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To yield to persistent persuasion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The mother gave way to her crying child.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To collapse or break under physical stresses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- After years of neglect, the rusty old bridge could give way at any time.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To be followed, succeeded, or replaced by.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Winter gave way to spring.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To give precedence to other road users.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- At the crossing, cars must give way to pedestrians.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To allow another person to intervene to make a point or ask a question whilst one is delivering a speech.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To allow the expression of (a pent-up emotion, grief, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To begin rowing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: imperative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
stop operating or functioning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The engine finally went
- The car died on the road
- The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town
- The coffee maker broke
- The engine failed on the way to town
- her eyesight went after the accident
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fail, go bad, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
Narrower terms: crash, go down, blow out, burn out, blow, misfire, malfunction, misfunction
end resistance, as under pressure or force
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: yield
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
move in order to make room for someone for something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The park gave way to a supermarket
- `Move over,' he told the crowd
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: move over, give, ease up, yield
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move
break down, literally or metaphorically
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The wall collapsed
- The business collapsed
- The dam broke
- The roof collapsed
- The wall gave in
- The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: collapse, fall in, cave in, give, break, founder
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
Narrower terms: implode, go off, buckle, crumple, flop, break, slump, slide down, sink
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
82 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
отстъпвам
(otstǎpvam)
— to yield to persistent persuasion
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Finnish:
antaa periksi
— to yield to persistent persuasion
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French:
abandonner
— to yield to persistent persuasion
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German:
nachgeben
— to yield to persistent persuasion
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German:
weichen
— to yield to persistent persuasion
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Hungarian:
enged
— to yield to persistent persuasion
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Hungarian:
meghátrál
— to yield to persistent persuasion
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Ingrian:
antiissa
— to yield to persistent persuasion
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Italian:
darla su
— to yield to persistent persuasion
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Italian:
darla vinta
— to yield to persistent persuasion
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Italian:
cedere
— to yield to persistent persuasion
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Māori:
ngawhere
— to yield to persistent persuasion
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Māori:
auheke
— to yield to persistent persuasion
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Polish:
ustąpić
— to yield to persistent persuasion
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Polish:
ustępować
— to yield to persistent persuasion
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Russian:
уступа́ть
(ustupátʹ)
— to yield to persistent persuasion
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Russian:
уступи́ть
(ustupítʹ)
— to yield to persistent persuasion
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Spanish:
dar el brazo a torcer
— to yield to persistent persuasion
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Swedish:
ge med sig
— to yield to persistent persuasion
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Swedish:
ge efter
— to yield to persistent persuasion
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Welsh:
rhoi i mewn
— to yield to persistent persuasion
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Bulgarian:
поддавам
(poddavam)
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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Finnish:
sortua
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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French:
céder
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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German:
nachgeben
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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German:
weichen
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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Hungarian:
lesüllyed
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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Hungarian:
behorpad
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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Hungarian:
betörik
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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Hungarian:
beszakad
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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Italian:
collassare
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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Italian:
cadere
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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Italian:
cedere
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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Latin:
fatiscō
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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Māori:
ngaeki
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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Māori:
tautuku
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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Māori:
maroro
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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Romanian:
ceda
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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Russian:
поддава́ться
(poddavátʹsja)
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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Russian:
подда́ться
(poddátʹsja)
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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Swedish:
ge vika
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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Swedish:
ge efter
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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Ukrainian:
піддава́тися
(piddavátysja)
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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Ukrainian:
підда́тися
(piddátysja)
— to collapse or break under physical stress
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Finnish:
antaa periksi
— to be followed by
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Finnish:
tehdä tilaa
— to be followed by
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French:
céder la place à
— to be followed by
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French:
laisser la place à
— to be followed by
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Hungarian:
átadja a helyét
— to be followed by
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Italian:
cedere posto
— to be followed by
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Italian:
lasciare posto
— to be followed by
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Italian:
fare posto
— to be followed by
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Polish:
ustępować miejsca
— to be followed by
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Polish:
ustąpić miejsca
— to be followed by
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Swedish:
ge vika
— to be followed by
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Bulgarian:
давам път
(davam pǎt)
— to give precedence to other road users
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Chinese Mandarin:
讓路 /让路
(rànglù)
— to give precedence to other road users
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Cocos Islands Malay:
kasi jalan
— to give precedence to other road users
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Danish:
vige
— to give precedence to other road users
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Danish:
holde tilbage
— to give precedence to other road users
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Dutch:
verleen voorrang
— to give precedence to other road users
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Finnish:
väistää
— to give precedence to other road users
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French:
céder le passage
— to give precedence to other road users
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Hungarian:
elsőbbséget ad
— to give precedence to other road users
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Italian:
dare la precedenza
— to give precedence to other road users
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Italian:
cedere il passo
— to give precedence to other road users
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Malay:
beri laluan
— to give precedence to other road users
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Polish:
ustąpić pierwszeństwa
— to give precedence to other road users
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Romanian:
ceda trecerea
— to give precedence to other road users
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Russian:
уступа́ть доро́гу
(ustupátʹ dorógu)
— to give precedence to other road users
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Russian:
уступи́ть доро́гу
(ustupítʹ dorógu)
— to give precedence to other road users
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Russian:
пропуска́ть
(propuskátʹ)
— to give precedence to other road users
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Russian:
пропусти́ть
(propustítʹ)
— to give precedence to other road users
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Spanish:
ceder el paso
— to give precedence to other road users
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Swahili:
toa njia
— to give precedence to other road users
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Swedish:
väja
— to give precedence to other road users
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Turkish:
yol vermek
— to give precedence to other road users
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Welsh:
rhoi ffordd
— to give precedence to other road users
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Yakut:
суолла биэр
(suolla bier)
— to give precedence to other road users
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Bulgarian:
давам думата
(davam dumata)
— to allow another person to intervene to make a point or ask a question whilst one is delivering a speech
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Bulgarian:
дам думата
(dam dumata)
— to allow another person to intervene to make a point or ask a question whilst one is delivering a speech
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Hungarian:
átadja a szót
— to allow another person to intervene to make a point or ask a question whilst one is delivering a speech