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Core action
Give up, discontinue, or leave something completely, especially a plan, effort, place, or possession.
Example
The team abandoned the trial after the equipment failed.
abandon
/əˈbændən/ · uh-BAN-dunverb
Give up, discontinue, or leave something completely, especially a plan, effort, place, or possession.
Use abandon to express this relationship precisely: give up, discontinue, or leave something completely, especially a plan, effort, place, or possession.
What abandon Really Means
The word becomes easier to use when its closely related senses are separated and compared.
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Common construction
Use this expression in its normal grammatical frame so the relationship between the surrounding ideas remains explicit.
Example
New evidence led scholars to abandon the earlier hypothesis.
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Reasoning effect
It tells the reader how to interpret the timing, scope, evidence, contrast, condition, or consequence in the statement.
Example
Residents abandoned the settlement during the drought.
Use abandon Naturally
Notice how the surrounding noun or clause reveals the exact shade of meaning.
The team abandoned the trial after the equipment failed.
New evidence led scholars to abandon the earlier hypothesis.
Residents abandoned the settlement during the drought.
Precision Matters
Abandon overlaps with several common words, but each carries a different emphasis.
abandon
vs.Means give up, discontinue, or leave something completely, especially a plan, effort, place, or possession.
renounce
Means formally give up, reject, or abandon something.
abandon
vs.Means give up, discontinue, or leave something completely, especially a plan, effort, place, or possession.
cease
Means stop happening or bring an activity, process, or condition to an end.
abandon
vs.Means give up, discontinue, or leave something completely, especially a plan, effort, place, or possession.
adhere
Means stick firmly to a surface or follow a rule, principle, plan, or commitment faithfully.
abandon
vs.Means give up, discontinue, or leave something completely, especially a plan, effort, place, or possession.
replenish
Means to refill, restore, or resupply something that has been used or depleted.
Test abandon in Context
They gave up the model completely because the evidence opposed it.
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When repeated tests contradicted the model, researchers chose to ___ it.