abandonedadjectiveCollocations from other entriesOther dictionary examplesCorpus examplesabandonedabandoneda‧ban‧doned AC /E™Eˆb?¦ndE™nd/ adjectiveWord family1GIVEan abandoned building, car, boat etc has been left by the people who owned or used it: The car was found abandoned in Bristol.befindabandonthe demolition of abandoned buildingsabandonbuilding2ALONE[only before noun] an abandoned person or animal has been left completely alone by the person that was looking after them3literaryCONTROL behaving in a wild and uncontrolled way