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Etymology
From Latin sacrificium, the noun sacrifice, from the verb sacrificare, from sacer, sacred, + -ficium, deed, from the verb facere, do or make.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-sacrifice.ogg|Audio (US)

Verb
en-verb|sacrific|ing

1. To offer as a gift to a deity.
2. To give away more or less altruistically 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.

#*"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.
#*"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."
#*(Chess) To intentionally give up a piece in order to improve one's position on the board.
#*baseball To advance a runner on base by bat|batting the ball so it can be caught or fielded, placing the batter out, but with insufficient time to put the runner out.

1. To sell without profit.

Related terms
sacrificial
sacrificially

Translations
trans-top|To offer as a gift to a deity
Czech: ob�tovat
Danish: ofre
Finnish: uhrata
French: sacrifier
German: opfern
Icelandic: fórna
Italian: sacrificare
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Kurdish: KUchar|��ربا� کرد�
Norwegian: ofre
Portuguese: sacrificar
Russian: же��вова�� (žértvovat�) impf, поже��вова�� (požértvovat�) pf; п�ино�и�� в же��в� (prinosít' v žértvu)
Slovak: obetovať, obetovať sa
Slovene: žrtvovati
Spanish: sacrificar
Swedish: offra
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trans-top|To give away something valuable in order to gain something else of value
Czech: ob�tovat
Danish: ofre
Finnish: uhrata
French: sacrifier
German: opfern
Icelandic: fórna
Italian: sacrificare
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Kurdish: KUchar|���خ�ب�رد�, KUchar|��داکار�, KUchar|پ��ا�کرد�
Lithuanian: aukoti
Norwegian: ofre
Portuguese: sacrificar
Russian: же��вова�� (žértvovat�) impf, поже��вова�� (požértvovat�) pf
Slovak: obetovať, obetovať sa
Slovene: žrtvovati
Spanish: sacrificar
Swedish: offra
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trans-top|To sell without profit
Finnish: myydä tappio|tappiolla
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ttbc|Catalan: sacrificar
ttbc|Dutch: opofferen
ttbc|Latin: sacrificare
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ttbc|Old English: blotan|bl�tan
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|�ربا�� کرد� (qorbani-kardan)
ttbc|Polish: po�wi�ci�
ttbc|Romanian: sacrifica
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Noun
en-noun

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

Translations
trans-top|something sacrificed
Arabic: ARchar|تضح�ة IPAchar|(ta�ħéa) f
Catalan: sacrifici m
Chinese: ��, �� (xīsh�ng)
Czech: ob�ť f
Dutch: offer#Dutch|offer, opoffering f
Finnish: uhraus, uhri, uhrilahja
French: sacrifice m
German: Opfer n
Icelandic: fórn f
Italian: sacrificio m
Japanese: �� (���, gisei)
Korean: �� (huisaeng)
Kurdish: KUchar|��ربا��
Latin: sacrificum n
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Norwegian: offer n
Old English: blot|bl�t, ġebl�t, lac|l�c n
Persian: FAchar|�ربا�� (qorbani)
Polish: po�wi�cenie n
Portuguese: sacrifício m
Romanian: sacrificiu n
Russian: же��ва (žértva) f
Slovak: obeta#Slovak|obeta f
Slovene: žrtev f
Spanish: sacrificio m
Swedish: offer#Swedish|offer n
Telugu: త�యా�� (tyaagam)
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