to give back
33
3.0
- phrasal verb
- /ɡɪv bæk/
:
contribuir (a la comunidad)
- How can I give back to the community?
- give back to the community
Hi, what do you do to give back to the world?
- Hi, what do you do to give back to the world?
- How can you be of service and give back to others?
- So that's how I'm planning on giving back this year and I hope I can.
- But Jalen's interest in giving back is what's most important.
- But we cannot give back unless our cup is full as well.
- The only thing I can prove now is to give back, help people where I can.
- And it's almost you giving back to those who have been in your shoes.
- Thank you for giving back to the people in the time of the holidays.
- Can you find it a channel or a vehicle to give back in some way?
- And then over a decade ago, wanting to give back and help people do what I do.
- So I'm glad that I could give back in and I could inspire the youth.
- I love the idea that we can and do give back.
Examples
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He decided to give back by mentoring young people in his neighborhood.
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Meaningful activity also provided participants opportunities to give back, particularly to those they cared for.
Academic text (2010) -
Hi, what do you do to give back to the world?
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How can you be of service and give back to others?
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You have to find some way to give back to the world.
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The only thing I can prove now is to give back, help people where I can.
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But we cannot give back unless our cup is full as well.
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Now is your chance to give back to these businesses that support our community.
Blog text (4) -
If someone does something good for me, I always want to give back and do the same for them.
Blog text (6) -
David Yeh has helped with numerous TAP events and continues to give back to the community.
Blog text (20)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To offer time, effort, or money to help others
932
1.0
To support someone or something
883
2.7
To give money, help, or ideas to make something work
605
1.0
To help someone by making a task easier
486
1.0
To do something for someone who cannot do it alone
457
2.7
Give money, things, or time to help a charity
391
2.0
To offer to help or do something without being paid
89
2.7
To give something in return for help or kindness
31
3.2
Give money or help together to reach a shared goal
5
2.9
To give help to people and countries in need
1
7.1
So generous that they would give almost everything to help others
Antonyms
How Charitable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to contribute time, money, or resources' is an extended, reciprocal use of 'give' + 'back' where 'back' signals giving in return; a learner who knows the words may infer a general sense of returning or reciprocating but might not fully predict the charitable/community nuance without context. Because the meaning is a metaphorical extension of the literal 'give back' (return) and similar reciprocity constructions exist cross-linguistically, it is partly transparent but not fully predictable.
Etymology
Give back also carries a social image: you give time, money, or help back to the people or place that helped you. That's why it means 'to help others' or 'to show thanks' by giving resources or support.