surrender

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /səˈrɛndə/

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Verb

Plain form surrender

Third-person singular surrenders

Past tense surrendered

Past participle surrendered

Present participle surrendering

1. When an army stops fighting and lets the other side win, we say that the army surrenders. Sometimes people wave a white flag to show that they are surrendering.
2. To submit to a person who has more power.

Noun

Singular surrender

Plural surrenders

1. (countable) A surrender is the act of surrendering.