give

give is part of the Basic English 850.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /gɪv/
• SAMPA: /gIv/
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Verb

Plain form give

Third person singular gives

Simple past gave

Past participle given

Present participle giving

1. When someone gives something to someone else, they had the thing and they let the other person have it. Maybe they use their hands to put the thing in the other person's hands. Usually after that, the thing is the other person's thing.

   Give me that book, please; I want to read it.

   My mother gave me this stone when I was young

2. To give a speech is to talk to a group of people.

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  A man giving a knife to a woman

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  A man giving a note to a woman

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  A man giving a newspaper to another man

Synonyms

• hand

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