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# surrender

verb (surrender, surrenders, surrendered, surrendering); noun (surrender)

«surrender» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To surrender is to stop fighting and admit you are beaten. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surrender/#m1)
2. To surrender something is to give it up or hand it over, often because you are made to. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surrender/#m2)
3. (formal) Surrender is the act of giving up or handing over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surrender/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history lessons armies surrender at the end of battles. In stories: "I surrender!" when someone gives up. In formal rules: "surrender your phone at the door". Phrases: surrender to, unconditional surrender, raise a white flag.

### Examples

- The army surrendered at last. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surrender/#x1)
- "I surrender!" laughed Dad in the pillow fight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surrender/#x2)
- Please surrender your phones before the exam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surrender/#x3)
- They waved a white flag to show surrender. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surrender/#x4)
- The thief surrendered to the police. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surrender/#x5)
- He would not surrender his seat to anyone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surrender/#x6)
- She surrendered to sleep after the long day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surrender/#x7)
- The castle surrendered after a long siege. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surrender/#x8)
- Surrender at once, and I will take you with me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surrender/#x9)

### Note

Regular verb: surrendered. Spelling: double r. Similar: give in, give up, yield. Formal register in rules and exams.

## In Jewish tradition

God asks how He could give up Israel, though they deserve punishment.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads this as God's deep love for His people, whom He will not destroy.

### Examples

- How shall I surrender thee, Israel? (Prophets HOS.11.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/surrender/#x1)

### Note

Regular verb: surrendered. Spelling: double r. Similar: give in, give up, yield. Formal register in rules and exams.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «surrender» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surrender/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «surrender» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/surrender/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«surrender» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/surrender.html) on Mova free.