give

1. (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.Examples: "I gave him my coat."; "I gave my coat to the beggar."; "When they asked, I gave my coat."Antonyms: get, obtain, receive, takeditransitive

2. (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.Examples: "I'm going to give my wife a necklace for her birthday."; "She gave a pair of shoes to her husband for their anniversary."ditransitive

3. (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.Examples: "I gave him my word that I'd protect his children."ditransitive

4. (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.Examples: "I gave them permission to miss tomorrow's class."; "Please give me some more time."ditransitive

5. (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.Examples: "It gives me a lot of pleasure to be here tonight."; "The fence gave me an electric shock."; "My mother-in-law gives me nothing but grief."ditransitive

6. (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.Examples: "it's giving old Hollywood (vibes)"; "[subtitle:] It's giving Wednesday Addams at the salon..."; "It's giving old Hollywood"ditransitiveslangtransitive