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The synonyms of “Give” are: afford, yield, commit, consecrate, dedicate, devote, impart, leave, pass on, ease up, give way, move over, render, feed, generate, return, throw, chip in, contribute, kick in, grant, pay, break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, hand, pass, reach, turn over, have, hold, make, establish, open, apply, gift, present, sacrifice, present with, provide with, supply with, furnish with, gift with, pay up, hand over, part with, put in, donate, give up, relinquish, entrust, put into someone's hands, consign, assign, allow, permit, let have, accord, show, display, set out, set forth, indicate, detail, give details of, list, cause, be a source of, create, occasion, administer, deliver, deal, convey, communicate, transmit, transfer, perform, execute, carry out, utter, let out, emit, organize, arrange, lay on, provide, be responsible for, produce, result in, send out, send forth, pour out, throw out, reveal, disclose, divulge, let slip, leak, fall apart, come apart, spring, springiness, elasticity, flexibility, stretch, stretchiness
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “give” as a noun can have the following definitions:
elasticity | The degree to which a demand or supply is sensitive to changes in price or income. Aging can decrease the elasticity of your skin. |
flexibility | Willingness to change or compromise. I enjoyed the flexibility of the schedule. |
spring | The ability to spring back strongly elasticity. With a sudden spring he leapt on to the table. |
springiness | The elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length. |
stretch | An act of stretching one s limbs or body. A four year stretch for tax fraud. |
stretchiness | The capacity for being stretched. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “give” as a verb can have the following definitions:
accord | Allow to have. The powers accorded to the head of state. |
administer | Administer or bestow as in small portions. She administers the funds. |
afford | Afford access to. They were afforded the luxury of bed and breakfast. |
allow | Allow the other baseball team to score. Allow for mistakes. |
apply | Apply oneself to. Apply for a job. |
arrange | Make arrangements for. Accommodation can be arranged if required. |
assign | Give an assignment to a person to a post or assign a task to a person. It is difficult to decide whether to assign the victory to Godwin. |
be a source of | Happen, occur, take place. |
be responsible for | Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function. |
break | Break a piece from a whole. Try to break the habit of adding salt at the table. |
carry out | Be equipped with (a mast or sail. |
cause | Cause to do cause to act in a specified manner. This disease can cause blindness. |
cave in | Explore natural caves. |
chip in | Form by chipping. |
collapse | Collapse due to fatigue an illness or a sudden attack. The stock market collapsed. |
come apart | Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress. |
commit | Refer a parliamentary or legislative bill to a committee. Try it out before you commit to a purchase. |
communicate | Convey or transmit (an emotion or feeling) in a non-verbal way. Please communicate this message to all employees. |
consecrate | Ordain (someone) to a sacred office, typically that of bishop. After the priest had consecrated the bread and wine it was immortal and divine. |
consign | Give over to another for care or safekeeping. She consigned the letter to the waste paper basket. |
contribute | Contribute to some cause. He did not contribute to the meetings. |
convey | Transfer the title to (property. Pipes were laid to convey water to the house. |
create | Create by artistic means. Create a furor. |
deal | Sell. He deals fairly with his employees. |
dedicate | Set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church. The parish church is dedicated to St Paul. |
deliver | Deliver a speech oration or idea. Deliver us from the nightmare of junk mail. |
detail | Provide details for. The ships were detailed to keep watch. |
devote | Use a certain amount of space or time to cover (a topic. A full page is devoted to each ski run. |
disclose | Disclose to view as by removing a cover. The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold. |
display | Attract attention by displaying some body part or posing of animals. A notice was displayed in the booking office. |
divulge | Make known (private or sensitive information. I do not want to divulge my plans at the moment. |
donate | Allow the removal of (blood or an organ) from one’s body for transplantation, transfusion, or research. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to charity. |
ease up | Lessen the intensity of or calm. |
emit | Make (a sound. The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits. |
entrust | Put into the care or protection of someone. The messenger was entrusted with the general s secret. |
establish | Institute enact or establish. The scheme was established in 1975. |
execute | Carry out (a judicial sentence, the terms of a will, or other order. Execute a will or a deed. |
fall apart | Move in a specified direction. |
fall in | Fall from clouds. |
feed | Feed into supply. You were still in the wings feeding Micky his lines. |
founder | Fail utterly; collapse. The project foundered. |
furnish with | Provide or equip with furniture. |
generate | Give or supply. The earthquake generated a tsunami. |
gift | Give as a present make a gift of. The company gifted 2 999 shares to a charity. |
gift with | Give as a present; make a gift of. |
give details of | Transmit (knowledge or skills. |
give up | Be flexible under stress of physical force. |
give way | Give or supply. |
grant | Bestow, especially officially. I grant you this much. |
hand | Place into the hands or custody of. Hand the elderly lady into the taxi. |
hand over | Place into the hands or custody of. |
have | Have ownership or possession of. Have a postdoc. |
hold | Have room for hold without crowding. The ship is holding a south easterly course. |
impart | Make (information) known. Impart a new skill to the students. |
indicate | Indicate a place direction person or thing either spatially or figuratively. Sales indicate a growing market for such art. |
kick in | Kick a leg up. |
lay on | Put in a horizontal position. |
leak | Be leaked. The container leaked gasoline. |
leave | Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking. He leaves a wife and three children. |
