Synonyms for giving up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : giv |
| Phonetic Transcription : gɪv |
Définition of giving up
Origin :- Old English giefan (W. Saxon) "to give, bestow; allot, grant; commit, devote, entrust," class V strong verb (past tense geaf, past participle giefen), from Proto-Germanic *gebanan (cf. Old Frisian jeva, Middle Dutch gheven, Dutch geven, Old High German geban, German geben, Gothic giban), from PIE *ghabh- "to take, hold, have, give" (see habit). It became yiven in Middle English, but changed to guttural "g" by influence of Old Norse gefa "to give," Old Danish givæ. Meaning "to yield to pressure" is from 1570s.
- Give in "yield" is from 1610s; give out is mid-14c., "publish, announce;" meaning "run out, break down" is from 1520s. Give up "surrender" is mid-12c. To give (someone) a cold seems to reflect the old belief that one could be cured of disease by deliberately infecting others. What gives? "what is happening?" is attested from 1940. Give-and-take (n.) is originally from horse racing (1769) and refers to races in which bigger horses were given more weight to carry, lighter ones less. General sense attested by 1778.
- verb giving in
- There could not be a giving up—and there must not be failure.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- To let it master him meant the giving up of things that were almost second nature.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Was not that the same as giving up all hope of having one of their own?
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- You're sure you're not giving up some nice engagement—just to—to be kind to me?
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- And we at home had all wept with anger, shame, and grief at this giving up of the sword.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Didn't he know that giving up was worse than failing in his examinations?
- Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
- I was about giving up my search when I met my old friend, the watchman.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- There were projects of giving up India and settling at home.
- Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume I » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- Many had dropped out, and more were on the verge of giving up.
- Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton
- He was giving up hope for Hermione and fastening hope on Vere.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
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