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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Giving \Giv"ing\, n.
1. The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
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2. A gift; a benefaction. [R.] --Pope.
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3. The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. ``Upon the
first giving of the weather.'' --Addison.
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Giving in, a falling inwards; a collapse.
Giving out, anything uttered or asserted; an outgiving.
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His givings out were of an infinite distance
From his true meant design. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Give \Give\ (g[i^]v), v. t. [imp. Gave (g[=a]v); p. p. Given
(g[i^]v"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Giving.] [OE. given, yiven,
yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. ge[eth]an,
OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth.
giban. Cf. Gift, n.]
1. To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without
compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as
authority or permission; to yield up or allow.
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For generous lords had rather give than pay.
--Young.
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2. To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in
exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of
what we buy.
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What shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?
--Matt. xvi.
26.
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3. To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and
steel give sparks.
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4. To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to
pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment,
a sentence, a shout, etc.
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5. To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to
license; to commission.
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It is given me once again to behold my friend.
--Rowe.
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Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine.
--Pope.
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6. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show;
as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships,
gives four hundred to each ship.
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7. To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply
one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder;
also in this sense used very frequently in the past
participle; as, the people are given to luxury and
pleasure; the youth is given to study.
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8. (Logic & Math.) To set forth as a known quantity or a
known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; --
used principally in the passive form given.
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9. To allow or admit by way of supposition.
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I give not heaven for lost. --Mlton.
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10. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
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I don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a
lover. --Sheridan.
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11. To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give
offense; to give pleasure or pain.
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12. To pledge; as, to give one's word.
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13. To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give
one to understand, to know, etc.
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But there the duke was given to understand
That in a gondola were seen together
Lorenzo and his amorous Jessica. --Shak.
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14. To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park.
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To give away, to make over to another; to transfer.
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Whatsoever we employ in charitable uses during our
lives, is given away from ourselves. --Atterbury.
To give back, to return; to restore. --Atterbury.
To give the bag, to cheat. [Obs.]
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I fear our ears have given us the bag. --J. Webster.
To give birth to.
(a) To bear or bring forth, as a child.
(b) To originate; to give existence to, as an enterprise,
idea.
To give chase, to pursue.
To give ear to. See under Ear.
To give forth, to give out; to publish; to tell. --Hayward.
To give ground. See under Ground, n.
To give the hand, to pledge friendship or faith.
To give the hand of, to espouse; to bestow in marriage.
To give the head. See under Head, n.
To give in.
(a) To abate; to deduct.
(b) To declare; to make known; to announce; to tender;
as, to give in one's adhesion to a party.
To give the lie to (a person), to tell (him) that he lies.
To give line. See under Line.
To give off, to emit, as steam, vapor, odor, etc.
To give one's self away, to make an inconsiderate surrender
of one's cause, an unintentional disclosure of one's
purposes, or the like. [Colloq.]
To give out.
(a) To utter publicly; to report; to announce or declare.
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One that gives out himself Prince Florizel.
--Shak.
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Give out you are of Epidamnum. --Shak.
(b) To send out; to emit; to distribute; as, a substance
gives out steam or odors.
To give over.
(a) To yield completely; to quit; to abandon.
(b) To despair of.
(c) To addict, resign, or apply (one's self).
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The Babylonians had given themselves over to
all manner of vice. --Grew.
To give place, to withdraw; to yield one's claim.
To give points.
(a) In games of skill, to equalize chances by conceding a
certain advantage; to allow a handicap.
(b) To give useful suggestions. [Colloq.]
To give rein. See under Rein, n.
To give the sack. Same as To give the bag.
To give and take.
(a) To average gains and losses.
(b) To exchange freely, as blows, sarcasms, etc.
To give time
(Law), to accord extension or forbearance to a debtor.
--Abbott.
To give the time of day, to salute one with the compliment
appropriate to the hour, as ``good morning.'' ``good
evening'', etc.
