"succumb" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /səˈkʌm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-succumb.wav [Southern-England] Forms: succumbs [present, singular, third-person], succumbing [participle, present], succumbed [participle, past], succumbed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌm Etymology: From Old French succomber, from Latin succumbō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱewb-}}, {{der|en|fro|succomber}} Old French succomber, {{der|en|la|succumbō}} Latin succumbō Head templates: {{en-verb}} succumb (third-person singular simple present succumbs, present participle succumbing, simple past and past participle succumbed)
  1. (intransitive) To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-succumb-en-verb-q8DfUqM0
  2. (intransitive) To give up, or give in. Tags: intransitive Translations (to give up, or give in): предавам се (predavam se) (Bulgarian), 屈從 (Chinese Cantonese), 屈从 (wat¹ cong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 屈從 (Chinese Mandarin), 屈从 (qūcóng) (Chinese Mandarin), podlehnout [perfective] (Czech), antaa periksi (Finnish), antautua (Finnish), succomber (French), დანებება (danebeba) (Georgian), unterwerfen (German), nachgeben (German), sich ergeben (German), υποκύπτω (ypokýpto) (Greek), megadja magát (Hungarian), elbukik (Hungarian), alulmarad (Hungarian), soccombere (Italian), arrendersi (Italian), succumbō (Latin), auheke (Maori), gi seg (Norwegian Bokmål), gi opp (Norwegian Bokmål), ulec (Polish), sucumbir (Portuguese), desistir (Portuguese), ceda (Romanian), a se da bătut (Romanian), уступа́ть (ustupátʹ) (Russian), sucumbir (Spanish), rendirse (Spanish), ceder (Spanish), లొంగు (loṅgu) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-succumb-en-verb-O0K2dyTr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 79 3 14 Disambiguation of 'to give up, or give in': 1 95 0 3
  3. (intransitive) To die. Tags: intransitive Translations (to die): умирам (umiram) (Bulgarian), (sǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), podlehnout (Czech), menehtyä (Finnish), succomber (French), sterben (German), erliegen (German), υποκύπτω (ypokýpto) (Greek), elhuny (Hungarian), meghal (Hungarian), belehal (english: “to something”; -ba/-be complement required) (Hungarian), soccombere (Italian), gi opp ånden (Norwegian Bokmål), umrzeć (Polish), sucumbir (Portuguese), morrer (Portuguese), sucomba (Romanian), умирать (umiratʹ) (Russian), podleči (Slovene), morir (Spanish), sucumbir (Spanish), (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-succumb-en-verb-jx6TKsZL Disambiguation of 'to die': 0 0 100 0
  4. (transitive) To overwhelm or bring down. Tags: transitive Translations (to overwhelm): überwältigen (German), unterwerfen (German), przytłoczyć (Polish)
    Sense id: en-succumb-en-verb-dKebwIaf Disambiguation of 'to overwhelm': 15 9 0 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: поддавам се (poddavam se) (Bulgarian), отстъпвам (otstǎpvam) (Bulgarian), 屈服 (wat¹ fuk⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 屈服 (qūfú) (Chinese Mandarin), podlehnout (Czech), antaa periksi (Finnish), succomber (French), დანებება (danebeba) (Georgian), erliegen (German), nachgeben (German), υποκύπτω (ypokýpto) (Greek), enged (Hungarian), succumbō (Latin), auheke (Maori), gi etter (Norwegian), gi etter (Norwegian Bokmål), føye seg (Norwegian Bokmål), ulec (Polish), sucumbir (Portuguese), sucomba (Romanian), уступа́ть (ustupátʹ) (Russian), podleči (Slovene), sucumbir (Spanish), లొంగు (loṅgu) (Telugu)

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          "sense": "to give up, or give in",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to give up, or give in",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to give up, or give in",
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          "sense": "to give up, or give in",
          "word": "уступа́ть"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "umiram",
          "sense": "to die",
          "word": "умирам"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "sǐ",
          "sense": "to die",
          "word": "死"
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          "sense": "to die",
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          "sense": "to die",
          "word": "menehtyä"
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          "sense": "to die",
          "word": "sterben"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to die",
          "word": "erliegen"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ypokýpto",
          "sense": "to die",
          "word": "υποκύπτω"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to die",
          "word": "elhuny"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to die",
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          "english": "“to something”; -ba/-be complement required",
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          "sense": "to die",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to die",
          "word": "soccombere"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to die",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to die",
          "word": "umrzeć"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to die",
          "word": "sucumbir"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to die",
          "word": "morrer"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to die",
          "word": "sucomba"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "umiratʹ",
          "sense": "to die",
          "word": "умирать"
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          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to die",
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          "word": "morir"
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          "ref": "2014, Gideon C Mekwunye, Tear Drops - Part 2, page 455",
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          "ref": "2015, David Marlett, Fortunate Son: A Novel of the Greatest Trial in Irish History",
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          "word": "überwältigen"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "unterwerfen"
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          "sense": "to overwhelm",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "erliegen"
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      "word": "nachgeben"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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          "ref": "2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Grange-over-Sands”, in RAIL, number 948, page 28",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Gideon C Mekwunye, Tear Drops - Part 2, page 455",
          "text": "She had run away with Chiwi to San Jose when he was a year and half old; only to succumb him to the abuse of his aunt.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, David Marlett, Fortunate Son: A Novel of the Greatest Trial in Irish History",
          "text": "Known to be genuinely cheerful, every few months an unseen shadow would nevertheless succumb him, delivering a two-week melancholic stew of resentment and depression.",
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      "roman": "poddavam se",
      "word": "поддавам се"
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      "word": "отстъпвам"
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      "roman": "wat¹ fuk⁶",
      "word": "屈服"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qūfú",
      "word": "屈服"
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      "word": "podlehnout"
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      "word": "antaa periksi"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "word": "succomber"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "danebeba",
      "word": "დანებება"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "erliegen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "nachgeben"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "ypokýpto",
      "word": "υποκύπτω"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "enged"
    },
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      "code": "la",
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      "word": "succumbō"
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      "word": "auheke"
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      "word": "gi etter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "word": "gi etter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "word": "føye seg"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "word": "ulec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "word": "sucumbir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "word": "sucomba"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "ustupátʹ",
      "word": "уступа́ть"
    },
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "word": "podleči"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "word": "sucumbir"
    },
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "loṅgu",
      "word": "లొంగు"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predavam se",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "предавам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "屈從"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "wat¹ cong⁴",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "屈从"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "屈從"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qūcóng",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "屈从"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "podlehnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "antaa periksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "antautua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "succomber"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "danebeba",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "დანებება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "unterwerfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "nachgeben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "sich ergeben"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypokýpto",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "υποκύπτω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "megadja magát"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "elbukik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "alulmarad"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "soccombere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "arrendersi"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "succumbō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "auheke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "gi seg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "gi opp"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "ulec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "sucumbir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "desistir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "ceda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "a se da bătut"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ustupátʹ",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "уступа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "sucumbir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "rendirse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "ceder"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "loṅgu",
      "sense": "to give up, or give in",
      "word": "లొంగు"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "umiram",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "умирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sǐ",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "死"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "podlehnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "menehtyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "succomber"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "sterben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "erliegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypokýpto",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "υποκύπτω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "elhuny"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "meghal"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "“to something”; -ba/-be complement required",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "belehal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "soccombere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "gi opp ånden"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "umrzeć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "sucumbir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "morrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "sucomba"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "umiratʹ",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "умирать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "podleči"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "morir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "sucumbir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "dö"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "überwältigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "unterwerfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "przytłoczyć"
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