| Main Entry: | give |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contribute, supply, transfer |
Synonyms: |
accord, administer, allow, ante up, award, bequeath, bestow, cede, come across, commit, confer, consign, convey, deed, deliver, dish out, dispense, dispose of, dole out, donate, endow, entrust, fork over, furnish, gift, grant, hand down, hand out, hand over, heap upon, lavish upon, lay upon, lease, let have, make over, parcel out, part with, pass down, pass out, permit, pony up, present, provide, relinquish, remit, sell, shell out, subsidize, throw in, tip, transmit, turn over, vouchsafe, will |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, take |
| Main Entry: | give |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate |
Synonyms: |
air, announce, be a source of, broadcast, carry, deliver, emit, express, furnish, impart, issue, notify, present, pronounce, publish, put, read, render, state, supply, transfer, transmit, utter, vent, ventilate |
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conceal, keep, refrain, withhold |
| Main Entry: | give |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demonstrate, proffer |
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administer, bestow, confer, dispense, display, evidence, extend, furnish, hold out, indicate, issue, manifest, minister, offer, pose, present, produce, provide, put on, render, return, set forth, show, tender, yield |
Antonyms: |
keep |
| Main Entry: | give |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | yield, collapse |
Synonyms: |
allow, bend, bow to, break, cave, cede, concede, contract, crumble, crumple, devote, fail, fall, flex, fold, fold up, give way, go, grant, hand over, lend, open, recede, relax, relent, relinquish, retire, retreat, sag, shrink, sink, slacken, surrender, weaken |
Antonyms: |
fight, hold up, withstand |
| Main Entry: | give |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform action |
Synonyms: |
address, apply, bend, buckle down, cause, devote, direct, do, engender, lead, make, occasion, produce, throw, turn |
| Main Entry: | giving |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bestowing |
Synonyms: |
allowing, awarding, bequeathing, ceding, conferring, contributing, conveying, dispensing, distributing, doling out, donating, endowing, expending, furnishing, granting, handing out, imparting, offering, passing out, permitting, presenting, remitting, supplying, transferring, yielding |
Antonyms: |
appropriating, getting, taking |
| Concept: | Giving. |
| Category: | 2. Transfer of Property |
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-nouns
giving; bestowal, bestowment, donation; presentation, presentment; accordance; concession; delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment; investment, investiture; award., almsgiving, charity, liberality, generosity., [Thing given] gift, donation, present, cadeau; fairing; free gift, boon, favor, benefaction, grant, offering, oblation, sacrifice, immolation; lagniappe [U.S.], pilon [U.S.]., grace, act of grace, bonus., allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, tribute, subvention., bequest, legacy, devise, will, dotation, dot, appanage; voluntary settlement, voluntary conveyance [more]; amortization., alms, largess, bounty, dole, sportule, donative, help, oblation, offertory, honorarium, gratuity, Peter pence, sportula, Christmas box, Easter offering, vail, douceur, drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld, bakshish; fee (recompense); consideration., bribe, bait, ground bait; peace offering, handsel; boodle, graft, grease., giver, grantor; donor, feoffer, settlor.
-verbs
deliver, hand, pass, put into the hands of; hand over, make over, deliver over, pass over, turn over; assign dower., present, give away, dispense, dispose of; give out, deal out, dole out, mete out, fork out, squeeze out., pay; render, impart, communicate., concede, cede, yield, part with, shed, cast; spend., give, bestow, confer, grant, accord, award, assign., intrust, consign, vest in., make a present; allow, contribute, subscribe, furnish its quota., invest, endow, settle upon; bequeath, leave, devise., furnish, supply, help; administer to; afford, spare; accommodate with, indulge with, favor with; shower down upon; lavish, pour on, thrust upon., tip, bribe; tickle the palm, grease the palm; offer; sacrifice, immolate.
-adjectives
giving; given; allowed, allowable; concessional; communicable; charitable, eleemosynary, sportulary, tributary; gratis; donative.
-phrases
auctor pretiosa facit; ex dono; res est ingeniosa dare [Ovid].
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Antonyms: |
receiving |
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| Main Entry: | accord |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give approval, grant |
Synonyms: |
accede, acquiesce, admit, allow, award, bestow, concede, confer, endow, give, present, render, tender, vouchsafe |
| Notes: | something (a quality) is in accord with something else; something acts in accordance with something else (an activity) |
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argue, challenge, deny, disallow, disapprove, oppose, question, refuse, withhold |
| Main Entry: | address |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devote effort to something |
Synonyms: |
apply oneself to, attend to, concentrate on, devote oneself to, dig, direct, engage in, focus on, give, go at, go for, hammer away, have a go at, have at, knuckle down to, peg away, pitch into, plug away at, take care of, take up, throw oneself into, try, turn, turn to, undertake |
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avoid, cut, disregard, ignore, overlook, pass, shun, slight |
| Main Entry: | administer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispense something needed |
Synonyms: |
apply, apportion, authorize, bring, contribute, deal, deliver, disburse, distribute, dole out, execute, extend, furnish, give, impose, inflict, issue, measure out, mete out, offer, perform, portion, proffer, provide, regulate, serve, supply, tender |
Antonyms: |
deny, frustrate, refuse, withhold |