To give tongue, in hunter's phrase, to bark; -- said of
dogs.
To give up.
(a) To abandon; to surrender. ``Don't give up the ship.''
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He has . . . given up
For certain drops of salt, your city Rome.
--Shak.
(b) To make public; to reveal.
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I'll not state them
By giving up their characters. --Beau. & Fl.
(c) (Used also reflexively.)
To give up the ghost. See under Ghost.
To give one's self up, to abandon hope; to despair; to
surrender one's self.
To give way.
(a) To withdraw; to give place.
(b) To yield to force or pressure; as, the scaffolding
gave way.
(c) (Naut.) To begin to row; or to row with increased
energy.
(d) (Stock Exchange). To depreciate or decline in value;
as, railroad securities gave way two per cent.
To give way together, to row in time; to keep stroke.
Syn: To Give, Confer, Grant.
Usage: To give is the generic word, embracing all the rest.
To confer was originally used of persons in power, who
gave permanent grants or privileges; as, to confer the
order of knighthood; and hence it still denotes the
giving of something which might have been withheld;
as, to confer a favor. To grant is to give in answer
to a petition or request, or to one who is in some way
dependent or inferior.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Give \Give\ (g[i^]v), v. t. [imp. Gave (g[=a]v); p. p. Given
(g[i^]v"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Giving.] [OE. given, yiven,
yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. ge[eth]an,
OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth.
giban. Cf. Gift, n.]
1. To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without
compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as
authority or permission; to yield up or allow.
For generous lords had rather give than pay.
--Young.
2. To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in
exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of
what we buy.
What shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?
--Matt. xvi.
26.
3. To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and
steel give sparks.
4. To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to
pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment,
a sentence, a shout, etc.
5. To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to
license; to commission.
It is given me once again to behold my friend.
--Rowe.
Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine.
--Pope.
6. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show;
as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships,
gives four hundred to each ship.
7. To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply
one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder;
also in this sense used very frequently in the past
participle; as, the people are given to luxury and
pleasure; the youth is given to study.
8. (Logic & Math.) To set forth as a known quantity or a
known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; --
used principally in the passive form given.
9. To allow or admit by way of supposition.
I give not heaven for lost. --Mlton.
10. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
I don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a
lover. --Sheridan.
11. To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give
offense; to give pleasure or pain.
12. To pledge; as, to give one's word.
13. To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give
one to understand, to know, etc.
But there the duke was given to understand That in
a gondola were seen together Lorenzo and his
amorous Jessica. --Shak.
To give away, to make over to another; to transfer.
Whatsoever we employ in charitable uses during our
lives, is given away from ourselves. --Atterbury.
To give back, to return; to restore. --Atterbury.
To give the bag, to cheat. [Obs.]
I fear our ears have given us the bag. --J. Webster.
To give birth to.
(a) To bear or bring forth, as a child.
(b) To originate; to give existence to, as an enterprise,
idea.
To give chase, to pursue.
To give ear to. See under Ear.
To give forth, to give out; to publish; to tell. --Hayward.
To give ground. See under Ground, n.
To give the hand, to pledge friendship or faith.
To give the hand of, to espouse; to bestow in marriage.
To give the head. See under Head, n.
To give in.
(a) To abate; to deduct.
(b) To declare; to make known; to announce; to tender;
as, to give in one's adhesion to a party.
To give the lie to (a person), to tell (him) that he lies.
To give line. See under Line.
To give off, to emit, as steam, vapor, odor, etc.
To give one's self away, to make an inconsiderate surrender
of one's cause, an unintentional disclosure of one's
purposes, or the like. [Colloq.]
To give out.
(a) To utter publicly; to report; to announce or declare.
One that gives out himself Prince Florizel.
--Shak.
Give out you are of Epidamnum. --Shak.
(b) To send out; to emit; to distribute; as, a substance
gives out steam or odors.
To give over.
