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Spell Bee Word: Abandon


Basic Details

Word: Abandon

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To leave someone or something behind and not come back for it, or to give up a plan completely.

Synonyms: desert, leave, quit

Antonyms: keep, continue

How to Spell Abandon

Syllables: a - ban - don

Tricky part: There is only one b and one n in the middle. The last part is don, so do not write dan.

Watch out for: abandan, abbandon, abondon

Memory tip: Read it as a + band + on. A band on stage never abandons its fans halfway through the show.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. abandon ship: To leave a sinking ship, or to give up something that is going badly. Example: "When the rain flooded our tent, we decided to abandon ship and run to the car."

Usage Examples

Example 1: The kitten had been abandoned near the school gate, so we took it home.

Example 2: Never abandon a friend who is in trouble.

Example 3: The match was abandoned because of heavy rain in Kolkata.

Fun Fact

In old French, to put something a bandon meant to hand it over to someone else's control. English later ran the phrase together into one word.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) abandon
b) complane
c) disapear
d) tomorow

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a) abandon. Abandon needs only single letters in the middle: one b, one n, then don.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: abandon

a) gather
b) rescue
c) protect
d) desert

Show answer

d) desert. To desert someone is to leave them alone, which is what abandon means.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nbaodna

a) abanond
b) abnadon
c) abandno
d) abandon

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d) abandon. Find the small word band in the letters, then put a before it and on after it.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The sailors had to abandon the boat. What did they do?

a) They sold it
b) They left it
c) They painted it
d) They fixed it

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b) They left it

2. Which word is the opposite of abandon?

a) keep
b) drop
c) leave
d) forget

Show answer

a) keep

Associated Words

strongapricothopefulnesscontemptbackward
bagelselfishslipperyhourfreedom

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