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rank|hand|young|place|154|give|ever|saw|things

Pronunciation
IPA|/gɪv/
SAMPA|/gIv/
audio|en-us-give.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪv|-ɪv

Etymology
OE. giefan

Verb
en-verb|gives|giving|gave|given

1. ditransitive To transfer the possession or holding of (something to someone or something else).
2. intransitive To bend slightly when a force is applied.
3. ditransitive To estimate or predict (a duration or probability for something).

#:I give it ten minutes before he gives up.
#:I give it a 95% chance of success.
#:I'll give their marriage six months.

Synonyms
(transfer possession of): donate, pass, transfer
(bend slightly when a force is applied): bend, cede, flex, move, yield
(estimate or predict): estimate, guess, predict

Antonyms
(transfer possession of): get, obtain, receive, take
(bend slightly when a force is applied): not bend/cede/flex/give/move/yield, resist

Derived terms
See also given, giver and'' giving
top3
forgive
give away
give back
give birth
give forth
give head
give in
give it one's all
give it one's best shot
given
mid3
give off
give on to<!--not "give onto"-->
give out
give over
give pause
give someone a break
give someone a chance
give someone the time of day
give something a miss
mid3
give something a shot
give something a try
give thanks
give to understand
give up
give way
it is better to give than to receive
something's got to give

Translations
trans-top|transfer the possession of something to someone else
Albanian: t-|sq|jep|xs=Albanian
Arabic: ARchar|اعط�|أع�ط�� IPAchar|(á��a)
Aromanian: dau
Bosnian: dati#Bosnian|dati, davati#Bosnian|davati
Breton: rei, roi
Catalan: donar
Crimean Tatar: bermek
Croatian: t-|hr|dati
Czech: t-|cs|darovat, t+|cs|dát
Dutch: t+|nl|geven, t+|nl|overhandigen
Esperanto: t-|eo|doni|xs=Esperanto
Filipino: magbigáy
Finnish: t+|fi|antaa
French: t+|fr|donner
German: t+|de|geben, t+|de|abgeben
Greek, Ancient: δίδ�μι (didomi)
Greek: t|el|δίν�|sc=Grek (díno)
Guaraní: me'ẽ
Hebrew: נת� (n�t�n)
Hungarian: t+|hu|ad
Icelandic: t+|is|gefa
Ido: donar
Indonesian: t+|id|beri|xsIndonesian, t+|id|beri|altmemberi|xsIndonesian, t+|id|beri|altmemberikan|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: dar
Italian: t+|it|dare
trans-mid
Japanese: ��� (agéru), �� (���, kudasu) (polite), 差���� (�����, sashi-ageru) (humble)
Korean: 주� (juda)
Kurdish: t+|ku|dan, t+|ku|دا�|sc=KUchar
Latin: t-|la|dare
Latvian: t-|lv|dot|xs=Latvian
Norwegian: gi, overrekke, overlate, skjenke
Old English: t-|ang|sellan|xsOld English, t+|ang|giefan|altġiefan|xs=Old English
Persian: t+|fa|داد�|altداد��|trd�dæn|scFAchar|xsPersian
Polish: da�, przekaza�
Portuguese: t+|pt|dar
Romanian: a da
Russian: дава�� / да�� (davát� / dat�)
Serbian:

Slovene: dati, podariti
Spanish: t+|es|dar, t+|es|entregar
Swedish: t+|sv|ge
Tagalog: bigay
Tupinambá: me'eng
Turkish: t+|tr|vermek
trans-bottom

trans-top|bend sligthly when a force is applied
Finnish: t-|fi|antaa periksi
German: nachgeben
Norwegian: gi etter
Russian: пода���� (podát�sja)
trans-mid
Swedish: ge efter
trans-bottom

Noun
en-noun|-

1. uncountable The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it.

#:This chair doesn't have much give.

Derived terms
give and take

Category:200 English basic words
Category:English irregular verbs

Danish

Etymology
Old Norse gefa

Verb
give

1. to give

Category:Danish verbs

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• 2007-12-19 17:45 - Tbot - added t for nl

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