give
Definition of give:
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part of speech: verb
To yield to pressure: to begin to melt: to grow soft:- pr. p. giving; pa. t. gave; pa. p. given. - GIVE CHASE, to pursue: GIVE FORTH, to emit, to publish: GIVE IN, to yield: GIVE OUT, to report, to emit: GIVE OVER, to cease: GIVE PLACE, to give way, to yield: GIVE UP, to abandon.
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part of speech: verb
To bestow; to confer; to pay, as a price; to grant without price or reward; to part; to grow moist; to soften; to resign or yield up; to render or utter.
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part of speech: verb
To bestow: to impart: to yield: to grant: to permit: to afford: to furnish: to pay or render, as thanks: to pronounce, as a decision: to show, as a result: to apply, as one's self: to allow or admit.
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Common misspellings:
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- givie (0.8%)
- givne (0.2%)
- gice (4.9%)
- i've (0.2%)
- hardon (0.2%)
- gie (9.0%)
- gove (15.1%)
- givee (0.4%)
- ive (2.2%)
- giveb (0.2%)
- giv (20.0%)
- givve (1.0%)
- giuve (0.4%)
- giive (1.4%)
- geive (0.4%)
- goive (1.2%)
- givce (2.4%)
- qive (0.4%)
- gaive (0.2%)
- guive (0.8%)
- givr (2.0%)
- gi (0.2%)
- gve (9.4%)
- giveyou (0.2%)
- gife (0.2%)
- ngasih (0.6%)
- gine (0.2%)
- gibve (0.8%)
- gfive (0.8%)
- geve (1.0%)
- giveit (0.4%)
- gvie (3.9%)
- givbe (0.4%)
- tgive (0.4%)
- gicve (0.8%)
- giev (4.9%)
- giveup (0.2%)
- gived (6.1%)
- giva (0.4%)
- goie (0.4%)
- giave (0.2%)
- giove (2.6%)
- guve (2.4%)
- giveme (0.2%)
- grt (0.2%)
Usage examples for give:
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Give me one-" " Oh!
"The Castle of Otranto" – Horace Walpole -
Well, I give it up!
"April Hopes" – William Dean Howells Last Updated: February 27, 2009 -
If I give you some money what will you do with it?
"Phil the Fiddler" – Horatio Alger, Jr. -
We all have something to give
"Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present" – Various
