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waive
relinquish a right voluntarily: waive his right to a jury trial; dispense with; forgo: waive a fee
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waive
(wāv)tr.v.waived,waiv·ing,waives
1. To give up (a claim or right, for example) voluntarily; relinquish. See Synonyms at relinquish.
2. To refrain from insisting on or enforcing (a rule, penalty, or requirement, for example); dispense with:"The original ban on private trading had long since been waived"(William L. Schurz).
3. To refrain from engaging in, sometimes temporarily; cancel or postpone:Let's waive our discussion of that problem.
4.Sports To place (a player) on waivers.
[Middle Englishweiven,to abandon, from Anglo-Normanweyver, fromwaif,ownerless property; see waif1.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
waive
(weɪv)vb (tr)
1.to set aside or relinquish:to waive one's right to something.
2. (Law) to refrain from enforcing (a claim) or applying (a law, penalty, etc)
3.to defer
[C13: from Old Northern Frenchweyver, fromwaif abandoned; see waif]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
waive
(weɪv)v.t.waived, waiv•ing.
1. to refrain from claiming or insisting on; forgo: to waive one's rank.
2. to relinquish (a right) intentionally: to waive an option.
3. to put aside, esp. for the time; defer or dispense with: to waive formalities.
4. to dismiss from consideration or discussion.
[1250–1300; Middle Englishweyven < Anglo-Frenchweyver to make awaif (of someone) by forsaking or outlawing (him or her)]
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waive
Past participle:waived
Gerund:waiving
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waive |
waive |
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I waive |
you waive |
he/she/it waives |
we waive |
you waive |
they waive |
Preterite |
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I waived |
you waived |
he/she/it waived |
we waived |
you waived |
they waived |
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I am waiving |
you are waiving |
he/she/it is waiving |
we are waiving |
you are waiving |
they are waiving |
Present Perfect |
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I have waived |
you have waived |
he/she/it has waived |
we have waived |
you have waived |
they have waived |
Past Continuous |
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I was waiving |
you were waiving |
he/she/it was waiving |
we were waiving |
you were waiving |
they were waiving |
Past Perfect |
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I had waived |
you had waived |
he/she/it had waived |
we had waived |
you had waived |
they had waived |
Future |
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I will waive |
you will waive |
he/she/it will waive |
we will waive |
you will waive |
they will waive |
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I will have waived |
you will have waived |
he/she/it will have waived |
we will have waived |
you will have waived |
they will have waived |
Future Continuous |
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I will be waiving |
you will be waiving |
he/she/it will be waiving |
we will be waiving |
you will be waiving |
they will be waiving |
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I have been waiving |
you have been waiving |
he/she/it has been waiving |
we have been waiving |
you have been waiving |
they have been waiving |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been waiving |
you will have been waiving |
he/she/it will have been waiving |
we will have been waiving |
you will have been waiving |
they will have been waiving |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been waiving |
you had been waiving |
he/she/it had been waiving |
we had been waiving |
you had been waiving |
they had been waiving |
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I would waive |
you would waive |
he/she/it would waive |
we would waive |
you would waive |
they would waive |
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I would have waived |
you would have waived |
he/she/it would have waived |
we would have waived |
you would have waived |
they would have waived |
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Verb | 1. | waive - do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" |
2. | waive - lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property" abandon - forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot" lapse - let slip; "He lapsed his membership" |
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waive
verb
1.give up,relinquish,renounce,forsake,drop,abandon,resign,yield,surrender,set aside,dispense with,cede,forgoHe pled guilty to the charges and waived his right to appeal.
