abandon
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Pronunciation[change]
- (UK) IPA (key): /əˈbændən/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: aban‧don
Verb[change]
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- (transitive) If you abandon something, you go away from it with no plan to return.
- Many teens abandon all chances of a successful future when they drop out of school.
- After much thought, they abandoned the idea as being too difficult.
- The government abandons after-school programs when money is tight.
- (transitive) If you abandon something, you give up control of it.
- They danced wildly down the street, abandoning themselves to the night and the moon.
- The woodcutter and his wife considered abandoning Hansel and Gretel in the forest.
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Noun[change]
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- (uncountable) Abandon is a state where you do not control yourself.
- In these games, kids shoot and blow each other up with reckless abandon.
- The man dove into the pool with reckless abandon.