English noun: sacrifice | |||
1. | sacrifice (act) the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. | ||
Synonyms | forfeit, forfeiture | ||
Broader (hypernym) | act, deed, human action, human activity | ||
2. | sacrifice (event) personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | loss, personnel casualty | ||
3. | sacrifice (possession) a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value | ||
Samples | He had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | loss | ||
4. | sacrifice (act) the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity | ||
Synonyms | ritual killing | ||
Broader (hypernym) | kill, killing, putting to death | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | hecatomb, immolation | ||
Domain category | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | ||
5. | sacrifice (act) (baseball) an out that advances the base runners | ||
Broader (hypernym) | putout | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | sacrifice fly | ||
Domain category | baseball, baseball game | ||
English verb: sacrifice | |||
1. | sacrifice (possession) endure the loss of | ||
Samples | He gave his life for his children. I gave two sons to the war. | ||
Synonyms | give | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | free, give up, release, relinquish, resign | ||
Verb group | commit, consecrate, dedicate, devote, devote, give, give, pay | ||
2. | sacrifice (contact) kill or destroy | ||
Samples | The animals were sacrificed after the experiment. The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment. | ||
Examples | They want to sacrifice the prisoners | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | kill | ||
3. | sacrifice (possession) sell at a loss | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sell | ||
4. | sacrifice (possession) make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | offer, offer up | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | immolate | ||