give upclaim,demand,press (for),pursue,insist on,profess
give upclaim,demand,press (for),pursue,insist on,profess
2.disregard,ignore,discount,overlook,set aside,pass over,dispense with,brush aside,turn a blind eye to,forgoThe council has agreed to waive certain statutory planning regulations.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
waive
verb1.To give up a possession, claim, or right:
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Translations
يَتَنَازَلُ عَنْيَتَنازَل، يَتَخَلّى عَنيُسْقِطُ حَقّا
zříci se
frafaldegive afkald på
verzichten aufabbedingen
olla soveltamatta
odreći se
afsala sér, falla fráfalla frá, vísa frá
放棄する
포기하다
nereikalauti
atceltatsauktatteikties no tiesībām
upustiťvzduť sa
avstå från
สละสิทธิ์
từ bỏ
waive
[weɪv]VT1. (=not claim) [+right, claim, fee] →renunciar a
2. (=exonerate from) [+payment of loan, interest] →exonerar de
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
waive
[ˈweɪv]vt (=forgo) [+right] →renoncer à; [+charge, fee] →faire grâce de
to waive admission charges [gallery, museum] →ouvrirgratuitement sesportes
to waive admission charges [gallery, museum] →ouvrirgratuitement sesportes
(=lift) [+immunity, restrictions, ban] →lever
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
waive
vt
(= not insist on)rights, claim, fee →verzichten auf(+acc);principles, rules, age limit etc →außer Acht lassen
(= put aside, dismiss)question, objection →abtun
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
waive
(weiv)1. to give up or not insist upon (eg a claim or right).He waived his claim to all the land north of the river. opgee يَتَنازَل، يَتَخَلّى عَن отказвам се от desistir de vzdát severzichten auf frafalde παραιτούμαι απόrenunciar,prescindir loovutama, loobuma چشم پوشيدن luopuarenoncer לְווַתֵר עַל- छोड़ना odreći se, odgoditi lemond (vmiről) melepaskan afsala sér, falla frárinunciare a 放棄する (권리, 주장 등을) 포기하다 atsisakyti atteikties no tiesībām enggan menggunakan hak atau kuasaopgevengi avkall på,frafalle,avstå frazrzec się لاس اخيستل، تيريدل ( له يوشى څخه ) ، ډډه كل، حران ژاورل، غاړه غړول، ځنډول، ټالول وروسته كول desistir de a renunţa laотказываться vzdať sa odpovedati se odreći se avstå från, avsäga sig, ge avkall på สละสิทธิ์vazgeçmek 放棄 відмовлятися دست بردار ہو جانا từ bỏ放弃
2. not to demand or enforce (a fine, penaltyetc).The judge waived the sentence and let him go free. kwytskeld يُسْقِطُ حَقّا отхвърлям não impor upustit (od)verzichten auf frafaldeχαρίζω, δεν επιβάλλω no aplicar loobuma از قانون مستثني كردن antaa rauetaabandonnerויתור माफ करना odgoditi felfüggeszt tidak menuntut falla frá, vísa fráabbandonare 適用しない (규칙, 법률 등을) 적용하지 않다 atsisakyti, nereikalauti atsaukt; atcelt (spriedumu u.tml.) mengetepikankwijtscheldense bort fra,sette til side odstąpić od ډډه كل não impor a abandona не настаивать upustiť (od) opustiti proglasiti nevažećim avstå (bortse) från ระงับไว้ชั่วคราวkaldırmak 取消 відмовлятися چھوڑ دینا khước từ取消
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
waive
→يَتَنَازَلُ عَنْ zříci se give afkald påverzichten aufπαραιτούμαι από απαίτησηdescartar olla soveltamattasupprimer odreći serinunciare 放棄する 포기하다afzien vangi avkall påodstąpićrenunciarотказываться avstå från สละสิทธิ์vazgeçmek từ bỏ放弃Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
waive
v. diferir, posponer.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
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Jaggers, which you desired me towaive for a moment.
"Let uswaive the point." (Sir Joseph invariably used this formula as a means of at once conciliating his sister, and getting a fresh start for his story.) "I was cruising off the Mersey in a Liverpool pilot-boat.
To avoid, therefore, all imputation of laying down a rule for posterity, founded only on the authority of ipse dixit --for which, to say the truth, we have not the profoundest veneration--we shall herewaive the privilege above contended for, and proceed to lay before the reader the reasons which have induced us to intersperse these several digressive essays in the course of this work.
In matters of contribution, it is the practice towaive the articles of the constitution.
"Then with that assurance and your highness's good leave," said Don Quixote, "I hereby for this oncewaive my privilege of gentle blood, and come down and put myself on a level with the lowly birth of the wrong-doer, making myself equal with him and enabling him to enter into combat with me; and so, I challenge and defy him, though absent, on the plea of his malfeasance in breaking faith with this poor damsel, who was a maiden and now by his misdeed is none; and say that he shall fulfill the promise he gave her to become her lawful husband, or else stake his life upon the question."
Would "Dear Miss de Sor"waive all ceremony, and consent to be a guest (later in the autumn) at her father's house?
'Your friend, sir,' said he, 'is--ha--is a little impatient; and, in his impatience, is not perhaps fully sensible of what he owes to--hum--to--but we willwaive that, we willwaive that.
As a result, they de- cided that it was time towaive etiquette and send their greatest and best against me.
She had set herself to stand or fall by her qualities, and towaive such merely technical claims upon a strange family as had been established for her by the flimsy fact of a member of that family, in a season of impulse, writing his name in a church-book beside hers.
Ladies and gentlemenI am ordered by Miss Woodhouse to say, that shewaives her right of knowing exactly what you may all be thinking of, and only requires something very entertaining from each of you, in a general way.
The Egyptian woman claimed to prosecutors that her 34-year-old countryman, A.M., did so to coerce her towaive her rights in their legal dispute before the Dubai Sharia Court.
Attorney-client privilege--in the news lately--increasingly comes up when the government alleges corporate misconduct, and prosecutors are using the threat of severe penalties towaive the privilege in exchange for leniency.
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