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to donate

to donate

457 2.7
Give money, things, or time to help a charity
  • verb
  • /dəˈneɪt/
translation icon : donar
  • If you'd like to help, please donate to Age UK.
  • donate money
  • donate blood
  • donate food

And the more money you donate to What's Your Handle?

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Examples

  • Why do you think Jake decided to donate his money to the poor?

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Your new friends are invited to donate too.

    Reign of Chaos (2022)

  • And if you want to donate, do it if you can.

  • If we manage to save a dollar, we donate it to people like you....

    Fiction book (1993)

  • They make great ethical wine and they donate the net profits to charity.

    Stanford

  • We gratefully acknowledge the participants who donated their valuable time to this study.

    Academic text (2011)

  • To reiterate their gratitude, some of the elders donated money to the dance group.

    Academic text (1990)

  • What hurt her more than the money, I think, was the fact that I donated all of it to an organization called the American Civil Liberties Union.

    The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

  • Obviously, I'm not into baking cakes, so I brought these little things to donate for the raffle prizes.

    Kindergarten Cop (1990)

  • If you'd like to help, please donate to Age UK.

Synonyms

to give
vsto donate
∞ 1.0

To offer time, effort, or money to help others

is mainly used for charities and good causes rather than general dedication
to contribute
vsto donate
883 2.7

To give money, help, or ideas to make something work

is focused on aiding charities or causes rather than general group efforts
to give away
vsto donate
233 2.0

Hand something to someone without asking for money

is aimed at charities or good causes rather than any recipient
to give back
vsto donate
33 3.0

Support others by offering time or money to say thank you

is given voluntarily to support charities or causes without expecting return

Antonyms

to keep
∞ 1.0

To continue doing something or stay in the same state

to withhold
210 5.1

Refuse to give something someone wants or needs

Phrasal Verbs

to donate a kidney
  • Specialized
3 4.2

To give one of your kidneys to someone who needs it by surgery

How Much

to endow
  • Formal
18 6.1
to bequeath
  • Formal
24 8.9
to donate
457 2.7
to contribute
883 2.7
to chip in
31 3.2

Surface Forms

donate infinitive
donated past
donated past participle
donating present participle
donates third person singular

Morphology

donate = don + ate

Although formally analyzable as the stem 'don' + suffix '-ate', the stem 'don' is a Latin combining form (not a standalone English word meaning 'give'), so learners cannot reliably derive the meaning from familiar English base words.

Etymology

Donate comes from the Latin word donare, which comes from donum meaning 'gift'. So to donate is to 'give' something as a gift to help others, like money, goods, or time.