GIVE OUT Synonyms: 118 Similar and Opposite Words

give out

verb

Definition of give out

as in to announce

to make known openly or publicly that's information that I'm not prepared to give out

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as in to cast

to throw or give off this heater gives out a funny smell sometimes

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as in to die

to stop functioning waiting for the fuel pump in my old car to give out

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start (up)

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Recent Examples of give out It is given out by a selection committee of five curators, this year from institutions including the Audain Art Museum, Capture Photography Festival, Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum at Simon Fraser University, and Vancouver Art Gallery. — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2026 After launching its Dunkin’ Diehards Instagram broadcast channel on July 31, Dunkin’ has given out millions of free Refreshers and teased the drop of a million free espresso drinks. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026 Authorities didn't immediately give out details on the condition of the three people who were wounded. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 The best part of her job, said Lisa Hafoka, is giving out scholarships. — Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for give out

Recent Examples of Synonyms for give out

Verb

The opening comes more than three years after Toyota announced plans to invest nearly $50 million in the facility at its Michigan research and development operations.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
This week, City Hall and the DCLA are announcing an increase in funding for direct-support grants to artists, administered by each borough’s local arts council.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of announce

Verb

Pressure for action on all types of kratom is mounting after two students at the University of Mississippi died this month, with kratom products found on the scene in both cases.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
Fiona Hepler Lowe, the daughter of actor Chad Lowe and Kim Painter, has died.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of die

Verb

The grim findings come from a survey of 524 disability care providers published Wednesday by ANCOR, an advocacy group for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

— STAT, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
An art book highlighting her career, fashion and artistic collaborations, Ongoing was published under Rizzoli International Publications.

— Mariel Turner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of publish

Verb

The jet carries 500,000 times the energy radiated by the sun and explains the mystery of how feeding black holes become such powerful cosmic particle accelerators and generate such high-energy gamma-ray photons.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Or, for that matter, whether the grandfather of the Reality-Vigilante-TV Industrial Complex ever felt the level of fear and self-loathing that radiates off Pattinson’s human-flop-sweat of a portrayal.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of radiate

Verb

Asif said the alliance reflected a belief among its members that existing security arrangements had failed to protect Gulf countries as the conflict involving Iran spread across the region.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
The government, unable and unwilling to check their most voracious citizens and appetites, failed to tame the frontier.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of fail

Verb

Attempting to de-escalate the scare, Rospotrebnadzor declared the regional sanitary situation stable after secondary testing showed no traces of dangerous pathogens linked to Shipilova’s research.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
Judge Sullivan declares a mistrial due to the deadlocked jury, ending the trial without a clear resolution.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of declare

Verb

Mogwai, who would make their debut the year after Beat was released and with whom Bowery Electric would share a bill, would crouch in similarly unassuming and tense postures and use them to spring out and scare the bejeezus out of people.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
Never Enough, released in June 2025, is Turnstile’s fourth album and the follow-up to their 2021 breakthrough Glow On.

— Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of release

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