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1. to leave someone or something completely
continual adjective
continue verb NOUNS
continuous adjective
abandon a car/ship The thieves abandoned the car when it ran out of fuel. | The
contract noun
captain gave the order to abandon ship.
contradict verb
abandon a building We had to abandon the building when the roof began to collapse.
contradiction noun
abandon a child/family The child was found abandoned outside a hospital. | He
contraption noun
contrast noun abandoned his family and went to live with another woman.
contravene verb
contribute verb ADVERBS

contribution noun quickly/hastily abandon sb/sth They had to hastily abandon the ship when it started
control1 verb sinking.
control2 noun largely/virtually abandon sb/sth (=almost completely) Her family had largely
controversial adjective
abandoned her, and she only saw her son occasionally.
controversy noun
temporarily abandon sb/sth (=for a short time) Residents were forced to temporarily
convention noun
abandon their homes due to a flood warning.
conversation noun
convert verb
VERBS
convey verb
conviction noun be forced to abandon sth Guests were forced to abandon the hotel because of the
fire.
Other words and phrases have to abandon sth The soldiers had to abandon the tanks which had become
bogged down in the mud.
abandon verb
PHRASES

abandon sb to their fate (=leave someone in a bad situation with no one to help
them) The wounded soldier had been abandoned to his fate.

2. to decide not to do something because you are unlikely to succeed

NOUNS

abandon an attempt/effort Poor weather forced them to abandon their attempt to

climb the mountain.
abandon a search When night fell, the police decided to abandon their search for the
missing boy.
abandon a plan/policy Because of the rain, we abandoned our plan to go for a walk. |
The government was forced to abandon its economic policies.
abandon a project The research project had to be abandoned due to a lack of funds.
abandon an idea Helen abandoned the idea of becoming a doctor, and studied law
instead.
abandon a decision He showed no sign of abandoning his decision to earn a living as
a writer.
abandon your principles The party was accused of abandoning its principles in order
to win votes.
abandon hope She never abandoned hope of seeing him again.

ADVERBS

abandon sth altogether/completely/totally They abandoned their plans to start up

a business altogether.
largely/virtually abandon sth (=almost completely) She appeared in a few films in
the 1990s, but has largely abandoned her acting career.
finally/eventually abandon sth The police finally abandoned their hunt for the man

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when all sign of him had disappeared.

never abandon sth He never abandoned his ambition to rule the country.
temporarily abandon sth (=for a short time) The rescue attempt was temporarily
abandoned until the weather improved.

VERBS

be forced to abandon sth Severe storms forced them to abandon the expedition.
have to abandon sth He had to abandon the idea of travelling to Italy on account of
his ill health.

PHRASES

abandon sth in favour of sth else (=use something else instead) The original plan
was abandoned in favour of a cheaper one.

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