.) – to fight against or oppose

defy (v.) – to openly refuse to obey or submit

withstand (v.) – to remain undamaged or unaffected by

🌱 Derivatives

surrenderer (n.) – a person who surrenders

unsurrendered (adj.) – not given up or yielded

📖 Cultural Story

The word originated in medieval warfare, where knights would 'surrender' their weapons to avoid death. It later expanded to legal contexts for handing over property or rights.

Meaning 2：hand over (surrender)

surrender 🔊

/səˈrendər/

To give up control of something to someone else, often because you have to.

Hand transferring a key symbolizing surrender of control

hand over 🔊

➕

/hænd ˈoʊvər/

To give up possession or control of something to another person, often because you are required to do so.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

All visitors must surrender their passports to the receptionist upon entering the building. 🔊 All visitors must surrender their passports to the receptionist upon entering the building.

🔗 Collocations

surrender control – to give up authority or power

surrender a title – to officially give up a claim or ranking

surrender documents – to hand over required papers to an authority

🔄 Synonyms

relinquish (v.) – to voluntarily give up or let go of something

cede (v.) – to formally yield territory or rights

concede (v.) – to admit or give up something reluctantly

🚫 Antonyms

retain (v.) – to keep possession or control of

hold (v.) – to maintain grip or authority over

keep (v.) – to continue to have or hold

🌱 Derivatives

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

surrendered (adj.) – that has been given up or handed over