give

1 to make a present of math tutors generously give their time to help students after school Synonyms bestow, contribute, donate, give away, present, volunteer Related Words chip in, kick in, pitch in, throw in; award, confer, endow, endue (or indue), render; afford, comp, furnish, provide; lavish, regale; aid, assist, benefit, help; administer, dish out, dispense, dole out, hand out, impart, issue, mete (out); extend, fork (over, out, or up), offer, pay, proffer, pungle (up), put up, tender; sacrifice Phrases give of Near Antonyms hold, keep, pocket, retain, withhold; preserve, save; advance, lend, loan; sell

2 to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another gave my camera to my father to hold while I went swimming Synonyms commend, commit, confide, consign, delegate, deliver, entrust (also intrust), give over, hand, hand over, leave, pass, recommend, repose, transfer, transmit, trust, turn over, vest Related Words confer, grant; assign, deal (out), dispense, disperse, distribute, divide; hand in, release, relinquish, submit, surrender, turn in, yield; bequeath, hand down, hand on, will; advance, lend, loan; furnish, supply; recommit, redeliver, regive, retransfer, retransmit Near Antonyms detain, hold back, reserve, withhold; own, possess; accept, receive, take in; occupy, take, take over Antonyms hold, keep, retain

3 to bring before the public in performance or exhibition the author will give a reading from her latest work at 7:00 p.m. Synonyms carry, present, mount, offer, stageRelated Words display, exhibit, expose, parade, show, show off, unveil; preview; act, impersonate, perform, play, portray; depict, dramatize, enact, render, represent; extend, proffer, tender

4 to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure they loaded the shopping cart with so much food it gave under all the weight Synonyms buckle, cave (in), crumple, founder, collapse, go, go out, implode, tumble, yieldRelated Words deflate, flatten, melt, melt down; break, break down, conk (out), crash, die, fail, give out, stall; burst, shatter, smash, splinter, split; crack, crumble, pop, snapNear Antonyms inflate, rise, swell

5 to hand over or use up in payment I wouldn't give a nickel for such a run-down car Synonyms disburse, drop, expend, fork (over, out, or up), spend, lay out, outlay, pay, shell outRelated Words lavish, rain; blow, dissipate, fritter (away), run through, squander, throw away, wasteNear Antonyms cache, hoard, lay up, save; acquire, earn, gain, garner, make, procure, realize, secure, win

6 to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion) she gave her opinion on the matter very firmly and unmistakably Synonyms air, expound, express, look, raise, sound, state, vent, ventilate, voiceRelated Words advertise, announce, declare, enounce, enunciate, proclaim, say; broadcast, circulate, disseminate, publish; describe, write, write up; sound off, speak out, speak up; chime in; communicate, convey, put across, put over; offer, submitNear Antonyms censor, restrain, restrictAntonyms stifle, suppress

7 to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention totally gave himself to his studies in the hopes of winning a scholarship for next year Synonyms address, bend, buckle, devote, applyRelated Words readdress, reapply; knuckle down, set (to), settle (down); busy, commit, concern, engage, involve; exert, exhaust, put out, spend, strain, stress, tax, trouble, wear out; carry on, pitch in, plunge (in); grind, hump, hustle, peg (away), plod, plow, plug (away), workNear Antonyms dally, dawdle, dillydally, fiddle (around), fool around, idle, mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle

8 to produce as revenue a company that consistently gives $30 million in profits to the owner Synonyms bear, yield, pay, returnRelated Words bring in, net; afford, furnish, provide, supply; pay off