Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

give up

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.63 in modern English

Syllables
give up
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).

Transitive verb

verb

To relinquish (something)

Transitive verb

verb

Devote or dedicate (oneself, one's life, etc.) to something.

Transitive verb

verb

To have someone obtain (something) to one's disadvantage; to concede.

Transitive verb

verb

To stop or quit (an activity, etc.).

Transitive verb

verb

To abandon (someone or something)

Transitive verb

verb

To lose hope concerning (someone or something)

Transitive verb

verb

To admit defeat, capitulate; to desist for that reason.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

gives up (present, singular) giving up (participle, present) gave up (past) given up (participle, past) more give up (comparative) most give up (superlative)

Phrases

don't give up your day job give it up giver-upper give-up give up the ghost

Frequently Paired Words

give away give out give way

Synonyms

surrender yield forlend cease discontinue blin turn away from desert forlet forsake capitulate give in

Questions

What does give up mean?
To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).

How to pronounce give up

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