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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