abandon
verb (used with object)
to leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert.
will have abandoned
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future perfectof abandon.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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Many of us will have abandoned our goals by mid-January.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
The risk is not only that the ad technology at issue may be obsolete, but also that current and would-be rivals will have abandoned or avoided the market.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2022
Joe won’t return the call, and he hopes that by Saturday the caller will have abandoned the idea.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 27, 2015
"You are depressed in spirits to-day," said Jean d'Alberg consolingly, "the sun has gone down, and the darkness always makes you feel blue, but to-morrow you will have abandoned these gloomy reflections."
From Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense by [pseud.] Vera
You will have abandoned the project you wanted it for, by the time it arrives,—but no matter, apply it to your newer and present project, whatever it is.
From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 3 (1876-1885) by Albert Bigelow Paine
