Surrender

  • 11Surrender — Sur*ren der, v. i. To give up one s self into the power of another; to yield; as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first summons. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 12surrender — early 15c., to give (something) up, from O.Fr. surrendre give up, deliver over (13c.), from sur over (see SUR (Cf. sur )) + rendre give back (see RENDER (Cf. render)). Reflexive sense of to give oneself up (especially as a prisoner) is from 1580s …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 13surrender — ▪ I. surrender sur‧ren‧der 1 [səˈrendə ǁ ər] verb 1. [transitive] INSURANCE if you surrender an insurance policy, you stop it before it mature S (= becomes due for payment) and receive only a part of what it would have been worth if you had kept… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 14surrender — I UK [səˈrendə(r)] / US [səˈrendər] verb Word forms surrender : present tense I/you/we/they surrender he/she/it surrenders present participle surrendering past tense surrendered past participle surrendered * 1) a) [intransitive] to say officially …

    English dictionary

  • 15surrender — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, total ▪ unconditional ▪ immediate VERB + SURRENDER ▪ demand …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 16surrender — sur|ren|der1 [səˈrendə US ər] v [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: surrendre, from sur ( SURCHARGE) + rendre to give back, yield ] 1.) [I and T] to say officially that you want to stop fighting or to stop avoiding the police, government etc… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17surrender — sur|ren|der1 [ sə rendər ] verb * 1. ) intransitive to say officially that you have been defeated and will stop fighting: Rebel forces have surrendered after three years of fighting. surrender to: The gang leaders finally surrendered to the… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18surrender — [[t]səre̱ndə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ surrenders, surrendering, surrendered 1) VERB If you surrender, you stop fighting or resisting someone and agree that you have been beaten. General Martin Bonnet called on the rebels to surrender... [V to n] We ll never… …

    English dictionary

  • 19Surrender — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Cinéma Surrender est un film américain réalisé par Edward Sloman, sorti en 1927. Surrender est un film avec Warner Baxter, sorti en 1931. Surrender est un …

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  • 20surrender — 01. The soldiers finally [surrendered] after more than half of the men had been killed or wounded. 02. The government is calling on the guerrillas to [surrender] their weapons before the end of the month or face renewed hostilities. 03. The… …

    Grammatical examples in English