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WAIVE

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 I. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they waive  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it waives  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: waived  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: waived  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: waiving  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crimeplay

Example:

forfeited property

Synonyms:

forego; forfeit; forgo; give up; throw overboard; waive

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "waive" is one way to...):

abandon (forsake, leave behind)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "waive"):

lapse (let slip)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

waiver (a formal written statement of relinquishment)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Do without or cease to hold or adhere toplay

Example:

relinquish the old ideas

Synonyms:

dispense with; forego; foreswear; forgo; relinquish; waive

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "waive"):

give up; kick (stop consuming)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

waiver (a formal written statement of relinquishment)

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