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abandon

/əˈbændən/uh-BAN-duhn
/əˈbændən/uh-BAN-duhn

Meaningat liberty, under control

Common meaning: to give up

Journey through time

  1. Frenchabandonner‘to give up’source
  2. Middle Englishabandounesource
  3. Englishabandon‘to give up’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on French abandonner ‘at liberty, under control’.

Roots

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