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To collapse or fall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The roof gave in under the weight of the snow.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cave in, give way
Antonyms: none provided
To relent, yield, surrender or admit defeat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- I finally gave in and let him stay up to watch TV.
- OK, I don't know the answer. I give in.
- Try not to give in to temptation.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: give up, abandon
Antonyms: none provided
To droop the head.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: boxing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
consent reluctantly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: yield, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: accept, consent, go for
Narrower terms: submit, bow, defer, accede, give in
yield to another's wish or opinion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The government bowed to the military pressure
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: submit, bow, defer, accede
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
66 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
поддавам
(poddavam)
— to collapse or fall
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Catalan:
cedir
— to collapse or fall
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Chinese Mandarin:
坍塌或落下
— to collapse or fall
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Czech:
zhroutit se
— to collapse or fall
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Finnish:
antaa periksi
— to collapse or fall
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French:
céder
— to collapse or fall
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French:
s'écrouler
— to collapse or fall
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German:
nachgeben
— to collapse or fall
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Italian:
cedere
— to collapse or fall
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Portuguese:
ceder
— to collapse or fall
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Russian:
прова́ливаться
(proválivatʹsja)
— to collapse or fall
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Russian:
провали́ться
(provalítʹsja)
— to collapse or fall
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Russian:
подла́мываться
(podlámyvatʹsja)
— to collapse or fall
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Russian:
подломи́ться
(podlomítʹsja)
— to collapse or fall
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Spanish:
ceder
— to collapse or fall
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Spanish:
caerse
— to collapse or fall
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Swedish:
ge vika
— to collapse or fall
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Swedish:
ge efter
— to collapse or fall
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Turkish:
çökmek
— to collapse or fall
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Turkish:
yıkılmak
— to collapse or fall
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Arabic:
أَذْعَنَ
(ʔaḏʕana)
— to relent or yield
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Azerbaijani:
uymaq
— to relent or yield
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Bulgarian:
отстъпвам
(otstǎpvam)
— to relent or yield
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Bulgarian:
предавам се
(predavam se)
— to relent or yield
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Catalan:
cedir
— to relent or yield
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Catalan:
rendir-se
— to relent or yield
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Dutch:
opgeven
— to relent or yield
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Dutch:
prijsgeven
— to relent or yield
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Dutch:
overgeven
— to relent or yield
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Esperanto:
fordoni sin al
— to relent or yield
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Finnish:
antaa periksi
— to relent or yield
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Finnish:
taipua
— to relent or yield
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Finnish:
myöntyä
— to relent or yield
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French:
céder
— to relent or yield
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French:
abandonner
— to relent or yield
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German:
aufgeben
— to relent or yield
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German:
einlenken
— to relent or yield
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German:
nachgeben
— to relent or yield
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Hungarian:
felad
— to relent or yield
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Italian:
arrendersi
— to relent or yield
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Portuguese:
ceder
— to relent or yield
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Russian:
сдава́ться
(sdavátʹsja)
— to relent or yield
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Russian:
сда́ться
(sdátʹsja)
— to relent or yield
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Russian:
поддава́ться
(poddavátʹsja)
— to relent or yield
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Russian:
подда́ться
(poddátʹsja)
— to relent or yield
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Scottish Gaelic:
gèill
— to relent or yield
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Spanish:
ceder
— to relent or yield
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Spanish:
rendirse
— to relent or yield
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Spanish:
entregarse
— to relent or yield
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Spanish:
dar el brazo a torcer
— to relent or yield
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Spanish:
cejar
— to relent or yield
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Spanish:
caer en
— to relent or yield
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Spanish:
ceder ante
— to relent or yield
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Spanish:
rendirse ante
— to relent or yield
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Spanish:
sucumbir ante
— to relent or yield
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Spanish:
vencerle
— to relent or yield
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Spanish:
entregarse a
— to relent or yield
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Swedish:
vika sig
— to relent or yield
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Swedish:
ge med sig
— to relent or yield
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Swedish:
ge upp
— to relent or yield
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Telugu:
లొంగి పోవు
(loṅgi pōvu)
— to relent or yield
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Thai:
ยอม
(yɔɔm)
— to relent or yield
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Turkish:
bırakmak
— to relent or yield
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Turkish:
kabullenmek
— to relent or yield
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Turkish:
pes etmek
— to relent or yield
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Yakut:
бэрин
(berin)
— to relent or yield