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# {{transitive verb}} If you '''abandon''' something, you go away from it with no plan to return. <> [[bar]], [[bari]]. {{syn|let}} | # {{transitive verb}} If you '''abandon''' something, you go away from it with no plan to return. <> [[bar]], [[bari]]. {{syn|let}} | ||
#: ''An '''[[abandoned]]''' site'' <> [[kufai]]. | |||
#: ''Many teens '''abandon''' all chances of a successful future when they drop out of school.'' | #: ''Many teens '''abandon''' all chances of a successful future when they drop out of school.'' | ||
#: ''After much thought, they '''abandoned''' the idea as being too difficult.'' | #: ''After much thought, they '''abandoned''' the idea as being too difficult.'' | ||
#: ''The government '''abandons''' after-school programs when money is tight.'' | #: ''The government '''abandons''' after-school programs when money is tight.'' | ||
# {{transitive verb}} If you '''abandon''' something, you give up control of it. | # {{transitive verb}} If you '''abandon''' something, you give up control of it. <> [[watsa]]r da, barin iko. | ||
#: '' '''Abandon''' one's family <> '''watsar da''' iyali. | |||
#: ''They danced wildly down the street, '''abandoning''' themselves to the night and the moon.'' | #: ''They danced wildly down the street, '''abandoning''' themselves to the night and the moon.'' | ||
#: ''The woodcutter and his wife considered '''abandoning''' Hansel and Gretel in the forest.'' | #: ''The woodcutter and his wife considered '''abandoning''' Hansel and Gretel in the forest.'' | ||
Revision as of 08:49, 29 August 2019
Pronunciation (Yadda ake faɗi)
- Hyphenation: aban‧don
Verb
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Plain form (yanzu) |
3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) |
Past tense (ya wuce) |
Past participle (ya wuce) |
Present participle (ana cikin yi) |
- (transitive) If you abandon something, you go away from it with no plan to return. <> bar, bari.
- Synonym: let
- (transitive) If you abandon something, you give up control of it. <> watsar da, barin iko.
- Abandon one's family <> watsar da iyali.
- They danced wildly down the street, abandoning themselves to the night and the moon.
- The woodcutter and his wife considered abandoning Hansel and Gretel in the forest.
Related words
Noun
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Plural |
- (uncountable) Abandon is a state where you do not control yourself.
- In these games, kids shoot and blow each other up with reckless abandon.