to give
- verb
- /ɡɪv/
- How about, I come around tomorrow and I will give you a full tutorial?
- give attention to
- give priority to
- give consideration to
What will you take time from to give to your kids?
- What will you take time from to give to your kids?
- Keep on cultivating it slowly, slowly, but give yourself some time.
- You must be prepared to give so much to your goal.
- I learned that I have to give myself more grace.
- And in that case, men actually give more than women in tips.
Examples
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I will come if you give that money to charity.
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Instead, we have online books and resources to give students the information they need.
Academic text (2011) -
You have to explain it to them and give them reasons why.
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So I decided I would give you guys a little treat.
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Trust building takes time and you need to give yourself that time.
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We are finally going to give the people what they want.
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You must be prepared to give so much to your goal.
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The greatest gift I can give people is belief.
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Keep on cultivating it slowly, slowly, but give yourself some time.
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You need to dedicate time and effort to give back to your community.
Synonyms
To give something people need or want
To give attention or respect to someone
To give money, help, or ideas to make something work
To give time, money, or effort to something
Give time, effort and money to a person, project or cause
Give money, things, or time to help a charity
To offer to help or do something without being paid
To give your time and effort completely to a person, activity, or cause
Hand something to someone without asking for money
To give something useful, like a chance or a view
To make a place or person holy by a ceremony
Support others by offering time or money to say thank you
Give money or help together to reach a shared goal
Give money to help pay for a shared cost
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To stop someone from working at their job, usually because of bad work or behavior
- Informal
To respond equally strongly when someone attacks or criticizes you
- Informal
So generous that they would give almost everything to help others
- Offensive
A joking way to say someone is not good enough to do something as a job
- Informal
Allowing a small favor makes someone try to take much more than you wanted
- Archaic
To show you do not respect someone by putting your thumb to your nose and wiggling your fingers
- Informal
Allow someone freedom to show ability or make mistakes that reveal their true character
Tell someone angrily that you are upset with them
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To stop doing or talking about something because it annoys other people
To cause a sudden feeling of fear or strong excitement that makes someone shiver
- Offensive
To pull up someone's underwear quickly as a joke so it hurts and makes them embarrassed
To make someone leave their job, often as punishment or during job cuts
Compounds
- Jargon
A basketball move where a player passes the ball then runs toward the basket to get the ball back
How Generous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Give comes from an old verb meaning 'to offer' or 'hand over', like German geben and English gift, so to give your time is to offer it to a person or a cause.