give

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English

Etymology 1

Middle English given, from Old Norse gefa (“to give”), from Proto-Germanic *gebaną (“to give”). Displaced yive, from Middle English yiven, of the same origin.

Pronunciation

• enPR: gĭv, IPA^(key): /ɡɪv/
• Rhymes: -ɪv

Verb

give (third-person singular simple present gives, present participle giving, simple past gave, past participle given)

1. (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
   1. To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).

      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:give

      Antonyms: get, obtain, receive, take

   2. To make a present or gift of.

   3. To pledge.

   4. To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.

   5. To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in (the specified person, or the target, audience, etc).
   6. (slang, transitive) To give off (a certain vibe or appearance). [2019?–] (Compare giving.)
   7. To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).
   8. To pass (something) into (someone's hand, etc.).

   9. To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.
   10. To provide or administer (a medication)

   11. To present someone to an audience.
   12. To propose someone for a toast, used in standard formulations for toasts.
2. (transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
3. (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).

4. (intransitive) To yield or collapse under pressure or force.

   Synonyms: give way, bend, cede, flex, move, yield

   Antonym: resist
5. (intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
6. (transitive, dated) To provide a view of.
7. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.

8. To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
9. To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
11. To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.

    Synonyms: allow, concede, grant
12. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
13. To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).

14. (dated or religion) To grant power, permission, destiny, etc. (especially to a person); to allot; to allow.
15. (reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).

16. (obsolete) To become soft or moist.
17. (obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.
18. (obsolete) To have a misgiving.
    • c. 1608-1634, John Webster, Appius and Virginia, page 16

      My mind gives ye're reserv'd / To rob poor market women.

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also given, giver and giving

Translations

Noun

give (uncountable)

1. The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilience.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

give (plural gives)

1. Alternative form of gyve.

References

• “give”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Isaac Livingstone Asamoah (23 June 2016) Digestive Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs, Partridge Africa, →ISBN: “Give onto: If a window, door, or building gives onto a particular place, it leads to that place or you can see that place from it.”

Chinese

Etymology

Probably from clipping of English give a shit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪf⁵⁵/

Verb

give

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, chiefly in the negative) to give a shit; to care about; to pay attention to someone

Danish

Alternative forms

• gi' (representing the spoken language)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡ̊iˀ], [ˈɡ̊i], (formal) IPA^(key): [ˈɡ̊iːʋə]
• Rhymes: -iː, -iːvɐ

Verb

give (imperative giv, present tense giver, past tense gav, past participle givet, c given, givne)

1. to give

Conjugation

Derived terms

Swedish

Verb

give

1. (archaic) present subjunctive of giva

Anagrams

• evig