/əˈbændən/
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Translation
To leave a person, place or thing for ever and not come back.
Word origin
From Old French abandoner, meaning to give something up to another's control.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- abandoner
- English cognates
- ban
Grammar
Verb typeregular (abandon, abandons, abandoned)
Examples
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"Abandon" means to leave it and not come back.
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Here it means leave them when they need him.
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"Abandoned" means nobody looks after it now.
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