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- DictionarySur·ren·der/səˈrendər/
verb
- 1. cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority: "over 140 rebels surrendered to the authorities"
noun
- 1. the action of surrendering.
The meaning of SURRENDER is to yield to the power, control, or possession of another upon compulsion or demand. How to use surrender in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Surrender.
If you surrender to an experience or emotion, you stop trying to prevent or control it: I finally surrendered to temptation, and ate the last piece of chocolate. Fewer examples. The rebels ' ammunition is almost finished and it is only a matter of time before they surrender.
Surrender definition: to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress. See examples of SURRENDER used in a sentence.
To surrender is to give up control of something to someone else. If you miss curfew, your parents might make you surrender the keys to the car. Okay, it's only a minivan, but it's still cooler than being on foot patrol. If you want someone to give up, you might order them to surrender.
1. To relinquish possession or control of (something) to another because of demand or compulsion: surrendered the city to the enemy. See Synonyms at relinquish. 2. To give up in favor of another, especially voluntarily: surrendered her chair to her grandmother. 3. To give up or abandon: surrender all hope. 4.
If you surrender, you stop fighting or resisting someone and agree that you have been beaten.
If you surrender, you stop fighting or resisting someone and agree that you have been beaten.
If you surrender, you stop fighting or resisting someone and agree that you have been beaten. 2. If you surrender something you would rather keep, you give it up or let someone else have it, for example after a struggle.
surrender of something (to somebody) an act of giving something to someone else even though you do not want to, especially after a battle, etc. They insisted on the immediate surrender of all weapons. Definition of surrender noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.
Surrender definition: To relinquish possession or control of (something) to another because of demand or compulsion.