(a) To yield completely; to quit; to abandon.
(b) To despair of.
(c) To addict, resign, or apply (one's self).
The Babylonians had given themselves over to
all manner of vice. --Grew.
To give place, to withdraw; to yield one's claim.
To give points.
(a) In games of skill, to equalize chances by conceding a
certain advantage; to allow a handicap.
(b) To give useful suggestions. [Colloq.]
To give rein. See under Rein, n.
To give the sack. Same as To give the bag.
To give and take.
(a) To average gains and losses.
(b) To exchange freely, as blows, sarcasms, etc.
To give time
(Law), to accord extension or forbearance to a debtor.
--Abbott.
To give the time of day, to salute one with the compliment
appropriate to the hour, as ``good morning.'' ``good
evening'', etc.
To give tongue, in hunter's phrase, to bark; -- said of
dogs.
To give up.
(a) To abandon; to surrender. ``Don't give up the ship.''
He has . . . given up For certain drops of
salt, your city Rome. --Shak.
(b) To make public; to reveal.
I'll not state them By giving up their
characters. --Beau. & Fl.
(c) (Used also reflexively.)
To give up the ghost. See under Ghost.
To give one's self up, to abandon hope; to despair; to
surrender one's self.
To give way.
(a) To withdraw; to give place.
(b) To yield to force or pressure; as, the scaffolding
gave way.
(c) (Naut.) To begin to row; or to row with increased
energy.
(d) (Stock Exchange). To depreciate or decline in value;
as, railroad securities gave way two per cent.
To give way together, to row in time; to keep stroke.
Syn: To Give, Confer, Grant.
Usage: To give is the generic word, embracing all the rest.
To confer was originally used of persons in power, who
gave permanent grants or privileges; as, to confer the
order of knighthood; and hence it still denotes the
giving of something which might have been withheld;
as, to confer a favor. To grant is to give in answer
to a petition or request, or to one who is in some way
dependent or inferior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Giving \Giv"ing\, n.
1. The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
2. A gift; a benefaction. [R.] --Pope.
3. The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. ``Upon the
first giving of the weather.'' --Addison.
Giving in, a falling inwards; a collapse.
Giving out, anything uttered or asserted; an outgiving.
His givings out were of an infinite distance From
his true meant design. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
giving
adj : given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous
goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a
freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's
child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the
arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded
grandfather" [syn: big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful,
freehanded, handsome, liberal, openhanded]
n 1: the act of giving [syn: gift]
2: the imparting of news or promises etc.; "he gave us the news
and made a great show of the giving"; "giving his word of
honor seemed to come too easily"
3: disposing of property by voluntary transfer without
receiving value in return; "the alumni followed a program
of annual giving"
From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
giving
Αγγλικά a.
γενναιόδωρος
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
giving
a.
having the tendency to give; generous
n.
1 The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
2 A gift; a benefaction.
3 The act of softening, breaking, or yielding.
vb.
(present participle of en give nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
giving
a.
having the tendency to give; generous
n.
1 The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
2 A gift; a benefaction.
3 The act of softening, breaking, or yielding.
vb.
(present participle of en give nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
giving
a.
having the tendency to give; generous
n.
1 The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
2 A gift; a benefaction.
3 The act of softening, breaking, or yielding.
vb.
(present participle of en give nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
giving
a.
having the tendency to give; generous
n.
1 The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
2 A gift; a benefaction.
3 The act of softening, breaking, or yielding.
vb.
(present participle of en give nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
giving
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm g iv ing e)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
giving
Engelska a.
