Definition of "give" in English

verb

(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
(transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
- They're giving my favorite show!
(ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
- I give it ten minutes before he gives up.
- I'd give it a 95% chance of success.
- I'll give their marriage six months.
(intransitive) To yield or collapse under pressure or force.
- One pillar gave, then more, and suddenly the whole floor pancaked onto the floor below.
(intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
- The master bedroom gives onto a spacious balcony.
(transitive, dated) To provide a view of.
- His window gave the park.
To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
- The number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.
To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
- He can be bad-tempered, I'll give you that, but he's a hard worker.
To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
- The umpire finally gave his decision: the ball was out.
(dated or religion) To grant power, permission, destiny, etc. (especially to a person); to allot; to allow.
(reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
- The soldiers give themselves to plunder.
- That boy is given to fits of bad temper.
(obsolete) To become soft or moist.
(obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.
(obsolete) To have a misgiving.
- My mind gives ye're reserv'd / To rob poor market women.

noun

The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilience.
- This chair doesn't have much give.
- There is no give in his dogmatic religious beliefs.