withdraw
pronunciation
How to pronounce withdraw in British English:
UK [wɪðˈdrɔː]
How to pronounce withdraw in American English:
US [wɪðˈdrɔː]
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- Verb:
- pull back or move away or backward
- withdraw from active participation
- release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
- cause to be returned
- take back what one has said
- keep away from others
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract
- break from a meeting or gathering
- retire gracefully
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- lose interest
- make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
Word Origin
- withdraw (v.)
- early 13c. (transitive), "to take back," from with "away" + drawen "to draw," possibly a loan-translation of Latin retrahere "to retract." Intransitive sense from mid-13c. Sense of "to remove oneself" is recorded from c. 1300. Related: Withdrawn; withdrawing.
Example
- 1. In reply , last week cnooc told migas it would withdraw .
- 2. In may education officials in shanghai decided to withdraw it .
- 3. Another idea is to withdraw allowances from the market permanently .
- 4. A few months later it had to withdraw as the financial crisis engulfed it .
- 5. Withdraw the stimulation and it bites .