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Definition of Give
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Give
To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow. To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy. To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks. To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc. To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship. To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study. To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form given. To allow or admit by way of supposition. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge. To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain. To pledge; as, to give one's word. To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc. To give a gift or gifts. To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet. To become soft or moist. To move; to recede. To shed tears; to weep. To have a misgiving. To open; to lead. To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park. Related Definitions:
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Give Quotations
Give me a break. John Stossel Every time you get something, give something away. Wendie Malick When I give, I give myself. Walt Whitman We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill Never, never, never give up. Winston Churchill |
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Give Translations
give in Afrikaans is aangee, gee give in Danish is give give in Dutch is schenken, cadeau geven give in Finnish is antaa give in French is donnent, donnons, donner, passer, donnez give in German is eingeben, geben, geben give in Italian is dare, regalare give in Latin is affero, tribuo, commodo give in Norwegian is gi, skjenke give in Portuguese is elasticidade give in Spanish is donar, alargar, dar give in Swedish is uppge, giva, ge |
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