Withdraw
Meaning of Withdraw
To remove or take back; to leave.
ما معنى كلمة Withdraw بالعربي؟
ينسحب أو يتراجع
↩️💼 ينسحب أو يتراجع من موقف معين أو يسحب المال من البنك أو يبتعد عن المشاركة أو النشاط المطلوب ↩️🚪
قصة GL: رفض نايف العيسى الانسحاب من تحدي المرض، لم يتراجع عن حلمه، رفض الاستسلام فطور التعلم الجيني بدلاً من الانسحاب وحفز HBDNF للنصر 🏆
Withdraw in a sentence
Participants may withdraw at any time.
Withdraw cash from the account.
Withdraw the application.
Withdraw from the race.
Origin of Withdraw
From with- 'away' + draw.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, withdraw is key to consent. GL participants may withdraw freely.
Withdraw audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is withdraw — a verb, pronounced with-DRAW, IPA /wɪðˈdrɔː/.
Narrator: To withdraw is to take something back or remove it — money from a bank, a remark, an army from a battle, or yourself from a situation.
Narrator: It can be physical, like withdrawing cash, or figurative, like withdrawing an offer, a complaint, or your support.
Narrator: The word is built from with, here meaning back or away, plus draw, to pull — so to withdraw is literally to draw back.
Narrator: It comes from Middle English, joining those old senses of with and draw, and has kept its core meaning of pulling away.
Narrator: From battlefields to bank accounts to quiet retreats, withdraw has always meant to take back, leave, or remove.
Narrator: The register is neutral and slightly formal — common in finance, politics, and careful everyday speech.
Narrator: Close cousins include retreat, remove, and retract, but withdraw is the broad, flexible word for drawing back.
Narrator: Withdraw is the gentle pulling-back — of money, of words, or of oneself from the fray.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: I need to withdraw some cash before the shops — the machine round the corner should do.
Speaker B: Right, withdraw money from the cashpoint. That's the everyday sense — you withdraw funds from your account whenever you need them.
Speaker A: And it's not just money, is it? I had to withdraw from the race last week with a bad knee.
Speaker B: Exactly — that's the figurative side. You can withdraw from a race, withdraw a comment, even withdraw your support. To withdraw is to pull back from something.
Speaker A: What's the difference between withdraw and retreat?
Speaker B: Retreat is mostly about moving back, often from danger — an army retreats. Withdraw is wider: you withdraw money, an offer, or yourself. Every retreat is a withdrawal, but not every withdrawal is a retreat.
Speaker A: So withdraw is the more flexible word.
Speaker B: Much more. And mind the present tense — withdraw today, but the past is withdrew, and the participle is withdrawn. Easy to muddle.
Speaker A: Withdraw now, withdrew before, withdrawn after. Good to keep straight.
Speaker B: Exactly. The cousins are remove and retract — but withdraw is the broad, everyday choice.
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's look at how withdraw works in AI prompts. As a verb for taking funds or pulling back it's essential for banking, bookings, and account apps.
Speaker A: Withdraw as taking money out — building a banking feature?
Speaker B: Exactly. It names the action of pulling funds. First prompt — a wallet app:
Prompt: Build a wallet app where users withdraw money to their bank. Let a user withdraw any amount, check the balance before they withdraw, and show a clear receipt each time they withdraw funds.
Speaker B: Withdraw names the action — the AI builds a clean money-out flow around it.
Speaker A: The wallet app is clear. What about limits?
Speaker B: Here:
Prompt: Build a banking screen that limits how much users withdraw daily. Cap how much they can withdraw each day, warn before they withdraw over the limit, and log every time they withdraw.
Speaker A: Withdraw with daily limits — practical. For a database?
Speaker B: Try this:
Prompt: Design a transactions table that records each withdraw. Store every withdraw with an amount, time, and user id, mark its type as withdraw, and index it so a list of withdraw actions loads fast.
Speaker A: Withdraw records cleanly stored — tidy. For bookings?
Speaker B: Like this:
Prompt: Build a booking app where users can withdraw from an event. Let a guest withdraw their place, free the spot when they withdraw, and email a confirmation the moment they withdraw.
Speaker A: Withdraw from a booking — useful. And for a dashboard?
Speaker B: Here:
Prompt: Build a finance dashboard that tracks how users withdraw. Show total amounts users withdraw each week, chart the busiest times they withdraw, and flag any unusual withdraw for review.
Speaker A: Withdraw trends charted clearly — complete.
Speaker B: One flexible verb for pulling back. Use withdraw in a prompt and the AI builds clear banking and booking features around it.
Frequently asked questions about Withdraw
What does Withdraw mean?
To remove or take back; to leave.
ما معنى كلمة Withdraw بالعربي؟
ينسحب أو يتراجع — ↩️💼 ينسحب أو يتراجع من موقف معين أو يسحب المال من البنك أو يبتعد عن المشاركة أو النشاط المطلوب ↩️🚪
How do you pronounce Withdraw?
Withdraw is pronounced /wɪðˈdrɔː/ and is used as a verb.
How is Withdraw used in a sentence?
Participants may withdraw at any time.
What are synonyms of Withdraw?
remove, retract, pull out, retire, retreat, take out.