give – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of give

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to give up the ghost
Participle: given up the ghost
Gerund: giving up the ghost

Cognates

See the 10 cognates of give

Indicative

Present

Igive up the ghost
yougive up the ghost
he;she;itgives up the ghost
wegive up the ghost
yougive up the ghost
theygive up the ghost

Perfect

Ihave given up the ghost
youhave given up the ghost
he;she;ithas given up the ghost
wehave given up the ghost
youhave given up the ghost
theyhave given up the ghost

Past

Igave up the ghost
yougave up the ghost
he;she;itgave up the ghost
wegave up the ghost
yougave up the ghost
theygave up the ghost

Pluperfect

Ihad given up the ghost
youhad given up the ghost
he;she;ithad given up the ghost
wehad given up the ghost
youhad given up the ghost
theyhad given up the ghost

Future

Iwill give up the ghost
youwill give up the ghost
he;she;itwill give up the ghost
wewill give up the ghost
youwill give up the ghost
theywill give up the ghost

Future Perfect

Iwill have given up the ghost
youwill have given up the ghost
he;she;itwill have given up the ghost
wewill have given up the ghost
youwill have given up the ghost
theywill have given up the ghost

Subjunctive

Present

Igive up the ghost
yougive up the ghost
he;she;itgive up the ghost
wegive up the ghost
yougive up the ghost
theygive up the ghost

Perfect

Ihave given up the ghost
youhave given up the ghost
he;she;ithave given up the ghost
wehave given up the ghost
youhave given up the ghost
theyhave given up the ghost

Imperfect

Igave up the ghost
yougave up the ghost
he;she;itgave up the ghost
wegave up the ghost
yougave up the ghost
theygave up the ghost

Pluperfect

Ihad given up the ghost
youhad given up the ghost
he;she;ithad given up the ghost
wehad given up the ghost
youhad given up the ghost
theyhad given up the ghost

Conditional

Present

Iwould give up the ghost
youwould give up the ghost
he;she;itwould give up the ghost
wewould give up the ghost
youwould give up the ghost
theywould give up the ghost

Perfect

Iwould have given up the ghost
youwould have given up the ghost
he;she;itwould have given up the ghost
wewould have given up the ghost
youwould have given up the ghost
theywould have given up the ghost

Imperative

yougive up the ghost
weLet's give up the ghost
yougive up the ghost

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam giving up the ghost
youare giving up the ghost
he;she;itis giving up the ghost
weare giving up the ghost
youare giving up the ghost
theyare giving up the ghost

Perfect

Ihave been giving up the ghost
youhave been giving up the ghost
he;she;ithas been giving up the ghost
wehave been giving up the ghost
youhave been giving up the ghost
theyhave been giving up the ghost

Past

Iwas giving up the ghost
youwere giving up the ghost
he;she;itwas giving up the ghost
wewere giving up the ghost
youwere giving up the ghost
theywere giving up the ghost

Pluperfect

Ihad been giving up the ghost
youhad been giving up the ghost
he;she;ithad been giving up the ghost
wehad been giving up the ghost
youhad been giving up the ghost
theyhad been giving up the ghost

Future

Iwill be giving up the ghost
youwill be giving up the ghost
he;she;itwill be giving up the ghost
wewill be giving up the ghost
youwill be giving up the ghost
theywill be giving up the ghost

Future Perfect

Iwill have been giving up the ghost
youwill have been giving up the ghost
he;she;itwill have been giving up the ghost
wewill have been giving up the ghost
youwill have been giving up the ghost
theywill have been giving up the ghost

Conditional

Present

Iwould be giving up the ghost
youwould be giving up the ghost
he;she;itwould be giving up the ghost
wewould be giving up the ghost
youwould be giving up the ghost
theywould be giving up the ghost

Perfect

Iwould have been giving up the ghost
youwould have been giving up the ghost
he;she;itwould have been giving up the ghost
wewould have been giving up the ghost
youwould have been giving up the ghost
theywould have been giving up the ghost

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'give'

forgive, give, misgive,

Verbs similar to 'give'

bive, dive, gibe, gie, gise, gove, gyve, hive, jive, live,

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

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

  • [...] steward—eh ? ’ We all foresaw what the answer must be: we knew the agony he suffered. He had often spoken of the saloon; had taken in and lived upon the pictorial idea; had usually given us to understand, at home, that to form a just conception of it, it would be necessary to multiply the size and furniture of an ordinary drawing-room by seven, and then fall short of the reality. [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • But we are made fast alongside the packet, whose huge red funnel is smoking bravely, giving rich promise of serious intentions. Packing-cases, portmanteaus, carpet-bags, and boxes, are already passed from hand to hand, and hauled on board with breathless rapidity. The officers, smartly [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] until eleven o’clock or thereabouts, when ‘turning in’—no sailor of seven hours ’ experience talks of going to bed—became the order of the night. The perpetual tramp of boot-heels on the decks gave place to a heavy silence, and the whole human freight was stowed away below, excepting a very few stragglers, like myself, who were probably, like me, afraid to go there. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] what was my dismay to see them all roll slowly down to the other end ! And when I staggered to that end, and held out the glass once more, how immensely baffled were my good intentions by the ship giving another lurch, and their all rolling back again ! I suppose I dodged them up and down this sofa for at least a quarter of an hour, without reaching them once; and by the time I did catch them, the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] every day, and how he does it (being only a clerk ), nobody knows. The head engineer has distinctly said that there never was such times—meaning weather—and four good hands are ill, and have given in, dead beat. Several berths are full of water, and all the cabins are leaky. The ship 's cook, secretly swigging damaged whiskey, has been found drunk; and has been played upon by the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Well, but, missis, _you_ never would give your consent—to—to — ” “ Nonsense, child ! to be sure, I should n't. What do you talk so for ? I would as soon have one of my own children sold. But really, Eliza, you are getting altogether too [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Give way, George; go with him for the present. We'll try to help you, yet. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] effect, wrought by this institution among the small community of Boston; and to note at every turn the humanising tastes and desires it has engendered; the affectionate friendships to which it has given rise; the amount of vanity and prejudice it has dispelled. The golden calf they worship at Boston is a pigmy compared with the giant effigies set up in other parts of that vast counting-house which [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] in an orchestra erected for that purpose, and listened with manifest delight to a voluntary on the organ, played by one of themselves. At its conclusion, the performer, a boy of nineteen or twenty, gave place to a girl; and to her accompaniment they all sang a hymn, and afterwards a sort of chorus. It was very sad to look upon and hear them, happy though their condition unquestionably was; and I [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • ‘After a while, instead of labels, the individual letters were given to her on detached bits of paper: they were arranged side by side so as to spell book, key, &c.; then they were mixed up in a heap and a sign was made for her to arrange them herself [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • The open floor layout is what gives it its unique atmosphere. (Sosyal Climbers)
  • You should be. They would swallow you whole given half a chance. Make yourself scarce. (Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu)
  • Are you a gangster ? No. I 'm giving you ten minutes ! (Tan-Ti-Ana)
  • How did you get inside ? - She gave me a key. - Oh. She wanted me to stay with her because she was so afraid. (Deadbolt)
  • And like I said, he comes from money and I was dumb enough to sign the prenup he gave me. (Honor Student)