{
    "term": "surrender",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "surrender",
            "heSheIt": "surrenders"
        },
        "pastSimple": "surrendered",
        "pastParticiple": "surrendered",
        "ingForm": "surrendering"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to admit that you have been defeated and want to stop fighting; to allow yourself to be caught, taken prisoner, etc.",
            "sensetop": "surrender to somebodysurrender yourself (to somebody)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The rebel soldiers were forced to surrender."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He surrendered voluntarily to his enemies.",
                    "contextForm": "surrender to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hijackers eventually surrendered themselves to the police.",
                    "contextForm": "surrender yourself (to somebody)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "After three weeks under siege they surrendered completely."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The British formally surrendered on 31 May."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "give in (to somebody/something)",
            "topics": ["War and conflict", "Crime and punishment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["unconditionally", "completely", "immediately"],
                "verb + surrender": ["order somebody to", "agree to", "refuse to"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to give up something/somebody when you are forced to",
            "sensetop": "surrender something/somebody to somebodysurrender something/somebody",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He agreed to surrender all claims to the property.",
                    "contextForm": "surrender something/somebody to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They surrendered their guns to the police."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The defendant was released to await trial but had to surrender her passport.",
                    "contextForm": "surrender something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dictator surrendered power to Parliament."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["unconditionally", "completely", "immediately"],
                "verb + surrender": ["order somebody to", "agree to", "refuse to"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈrendə(r)/",
                "audio": "su/surrender/surrender__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈrendəz/",
                "audio": "su/surrender/surrenders__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈrendəd/",
                "audio": "su/surrender/surrendered__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈrendərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "su/surrender/surrendering__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈrendər/",
                "audio": "su/surrender/surrender__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈrendərz/",
                "audio": "su/surrender/surrenders__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈrendərd/",
                "audio": "su/surrender/surrendered__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈrendərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "su/surrender/surrendering__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (chiefly in legal use): from Anglo-Norman French (from sur- and render)."
}