abandon

abandon
verb
1 leave sb/sth
ADVERB
▪ hastily
▪

The town had been hastily abandoned.

PHRASES
▪ abandon sb to their fate
▪ be left abandoned
▪ be found abandoned
▪

The car was found abandoned in a nearby town.

2 stop doing/supporting sth
ADVERB
▪ altogether, completely, entirely, totally
▪

The government does not propose to abandon the project altogether.

▪ effectively, largely, virtually
▪

This principle has now been effectively abandoned.

▪ eventually, finally
▪ simply
▪

Traditional policies were simply abandoned.

▪ formally
▪ abruptly (esp. AmE), immediately, quickly
▪ gradually
▪ quietly
▪

The plans for reform were quietly abandoned.

▪ temporarily
▪ voluntarily
VERB + ABANDON
▪ be forced to, have to
▪ decide to
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪

He abandoned the army for politics.

▪ in favour/favor of
▪

She abandoned her teaching career in favour/favor of singing.

Abandon is used with these nouns as the object: ↑allegiance, ↑ambition, ↑approach, ↑attempt, ↑baby, ↑belief, ↑car, ↑career, ↑child, ↑doctrine, ↑dream, ↑duty, ↑effort, ↑enterprise, ↑game, ↑heritage, ↑home, ↑hope, ↑ideal, ↑insistence, ↑mission, ↑name, ↑nest, ↑plan, ↑policy, ↑politics, ↑practice, ↑pretence, ↑principle, ↑project, ↑pursuit, ↑quest, ↑religion, ↑responsibility, ↑restraint, ↑search, ↑ship, ↑strategy, ↑system, ↑tradition, ↑vehicle

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  • abandon — [ abɑ̃dɔ̃ ] n. m. • XIIe; de l a. fr. (mettre) à bandon « au pouvoir de », d o. germ. 1 ♦ Action de renoncer (à une chose), de laisser (qqch.). Politique d abandon. ⇒ abdication, concession. Abandon des hostilités. ⇒ arrêt, capitulation,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • abandon — ABANDON. s. m. État où est une personne, une chose abandonnée. Il est dans un abandon général. Il est dans l abandon de Dieu, dans l abandon de tous ses amis.Abandon, se dit aussi en parlant Des discours, des ouvrages, des manières, etc. d Une… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • abandon — aban·don vt 1: to give up with the intent of never again asserting or claiming an interest in (a right or property) 2: to disassociate oneself from or forsake in spite of a duty or responsibility to abandon one s child 3: to renounce one s… …   Law dictionary

  • abandon — ABANDÓN, abandonuri, s.n. 1. Părăsire împotriva regulilor morale şi a obligaţiilor materiale a copiilor, familiei etc. 2. Părăsire a unui bun sau renunţare la un drept. 3. Renunţare la continuarea participării într o probă sportivă. – Din fr.… …   Dicționar Român

  • Abandon — Студийный альбом Deep Purple …   Википедия

  • Abandon — A*ban don ([.a]*b[a^]n d[u^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abandoned} ( d[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Abandoning}.] [OF. abandoner, F. abandonner; a (L. ad) + bandon permission, authority, LL. bandum, bannum, public proclamation, interdiction, bannire to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • abandon — [ə ban′dən] vt. [ME abandonen < OFr abandoner < mettre a bandon, to put under (someone else s) ban, relinquish: see BAN1] 1. to give up (something) completely or forever [to abandon all hope] 2. to leave, as in danger or out of necessity;… …   English World dictionary

  • abandon — vb 1 Abandon, desert, forsake mean to quit absolutely. Abandon implies surrender of control or possession often with the implication that the thing abandoned is left to the mercy of someone or something else {the ghost of grandeur that lingers… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • abandon — Abandon. substantif masculin verbal. Estat où est une personne ou une chose delaissée. Il n est guere en usage qu en cette maniere de parler adverbiale. A l abandon. laisser à l abandon. tout est à l abandon …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Abandon — A*ban don, n. [F. abandon. fr. abandonner. See {Abandon}, v.] Abandonment; relinquishment. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Abandon — Álbum de Deep Purple Publicación 2 de junio de 1998 Grabación 1997 1998 Género(s) Hard rock Duración 57:07 …   Wikipedia Español

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