sacrifice
To give up something you value, to help someone or to gain something more important.
sacrifice in a sentence
- Ella chose to sacrifice her playtime to help the new pupil catch up.
- Parents often sacrifice their own free time for their children.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to sacrifice?
- Again
- Bsurrender
- Cretain
- Dkeep
Show the answer
B: surrender. The other three mean the opposite of sacrifice.
Words that mean something similar
surrender
Words that mean the opposite
keep, retain, gain
More words about behaviour & manners
- sanitary: Clean, and helping to protect people's health.
- shun: To avoid someone or something on purpose.
- sneer: To smile in a nasty way that shows you look down on someone; or that nasty smile.
- spontaneous: Done suddenly without planning it first.
- squander: To waste money or time in a careless way.
- submissive: Always willing to obey others without arguing.
- submit: To give in to someone, or to hand in work for someone to judge.
- subterfuge: A trick used to hide what you are really doing, or to get your own way.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test