surrender — Englisches Wörterbuch

Verb

1. To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

   Synonyme

   hand overbetrayovergive

2. To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.

   Gebrauch

   • broadly
   • transitiv

3. To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.

   Gebrauch

   • intransitiv
   • reflexiv

   Synonyme

   strike one's flagwave the white flagchuck up the sponge

   Beispiele

   Don't shoot! I surrender!

4. To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

   Beispiele

   to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage

5. To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.

   Gebrauch

   • reflexiv

   Beispiele

   to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep

6. To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv oder intransitiv

7. For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

Substantiv

1. An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; a feeling of abandonment and resignation; the deliberate cessation of struggle over outcomes.

   Gebrauch

   • zählbar
   • nicht zählbar

2. The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.

   Gebrauch

   • zählbar
   • nicht zählbar

3. The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.

   Gebrauch

   • zählbar
   • nicht zählbar

Substantiv

1. acceptance of despair

   Synonyme

   resignation

   Oberbegriffe

   despair

2. a verbal act of admitting defeat

   Synonyme

   giving upyielding

   Oberbegriffe

   relinquishmentrelinquishing

3. the delivery of a principal into lawful custody

   Oberbegriffe

   deliveryliverylegal transfer

4. the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

   Synonyme

   capitulationfall

   Oberbegriffe

   loss

   Beispiele

   they were protected until the capitulation of the fort

Verb

1. give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another

   Synonyme

   give up

   Antonyme

   resist

   Oberbegriffe

   yield

   Beispiele

   The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered

2. relinquish possession or control over

   Synonyme

   cededelivergive up

   Oberbegriffe

   givegiftpresent

   Beispiele

   The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in