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They will try to give you "good advice" or intimidate you.

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Quick take

the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of give gathered in one view.

noun

the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

verb

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold"

verb

be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for give.

noun

the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

verb

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold"

verb

be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"

verb

transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"

verb

convey or reveal information; "Give one's name"

verb

convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow; "Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give him my best regards"; "pay attention"

verb

organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"

verb

convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture; "Throw a glance"; "She gave me a dirty look"

verb

give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?"

verb

cause to happen or be responsible for; "His two singles gave the team the victory"

verb

dedicate; "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay attention to"

verb

give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"

See also: render, yield, return, generate

verb

transmit (knowledge or skills); "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students"

verb

bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"

verb

leave with; give temporarily; "Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?"; "Can I give you the children for the weekend?"

verb

emit or utter; "Give a gulp"; "give a yelp"

verb

endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war"

verb

place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"

verb

give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"

See also: dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote

verb

give (as medicine); "I gave him the drug"

verb

give or convey physically; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose"

verb

bestow; "give homage"; "render thanks"

verb

bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights"

verb

move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"

verb

give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"

verb

contribute to some cause; "I gave at the office"

verb

break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

verb

estimate the duration or outcome of something; "He gave the patient three months to live"; "I gave him a very good chance at success"

verb

execute and deliver; "Give bond"

verb

deliver in exchange or recompense; "I'll give you three books for four CDs"

verb

afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace"

verb

present to view; "He gave the sign to start"

verb

perform for an audience; "Pollini is giving another concert in New York"

verb

be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn't give"

verb

propose; "He gave the first of many toasts at the birthday party"

verb

accord by verdict; "give a decision for the plaintiff"

verb

manifest or show; "This student gives promise of real creativity"; "The office gave evidence of tampering"

verb

offer in good faith; "He gave her his word"

verb

submit for consideration, judgment, or use; "give one's opinion"; "give an excuse"

verb

guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion; "You gave me to think that you agreed with me"

verb

allow to have or take; "I give you two minutes to respond"

verb

inflict as a punishment; "She gave the boy a good spanking"; "The judge gave me 10 years"

verb

occur; "what gives?"

verb

consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man; "She gave herself to many men"

verb

proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister"

Example sentences

They will try to give you "good advice" or intimidate you.

Go back and look at that partial list of learnings from Amazon, and tell me which ones Stubby gives you out of the box.

Is pg supposed to give up all his worldly goals and possessions and live as some sort of equality monk?

The security services even called Greenwald to give him the news that his partner had been detained.

Hey, other comments are going to give you a few lines telling you to not quit, that you should hang in there, and that it'll be alright.

I mean, I assume they're not, given that Apps Script only works in Spreadsheet right now, and it doesn't even have keyboard shortcuts as part of its API.

Please, come find the guy who took all of our illegal drug money and give it back to us so we can continue to say you aren't necessary.

It's that when you used to give out free sodas and coffee, and then you stop, you're telling everyone in the company that business isn't as good as it used to be.

I talk about this in every single presentation Ive ever given about sharding[0]: do no wait too long to add capacity.

They don't give a single shit about charity or helping the needy or community contributions or anything like that.

As someone who was a student in your class, I can speak for myself and say that I did give you a low rating, and it was NOT because you punished the cheatersit was far from it.

* Now would not be the worst time in the world to go to your Twitter config, hit Settings -> Apps, and scrub out all the stuff you don't use.* Now you know why you never give 3rd party web apps your Gmail password.

Many people today do not even give pause over the idea that the government claims huge amounts of unchecked power, whether it is to fight terrorists or to expand social programs.

Something I thought slightly peculiar given that he was supposed to be investing his own, significant funds along with B. Plus, I don't believe that he actually did any measurable work during the time period that would justify it based on what I knew at the time.

In reality, if any persons - right-thinking or not - are given largely unchecked authority over our lives, abuses will inevitably follow.

However, thats really not the case; I just figured Id give you my honest opinion of you seeing as your perception of your students mentality towards you is completely mistaken.

You 150-odd ex-Amazon folks here will of course realize immediately that #7 was a little joke I threw in, because Bezos most definitely does not give a shit about your day.#6, however, was quite real, so people went to work.

Paypal decisionmakers might at this point give Indiegogo the sort of look a school psychologist gives a C student with a drug habit who has just announced that they're taking a semester off to find themselves, man.

Hey, I know those things get damn uncomfortable, ladies, but it also gets uncomfortable sitting through a meeting for two hours, crossing and uncrossing my legs to give my dick some space to not be a total pain just for existing between my legs.

However, teaching evaluations dont just measure your ability to give good lectures; they are holistic--meaning, they also measure intangibles, such as the professor's willingness to help students, or his attitude.

[2] In the UK this is a semi-democratic consultation process which occurs at local government level and involves publicly presenting the designs to local councillors to give residents of the area a chance to raise a formal objection.

We respect that you might not agree with this, but don't feel the need to spend additional resources paying for our computer programmers, underwriters, lawyers, and accountants to give you an expensive education in the realities of e-commerce on our nickel.

And this is the major factor not grasped by those today who assume that society is evolving to a point that, if only right-thinking people with good motives are given enough power over our lives, they will somehow magically transform society for the good through government action.