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1. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › preponderantPREPONDERANT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   adjective. formal uk / prɪˈpɒn.d ə r. ə nt / us / prɪˈpɑːn.dɚ. ə nt / Add to word list. important or large: Music does not play a very preponderant role in the school's teaching. Synonyms. overriding. predominant. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Very important or urgent. all-important. at all costs idiom.

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     PREPONDERANT meaning: 1. important or large: 2. important or...

   • Znaczenie Preponderant, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     PREPONDERANT definicja: 1. important or large: 2. important...

   • Preponderant in Simplified Chinese

     PREPONDERANT translate: 占优势的；多数的. Learn more in the...

   • Preponderant in Traditional Chinese

     PREPONDERANT translate: 佔優勢的；多數的. Learn more in the...

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2. idioms.thefreedictionary.com › abandonAbandon - Idioms by The Free Dictionary

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   to leave a person, living creature, or thing to the care of someone or something; to give up someone or something to someone or something. (Usually with the thought that the abandoned person or thing will not receive the best of care.) They had to abandon the dogs to the storm. See also: abandon, to.

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4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishABANDON | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   ABANDON definition: 1. to leave a place, thing, or person, usually for ever: 2. to stop doing an activity before you…. Learn more.

5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › abandonAbandon Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of ABANDON is to give up to the control or influence of another person or agent. How to use abandon in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Abandon.

6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › abandonAbandon - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

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   abandon. To abandon something is to give it up completely. If you’re in a cabin and a forest fire approaches, you’d better get in your car and abandon your cabin, or else be prepared to abandon your life.

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   The usual idiom is wild abandon or reckless abandon (= unrestrained impulsiveness), not abandonment (= the giving up of something).

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   What does abandon mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! ABANDON definition: 1. to leave a place, thing, or person, usually for ever: 2. to stop doing an activity before you…. Learn more.

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   Is abandon a preponderant power?

   • The preponderant power of the central party is evident but it is not all-conquering. Still, abandon is such a preponderant idiom that the two terms ought to be distinguished. Yet states refrain from initiating war if a balance of power exists in which no single state or alliance of states has overwhelming preponderant power.

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   What does 'acting with abandon' mean?

   • To abandon something is to give it up completely. If you’re in a cabin and a forest fire approaches, you’d better get in your car and abandon your cabin, or else be prepared to abandon your life. If you abandon something, you let it go, so when you describe someone as "acting with abandon," it means they have let go of restrictions or inhibitions.

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   Where does the phrase 'Abandon Hope' originate?

   • The phrase 'Abandon Hope' is most often used humorously and is famously inscribed on the entrance to Hell in Dante's Divine Comedy. I'll never forget my first day as an intern and the sign above my cubicle that said,, 'Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.'

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   What is the difference between abandon and desert?

   • abandon, desert, forsake mean to leave without intending to return. abandon suggests that the thing or person left may be helpless without protection. desert implies that the object left may be weakened but not destroyed by one's absence.

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   What does it mean to drive with abandon?

   • But abandon could also mean people have abandoned their senses. To "drive with abandon," for example, means to drive recklessly. "Abandon."

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   The Urban dictionary gives the following: With abandon - an action done without concern or an action done carelessly/flippantly. The drunk girl threw off her clothes with abandon, as the alcohol had lowered her inhibitions.