give

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To hand something to someone so they can have it.

   Please give me the book on the table.

2. 2
   verb

   To allow someone to have something.

   I'll give you two minutes to answer.

3. 3
   verb

   To provide or supply something.

   Can you give me some advice about my résumé?

4. 4
   verb

   To pass on knowledge, information, or skills.

   She gave a clear explanation of the rules.

5. 5
   verb

   To bend or stretch under pressure rather than break.

   The old wooden floor gives a little when you walk on it.

Multiword verbs with give

• give off Phrasal verb A1

  to release light, heat, a smell, or another substance

• give over Phrasal verb A1

  to devote or allocate something to a particular purpose

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Simplified etymology

Give is an Old English word. The related noun gift entered Middle English separately from Old Norse gipt.

Middle English given, from merger of Old English giefan (“to give”) and Old Norse gefa (“to give”), from Proto-Germanic *gebaną (“to give”). Displaced yive, from Middle English yiven, of the same origin, from influence of Old Norse gefa.

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