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
"The business hours are over," he thought; "bankers and lawyers will have abandoned the money-getting and mischief-making toils of the day; and I must stay at the inn till to-morrow."
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various
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
