give

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Derived terms 2 Danish 2.1 Alternative forms 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Pronunciation 2.4 Verb

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /gɪv/, SAMPA: /gIv/
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• Rhymes: -ɪv

[edit] Etymology

Middle English given from Old Norse gefa "to give" from Proto-Germanic *gebanan from Proto-Indo-European *ghab(h)- (“‘to take, hold, have, cause to have, give’”) . Akin to Danish give "to give", Swedish giva "to give", Middle English yiven, yeven "to give" from Old English giefan. More at gift

[edit] Verb

to give (third-person singular simple present gives, present participle giving, simple past gave, past participle 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.

4. (transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.

   They're giving my favorite show!

   • 2003, Iain Aitken, Value-Driven IT Management: Commercializing the IT Function, page 153

     [...] who did not have a culture in which 'giving good presentation' and successfully playing the internal political game was the way up.

   • 2006, Christopher Matthew Spencer The Ebay Entrepreneur, page 248

     A friendly voice on the phone welcoming prospective new clients is a must. Don't underestimate the importance of giving good "phone".

[edit] 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
• (provide):

[edit] Antonyms

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

[edit] Derived terms

See also given, giver and giving

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

give (uncountable)

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

   This chair doesn't have much give.

[edit] Derived terms

• give and take

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Alternative forms

• gi' (representing the spoken language)

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse gefa.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /giː/, [ɡ̊iːˀ], [ɡ̊i]

[edit] Verb

give (imperative giv, infinitive at give, present tense giver, past tense gav, past participle har givet)

1. give