(avledning en give ordform=prespart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb give)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Giving /ɡˈɪvɪŋ/ الإعطاءFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
giving /ɡˈɪvɪŋ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]dávající
giving /ɡˈɪvɪŋ/ ErteilungFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]Synonyms: granting, issuing
giving /ɡˈɪvɪŋ/ GewährungFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Bewilligung , Zusprache [Schw.] [adm.] [jur.] Note: von etw. Synonyms: granting, grant, allowing see: giving shelter Note: of sth.
giving /ɡˈɪvɪŋ/ abhaltend see: give, givenFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
giving /ɡˈɪvɪŋ/ angebend see: give, givenFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
giving /ɡˈɪvɪŋ/
bringend, bescherend, verschaffend
Synonyms: bringing, bringing to
see: bring sb. sth., bring sth. to sb./sth., give sb. sth., brought, brought to, given, brings, brought, What can bring peace to this region?, What will the future bring?, The tablets will bring you some relief.
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
giving /ɡˈɪvɪŋ/
durchgebend
Synonyms: passing through, transmitting
see: pass through, transmit, give, passed through, transmitted, given
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]giving /ɡˈɪvɪŋ/ eingebend, verabreichend see: give, givenFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
giving /ɡˈɪvɪŋ/ erteilend, gebend see: give, given, gives, gave, give authorization, give authorisationFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
giving /ɡˈɪvɪŋ/ gebend see: give sth., given, you give, he/she gives, I/he/she gave, I/he/she would give, give!, Gimme …, give sb. sth. to eat/drinkFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
giving /ɡˈɪvɪŋ/ schenkend, widmend, hingebend see: give, given, gives, gave, exchange presents, get sth. as a present/gift, I got a CD for Christmas., I'm not accepting any presents!From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
giving /ɡˈɪvɪŋ/
spendend, stiftend
Synonym: donating
see: donate sth., give sth., donated, given, donates, gives, donated, gave, donate blood, give blood, donate to a charity, donate to cancer research on a regular basis, donate books and clothes
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]giving /ɡˈɪvɪŋ/ verursachend, bereitend see: give, givenFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
giving /ɡˈɪvɪŋ/ vorgebend see: give sth., given, a game in which one player gives a word for which the other player must find a rhymeFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
giving //ˈɡɪvɪŋ//From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]antelias, avokätinen generous
giving /ɡˈɪvɪŋ/ dajući, davanje, pružiFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈɡɪvɪŋ/
155 Moby Thesaurus words for "giving":
BOMFOG, Benthamism, Christian charity, Christian love,
abalienation, adaptable, administration, agape, alienation,
altruism, amortization, amortizement, announcement, application,
applying, assignation, assignment, bargain and sale, barter,
bendable, bending, beneficence, benevolence,
benevolent disposition, benevolentness, bequeathal, bestowal,
bighearted, bigheartedness, bounteous, bountiful, brotherly love,
caritas, cession, charitableness, charity, compliant, conferment,
conferral, consignation, consignment, conveyance, conveyancing,
deeding, deliverance, delivery, demise, disclosure, disposal,
disposition, do-goodism, dosage, dosing, ductile, elastic,
enfeoffment, enforcing, exchange, extensible, extensile,
fabricable, facile, fictile, flexible, flexile, flexuous,
flower power, forcing, forcing on, formable, formative, free,
freehanded, freehearted, generosity, generous, goodwill, grace,
gracious, greathearted, greatheartedness, handsome, hospitable,
humanitarianism, impartation, imparting, impartment, impressible,
impressionable, large, largehearted, largeheartedness, lavish,
lease and release, liberal, like putty, limber, lissome, lithe,
lithesome, love, love of mankind, magnanimous, malleable,
meting out, moldable, munificent, notification, open, openhanded,
openhearted, philanthropism, philanthropy, plastic, pliable,
pliant, prescribing, princely, profuse, publication, receptive,
responsive, sale, sensitive, sequacious, settlement, settling,
shapable, sharing, springy, stintless, submissive, supple,
surrender, susceptible, telling, tractable, tractile, trading,
transfer, transference, transmission, transmittal, ungrudging,
unselfish, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting, utilitarianism,
vesting, welfarism, well-disposedness, whippy, willowy, yielding
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 礼物,给予物