give
English
/ɡɪv/
verb
Definitions
- (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
- (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
- (intransitive) To yield slightly when a force is applied.
- (intransitive) To collapse under pressure or force.
- (transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
- (intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
- (transitive) To provide a view of.
- To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
- To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
- To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
- To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
- To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
- To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
- (dated) To grant power or permission to; to allow.
- (reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
- (obsolete) To become soft or moist.
- (obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.
- (obsolete) To have a misgiving.
- (slang) To be going on, to be occurring
Etymology
Derived from Middle English given derived from Old Norse gefa (give) derived from Proto-Germanic *gebaną (give) derived from Old English ġiefan (give).
Origin
Old English
ġiefan
Gloss
give
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- almsgiver English
- away English
- begift English
- begive English
- begiving English
- box English
- bridegift English
- caregiver English
- countergift English
- engift English
- fore-give English
- foregift English
- foregive English
- forgivability English
- forgivable English
- forgive English
- forgiver English
- forgivest English
- forthgive English
- gavel English
- gaveller English
- gift English
- gift-giving English
- giftability English
- giftable English
- giftbag English
- giftbox English
- giftee English
- gifter English
- giftfic English
- giftful English
- giftless English
- giftlet English
- giftling English
- giftpack English
- giftset English
- giftware English
- gifty English
- givable English
- give the lie English
- giveaway English
- givee English
- giveness English
- giver English
- givest English
- handgift English
- lawgiver English
- lie English
- megagift English
- misforgive English
- misgive English
- misgiving English
- nongiver English
- outgive English
- overgive English
- prizegiver English
- regift English
- regive English
- thanks English
- thanksgive English
- thanksgiver English
- the English
- unforgive English
- unforgiver English
- ungive English
- unmisgiving English
- upgive English
- Angabe German
- Farbgebung German
- Geber German
- Givebox German
- Namensgebung German
- abgeben German
- angeben German
- anheimgeben German
- aufgeben German
- ausgeben German
- begeben German
- beigeben German
- bekanntgeben German
- dazugeben German
- eingeben German
- ergeben German
- freigeben German
- geben German
- herausgeben German
- hergeben German
- hingeben German
- kundgeben German
- losgeben German
- mitgeben German
- nachgeben German
- preisgeben German
- stattgeben German
- umgeben German
- vergeben German
- vorgeben German
- weggeben German
- weitergeben German
- wiedergeben German
- zufriedengeben German
- zugeben German
- zurückgeben German
- übergeben German
- *gʰab(ʰ)- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰebʰ-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- gi Norwegian Bokmål
- *gabulą Proto-Germanic
- *gebaną Proto-Germanic
- ギフト Japanese
- gje Norwegian Nynorsk
- agiefan Old English
- forgiefan Old English
- gifol Old English
- ofgiefan Old English
- ġiefan Old English
- गभस्ति Sanskrit
- *give Middle English
- foryiven Middle English
- gavel Middle English
- gift Middle English
- give Middle English
- given Middle English
- gyffare Middle English
- yeven Middle English
- yiven Middle English
- ȝiven Middle English
- gefa Old Norse
- gjǫfull Old Norse
- yfirgefa Old Norse
- foregive Danish
- give Danish
- giver Danish
- tilgive Danish
- gefa Icelandic
- geban Old High German
- gevan Old High German
- geva Faroese
- geben Middle High German
- 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *geban gmw-pro
- gevan Old Dutch
- giva Old Swedish
- geva Westrobothnian
- gie Scots
- *gábʰastiṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- jeva Old Frisian
- givim Tok Pisin
- pogiv Tok Pisin
- gi Sranan Tongo
- jiiw North Frisian
- djävå Elfdalian
- box
- the
- lie
- away
- gift
- givee
- giver
- gavel
- gifty
- begive
- engift
- givest
- regive
- begift
- gifter
- regift
- giftee
- upgive
- thanks
- ungive
- giftbag
- giftlet
- misgive
- giftbox
- forgive
- giftfic
- giftful
- giftset
- givable
- outgive
- begiving
- lawgiver
- nongiver
- foregift
- giftware
- handgift
- giftless
- giveness
- giftling
- overgive
- giftable
- megagift
- foregive
- gaveller
- forgiver
- giveaway
- giftpack
- misgiving
- unforgive
- fore-give
- almsgiver
- caregiver
- bridegift
- forgivest
- forthgive
- prizegiver
- misforgive
- unforgiver
- forgivable
- thanksgive
- unmisgiving
- giftability
- countergift
- gift-giving
- thanksgiver
- give the lie
- forgivability