give – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to give someone a hand
Participle: given someone a hand
Gerund: giving someone a hand

Cognates

See the 10 cognates of give

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	give someone a hand
we	Let's give someone a hand
you	give someone a hand

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

give by way of increased possession

add

receive

fang, get, receive

to move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere

accord, assign, award, bestow, confer, contribute, deliver, do, donate, give away, grant, hand, hand in, hand over, minister, pass, present, provide, turn in

To give by way of increased possession

add

To give; to offer; to commit.

bequeath

To supply or give.

furnish

To transfer ownership, especially by means of a legal document.

make over

To give; to give back; to deliver.

render

To provide or make something available for use.

supply

To transfer.

turn over

bestow

confer, donate, furnish, grant, impart, offer, present, provide

grant

award, confer, assign, enable

donate

offer, present, show, issue, devote

assign

suppose, assume

produce

furnish, yield, afford

perform

produce, present

pronounce

publish, render, utter, emit, issue

Antonyms

bend slightly when a force is applied

resist

to move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere

receive, take

to actively and intentionally gain possession or control

return, take

to gain possession of something

get rid of, lose, sell, receive, unacquire, unget

grant

deduction, loss, damage, detriment

assign

withhold, retain, withdraw, refuse

produce

destroy, ruin, squelch, subdue

perform

fail, neglect, miss, spoil

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. giefan (W. Saxon), class V strong verb (past tense geaf, pp. giefen), from P.Gmc. *gebanan (cf. O.Fris. jeva, M.Du. gheven, Ger. geben, Goth. giban), from PIE *ghab(h)- "to take, hold, have, give" (see habit). It became yiven in M.E., but changed to guttural "g" by infl. of O.N. gefa "to give," O.Dan. givæ. Meaning "to yield to pressure" is from 1577. Given "allotted, predestined" (O.E. giefeðe) also had a n. sense of "fate," reflecting an important concept in pagan Gmc. ideology. The modern sense of "what is given, known facts" is from 1879. To give (someone) a cold seems to reflect the old belief that one could be cured of disease by deliberately infecting others. What gives? "what is happening?" is attested from 1940. Give-and-take (n.) is originally from horse racing (1769) and refers to races in which bigger horses were given more weight to carry, lighter ones less. Give-away (n.) is from 1872.
2. From Middle English given, yeven, yiven, ȝiven, from merger of Old English ġefan, ġeofan, ġiefan, ġifan, ġiofan, ġyfan (“to give”) and Old Norse gefa (“to give”), from Proto-Germanic *gebaną (“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- (“to give; to take”). Displaced yive, from Middle English yiven, of the same origin, from influence of Old Norse gefa.
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with Yola gee, ye, yie, yive (“to give”), Scots gie (“to give”), North Frisian gjiuwe, iiv, jiiw, jiw, jeewe (“to give”), West Frisian jaan (“to give”), Alemannic German gë (“to give”), Bavarian gebn (“to give”), Central Franconian jevve (“to give”), Cimbrian gem, ghèban (“to give”), Dutch geven (“to give”), German geben (“to give”), Luxembourgish ginn (“to give”), Vilamovian gaon (“to give”), Yiddish געבן (gebn, “to give”), Danish give (“to give”), Elfdalian djävå (“to give”), Faroese geva (“to give”), Icelandic gefa (“to give”), Norwegian Bokmål gi (“to give”), Norwegian Nynorsk gi, giva, gje, gjeva, gjeve (“to give”), Swedish ge, gifva, giva (“to give”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (giban, “to give”); also Greek κεφάλι (kefáli), κεφαλή (kefalí, “head”), Lithuanian gobti (“cover up; to grab, snatch”), Polish gabać (“to touch; to tap; to accost”), Serbo-Croatian ха̏бати, hȁbati (“to abrade, wear out”), Sanskrit गभस्ति (gabhasti, “shining”). See: Old Norse 'gefa', Scots 'gie', Frisian, Northern 'gjiuwe', Alemannic German 'gë', Dutch 'geven', German, old spelling 'geben', Luxembourgish 'ginn', Wymysorys 'gaon', Danish 'give', Elfdalian 'djävå', Faroese 'geva', Icelandic 'gefa', Norwegian 'gi', Norwegian, nynorsk 'gi', Swedish 'ge', Polish 'gabać'.

Verbs referencing "give"

Sranan gi, Latin habeo.

Sample Sentences