Vocabulary
Abandon
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
cease to support or look after (someone); desert.
Urdu meaning
چھوڑ دینا، دعویٰ چھوڑ دینا، متروک
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Citizens, particularly from privileged segments who can get themselves heard, must abandon their indifference and raise their voices.
- To abandon them now is to condemn them to persecution and rob Afghanistan of a better future.
- On the one hand, it celebrates a harvest 5pc higher than the five-year average; on the other, it highlights the troubling fact that wheat acreage has shrunk by 6.5pc as farmers abandon the staple crop for more profitable alternatives.
- Naturally, this weighs on those trying to decide whether to abandon their cars and attempt to reach higher ground.
- Wheat, the nation`s staple, touched a record 31.4 million tonnes in 2024, yet the government chose to abandon its decades-old practice of announcing a support price.
Synonyms
desert, leave, leave high and dry, turn one’s back on, cast aside, break (up) with, jilt
Curator example
“her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age”
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