surrender — Dizionario inglese

Verbo

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

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Sinonimi

   hand overbetrayovergive

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

   Uso

   • broadly
   • transitivo

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

   Uso

   • intransitivo
   • riflessivo

   Sinonimi

   strike one's flagwave the white flagchuck up the sponge

   Esempi

   Don't shoot! I surrender!

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

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Esempi

   to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage

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

   Uso

   • riflessivo

   Esempi

   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.

   Uso

   • transitivo o intransitivo

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.

   Uso

   • transitivo

Sostantivo

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

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

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

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

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.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

Sostantivo

1. acceptance of despair

   Sinonimi

   resignation

   Termini più generali

   despair

2. a verbal act of admitting defeat

   Sinonimi

   giving upyielding

   Termini più generali

   relinquishmentrelinquishing

3. the delivery of a principal into lawful custody

   Termini più generali

   deliveryliverylegal transfer

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

   Sinonimi

   capitulationfall

   Termini più generali

   loss

   Esempi

   they were protected until the capitulation of the fort

Verbo

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

   Sinonimi

   give up

   Contrari

   resist

   Termini più generali

   yield

   Esempi

   The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered

2. relinquish possession or control over

   Sinonimi

   cededelivergive up

   Termini più generali

   givegiftpresent

   Esempi

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