give in

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

give in (third-person singular simple present gives in, present participle giving in, simple past gave in, past participle given in)

1. To collapse or fall.

   Synonyms: cave in, give way

   Coordinate term: break down

   The roof gave in under the weight of the snow.

2. (idiomatic) To relent, yield, surrender or admit defeat.

   Synonyms: give up, abandon (oneself)

   Coordinate term: break down

   I finally gave in and let him stay up to watch TV.

   OK, I don't know the answer. I give in.

   Try not to give in to temptation.

   • 2020 September 26, Caren Osten Gerszberg, “You Can Get Focused (Hint: Put Down That Phone)”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 1 November 2020:

     When your focus wanes and you feel the urge to online shop or grab a game of 2048, there are tech tools to prevent your giving in.

3. (boxing, of a pugilist) To droop the head.

Translations

to collapse or fall

• Bulgarian: поддавам (bg) (poddavam)
• Catalan: cedir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 坍塌或落下

• Czech: zhroutit se
• Finnish: antaa periksi (fi)
• French: céder (fr), s'écrouler (fr)
• German: nachgeben (de)
• Italian: cedere (it)
• Portuguese: ceder (pt)
• Russian: прова́ливаться (ru) impf (proválivatʹsja), провали́ться (ru) impf (provalítʹsja), подла́мываться (ru) impf (podlámyvatʹsja), подломи́ться (ru) impf (podlomítʹsja)
• Spanish: ceder (es), caerse (es)
• Swedish: ge vika (sv), ge efter (sv)
• Turkish: çökmek (tr), yıkılmak (tr)

to relent or yield

• American Sign Language: OpenB@Chest-PalmBack OpenB@FromChest-PalmUp
• Arabic: أَذْعَنَ (ʔaḏʕana)
• Azerbaijani: uymaq
• Bulgarian: отстъпвам (bg) (otstǎpvam), предавам се (predavam se)
• Catalan: cedir (ca), rendir-se (ca)
• Dutch: opgeven (nl), prijsgeven (nl), overgeven (nl)
• Esperanto: fordoni sin al
• Finnish: antaa periksi (fi), taipua (fi), myöntyä (fi)
• French: céder (fr), abandonner (fr)
• German: aufgeben (de), einlenken (de), nachgeben (de)
• Hungarian: felad (hu)
• Italian: arrendersi (it)
• Portuguese: ceder (pt)
• Russian: сдава́ться (ru) impf (sdavátʹsja), сда́ться (ru) pf (sdátʹsja), поддава́ться (ru) impf (poddavátʹsja), подда́ться (ru) pf (poddátʹsja)
• Scottish Gaelic: gèill
• Spanish: ceder (es), rendirse (es), entregarse (es), dar el brazo a torcer (es), cejar (es), caer en, ceder ante, rendirse ante, sucumbir ante, vencerle, entregarse a
• Swedish: vika sig (sv), ge med sig (sv), ge upp (sv)
• Telugu: లొంగి పోవు (te) (loṅgi pōvu)
• Thai: ยอม (th) (yɔɔm)
• Turkish: bırakmak (tr), kabullenmek (tr), pes etmek (tr)
• Yakut: бэрин (berin)

of a pugilist: to droop the head

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Translations to be checked

• German: einbrechen (de), zusammenfallen (de)