sacrifice

sacrifice

sacrifice (third-person singular simple present sacrifices, present participle sacrificing, simple past and past participle sacrificed)

1. (transitive) To offer (something) as a gift to a deity.
2. (transitive) To give away (something valuable) to get at least a possibility to gain something else of value (such as self-respect, trust, love, freedom, prosperity), or to avoid an even greater loss.
   • “Don’t you break my heart / ’Cause I sacrifice to make you happy.” - From the song Baby Don’t You Do It by Marvin Gaye
   • “God sacrificed His only-begotten Son, so that all people might have eternal life.” (a paraphrase of John 3:16).
3. (transitive) To trade (a value of higher worth) for one of lesser worth in order to gain something else valued more such as an ally or business relationship or to avoid an even greater loss; to sell without profit to gain something other than money.
   • ""If you trade a penny for a dollar, it is not a sacrifice, if you trade a dollar for a penny, it is"" - from the book Atlas shrugged by Ayn Rand.
4. (transitive) (chess) To intentionally give up (a piece) in order to improve one’s position on the board.
5. (transitive) (baseball) To advance (a runner on base) by batting the ball so it can be caught or fielded, placing the batter out, but with insufficient time to put the runner out.

sacrifice (plural sacrifices)

1. Something sacrificed.
2. (baseball) A play in which the batter is intentionally out in order that runners can advance around the bases.

sacrifice

1. vocative masculine singular of sacrificus

	sacrificio
	something sacrificed
	A living creature which is slain and offered as human or animal sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.
	Something surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective.

	sacrificare
	to offer as a gift to a deity
	to give away something valuable in order to gain something else of value
	Costringere ad una grave privazione.
	Immolare vittime a una divinità.

immolare

offrire

presentare

vittimo

Altri significati:

(transitive) (baseball) To advance (a runner on base) by batting the ball so it can be caught or fielded, placing the batter out, but with insufficient time to put the runner out.

(transitive) (chess) To intentionally give up (a piece) in order to improve one’s position on the board.

(transitive) To offer (something) as a gift to a deity.

Something sacrificed.

(transitive) To trade (a value of higher worth) for one of lesser worth in order to gain something else valued more such as an ally or business relationship or to avoid an even greater loss; to sell without profit to gain something other than money.

(baseball) A play in which the batter is intentionally out in order that runners can advance around the bases.

(transitive) To give away (something valuable) to get at least a possibility to gain something else of value (such as self-respect, trust, love, freedom, prosperity), or to avoid an even greater loss.

sacrifice (of, to)

(to) sacrifice

chess: to give up a piece to improve position

baseball: to advance a player by placing another out

to sell without profit

Traduzione 'veloce'

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