surrender in English: To stop fighting and accept that the other side has won. (verb)

Translation

To stop fighting and accept that the other side has won.

Word origin

From Old French surrendre, to hand something over, from sur-, over, and rendre, to give back.

Verb typeregular (surrender, surrenders, surrendered)

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A white flag is the old sign that people want to stop fighting.

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"Surrendered" is the past form of "surrender".

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Here "surrender" means to give something up.

give

To hand something to someone so it becomes theirs to have or use.

fight

To try to hurt or beat another person or group, often with hands or weapons.

stop

To not move or not do something any more, or to make this happen.

lose

To stop having something, or to not win a game or contest.

win

To come first in a game, race, or fight, or to get something as a prize.

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