Question 1 · Quick check
abandon
CEFRB1
/əˈbæn.dən/
verb
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To leave someone or something and not return.
- 02
verb
Extra detailTo desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
Examples
There are days where I feel like my brain wants to abandon me.
We made a pact that we wouldn't abandon one another.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /əˈban.dən/
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsTo leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility.
To give up completely; to desert or leave behind.
To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
More examples
In contextHe was abandoned on the island with no one to help him.
Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing.
She abandoned her husband for a new man.
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Origin
verb
From Middle English abandounen, from Old French abandoner, formed from a (“at, to”) + bandon (“jurisdiction, control”), from Late Latin bannum (“proclamation”), bannus, bandum, from Frankish *ban, *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, command”) (whence English ban), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”). See also ban, banal. Displaced Middle English forleten (“to abandon”), from Old English forlǣtan, anforlǣtan; see forlet; and Middle English forleven (“to leave behind, abandon”), from Old English forlǣfan; see forleave.