Assignment 2 Dictionary Exercise

aban•don / b nd n/ verb, noun" type="#_x0000_t75" o:spid="_x0000_i1034">" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image005.gif">verb [vn] 1 ~ sb (to sth) to leave sb, especially sb you are responsible for, with no intention of returning: The baby had been abandoned by its mother. People often simply abandon their pets when they go abroad. The study showed a deep fear among the elderly of being abandoned to the care of strangers.2 ~ sth (to sb/sth) to leave a thing or place, especially because it is impossible or dangerous to stay leave: Snow forced many drivers to abandon their vehicles. They had to abandon their lands to the invading forces. He gave the order to abandon ship (= to leave the ship because it was sinking).3 to stop supporting or helping sb; to stop believing in sth: The country abandoned its political leaders after the war. By 1930 he had abandoned his Marxist principles.4 to stop doing sth, especially before it is finished; to stop having sth: They abandoned the match because of rain. She abandoned hope of any reconciliation. We had to abandon any further attempt at negotiation.5 ~ yourself to sth (literary) to feel an emotion so strongly that you can feel nothing else: He abandoned himself to despair." type="#_x0000_t75" o:spid="_x0000_i1025">" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image005.gif">noun [U] (formal) an uncontrolled way of behaving that shows that sb does not care what other people think: He signed cheques with careless abandon. see gay adj.



for•sake /f se k; NAmE f rs/ verb (for•sook /f s k; NAmE f rs/, for•saken /f se k n; NAmE f rs/) [vn] ~ sb/sth (for sb/sth) (literary) 1 to leave sb/sth, especially when you have a responsibility to stay abandon: He had made it clear to his wife that he would never forsake her.2 to stop doing sth, or leave sth, especially sth that you enjoy renounce: She forsook the glamour of the city and went to live in the wilds of Scotland.—see also godforsaken



I used Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary to solved my problem. The confusing two words were abandon and forsake. Because they are equivalents,i can't clearly to know what the difference between them.

The only i realized. "Forsake" is usually used in literary,it's a formal word than "abandon".