let have | Consent to, give permission. |
let out | Consent to, give permission. |
let slip | Consent to, give permission. |
list | Make a list of. Am I listed in your register. |
make | Make by combining materials and parts. I make the height about 100 feet. |
move over | Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon. |
occasion | Give occasion to. His death occasioned her much grief. |
open | Become open. West opened 2NT. |
organize | Plan and direct (a complex undertaking. The soul doth organize the body. |
part with | Go one’s own way; move apart. |
pass | Pass time in a specific way. This was how they passed the time. |
pass on | Disappear gradually. |
pay | Render. I ll pay you for that he snarled. |
pay up | Bring in. |
perform | Give a performance of something. We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera. |
permit | Authorize or allow (something. This will permit the rain to run off. |
pour out | Pour out. |
present | Formally present a debutante a representative of a country etc. We presented the arguments to him. |
present with | Bring forward and present to the mind. |
produce | Bring forth or yield. They produce good ham in Parma. |
provide | Make a possibility or provide opportunity for permit to be attainable or cause to remain. This procedure provides for lots of leeway. |
provide with | Make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain. |
put in | Put into a certain place or abstract location. |
put into someone's hands | Cause (someone) to undergo something. |
reach | Reach a goal. Reach me those glasses. |
relinquish | Part with a possession or right. I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long term house guest. |
render | To surrender someone or something to another. They had to render the estate. |
result in | Come about or follow as a consequence. |
return | Return to a previous position in mathematics. Return a compliment. |
reveal | Make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others. Brenda was forced to reveal Robbie s whereabouts. |
sacrifice | Make a sacrifice of in religious rituals. In that event East West would sacrifice in six spades. |
send forth | Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television. |
send out | Transfer. |
set forth | Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard. |
set out | Get ready for a particular purpose or event. |
show | Show in or as in a picture. The blood test showed that he was the father. |
supply with | Circulate or distribute or equip with. |
throw | Throw a die out onto a flat surface. At the trolley portal the operator had to manually throw the switch using a switch iron. |
throw out | Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation. |
transfer | Transfer somebody to a different position or location of work. Drawings can be transferred to the artwork by rubbing them off the sheet. |
transmit | Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission. The theatrical gift of being able to transmit emotion. |
turn over | To break and turn over earth especially with a plow. |
utter | Express audibly utter sounds not necessarily words. He uttered a curse. |
yield | Be willing to concede. The land yields grapes and tobacco. |
allocate | Distribute (resources or duties) for a particular purpose. Students are allocated accommodation on a yearly basis. |
allot | Administer or bestow, as in small portions. Equal time was allotted to each. |
amortization | The action or process of reducing or paying off a debt with regular payments. An amortization schedule shows your payments each month and how it affects the total amount you owe. |
apportion | Assign. Voting power will be apportioned according to contribution. |
appropriation | Money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose. Success in obtaining appropriations for projects. |
assign | Give an assignment to a person to a post or assign a task to a person. The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class. |
authorization | A document giving an official instruction or command. Deputies are given authorization to make arrests. |
bestow | Bestow a quality on. Bestow an honor on someone. |
cede | Give up (power or territory. In 1874 the islands were ceded to Britain. |
compensate | Make payment to compensate. She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident. |
compensation | The action or process of awarding compensation. Getting older has some compensations. |
concession | The right, given by a company, to sell goods, especially in a particular place. This strict rule was relaxed by concession. |
copyright | Secure copyright for material. Works whose copyrights had lapsed. |
dispense | Manage without or get rid of. I was dispensed from this terrible task. |
distribute | Cause be distributed. The function distributes the values evenly. |
forgo | Be earlier in time; go back further. We forgo any comparison between the two men. |
generously | In a way that shows a readiness to give more of something, especially money, than is necessary or expected. Generously butter a pudding dish. |
grant | A contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business. Funds are granted to qualified researchers. |
gratuity | A sum of money paid to an employee at the end of a period of employment. An end of contract gratuity of 20 of the total pay received. |
impart | Make (information) known. The teachers imparted a great deal of knowledge to their pupils. |
meed | A fitting reward. He must extract from her some meed of approbation. |
quota | A prescribed number. The removal of entry quotas encouraged young people to enter universities. |
reassign | Allocate or distribute (work or resources) differently. He had been reassigned to another post. |
remunerate | Pay (someone) for services rendered or work done. They should be remunerated fairly for their work. |
remuneration | Something that remunerates. They work in excess of their contracted hours for no additional remuneration. |
salary | Pay a salary to. A 15 per cent salary increase. |
submit | Accept or yield to a superior force or to the authority or will of another person. The United States refused to submit to arbitration. |
unremunerative | Bringing little or no profit or income. An unremunerative occupation. |
wage | Carry on (a war or campaign. Disasters are the wages of sin. |
yield | Give in, as to influence or pressure. They are forced to yield ground. |
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