| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To relinquish, renounce, cede, surrender or waive.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To forsake, quit, desert or jilt. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To leave, resign, retire, let or vacate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To yield, budge, capitulate, concede or give. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To abort or fail. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To discard, jettison, dump or thank. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To drop, recede or sag. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To discontinue or cease. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To annul or undo.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Present participle conjugation of the verb abandon.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (abandon) | 1. Forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot".[Wordnet]. 2. Give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God".[Wordnet]. 3. Leave behind empty; move out of.[Wordnet]. 4. Stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage".[Wordnet]. 5. Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch.[Wordnet]. 6. To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.[Websters]. 7. To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender.[Websters]. 8. Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense.[Websters]. 9. To relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against.[Websters]. 10. Base verb from the following inflections: abandoning, abandoned, abandons, abandoner, abandoners, abandoningly and abonedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being sagging or drooping.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being leaved. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being bouncing. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being yielding. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being developing. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being balking. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being fascinating, bewitching, captivating or enchanting. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being dwindling, decreasing or diminishing.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "ABANDONING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ABANDONING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] Forsaking or deserting wholly; renouncing; yielding one's self without restraint.. | 2: [Noun] A forsaking; total desertion He hoped his past meritorious actions might outweigh his present abandoning the thought of future actions.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] The act of abandoning. (references) | 2: [Verb] Present participle of abandon. (references) | |
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Common Expressions: abandon
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Abandon Your Friends | Abandon Your Friends is the third full-length audio CD from the band, From Autumn to Ashes. (references) | ||
| Paranoid Parenting: Abandon Your Anxieties and Be a Good Parent | Paranoid Parenting: Abandon Your Anxieties and Be a Good Parent is a book by the Hungarian sociologist Frank Furedi, published by Allen Lane in 2001 (ISBN 0713994886) . A revised edition, Paranoid Parenting: Why Ignoring the Experts May Be Best for Your Child, was published by A Cappella Publishing in 2002 (ISBN 1556524641). (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: abandon
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Abandon fait larron | Literature | As opportunity makes the thief, the person who neglects to take proper care of his goods, leads into temptation, hence the proverb, "Neglect leads to theft." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: abandon | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Reckless Abandon | 121 | Abandon (album) | 17 | |
| Abandon (album) | 17 | Abandon (alternative meanings) | 3 | |
| Abandon Your Friends | 7 | Abandon (film) | 7 | |
| Abandon (film) | 7 | Abandon Interactive Entertainment | 6 | |
| Abandon Interactive Entertainment | 6 | Abandon Mobile | 6 | |
| Abandon Mobile | 6 | Abandon Ship | 5 | |
| Abandon Ship | 5 | Abandon Your Friends | 7 | |
| Abandon (alternative meanings) | 3 | Reckless Abandon | 121 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
