# give

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɡɪv/ · frequency rank #185

## Definitions
1. To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
2. To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
3. To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
4. To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
5. To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
6. To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
7. To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
8. To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
9. To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
10. To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
11. To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
12. To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
13. To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
14. To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
15. To yield or collapse under pressure or force.
16. To lead (onto or into).
17. To provide a view of.
18. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
19. To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
20. To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
21. To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
22. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
23. To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
24. To grant power, permission, destiny, etc. (especially to a person); to allot; to allow.
25. To devote or apply (oneself).
26. To become soft or moist.
27. To shed tears; to weep.
28. To have a misgiving.

## Etymology
Middle English given, from merger of Old English giefan (“to give”) and Old Norse gefa (“to give”), from Proto-Germanic *gebaną (“to give”). Displaced yive, from Middle English yiven, of the same origin, from influence of Old Norse gefa.

## Easily confused with
- **GRE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/give-vs-gre)
- **gone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/give-vs-gone)
- **glue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/give-vs-glue)
- **gore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/give-vs-gore)
- **glee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/give-vs-glee)
- **gove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/give-vs-gove)
- **Giza** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/give-vs-giza)
- **given** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/give-vs-given)
- **gives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/give-vs-gives)
- **guide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/give-vs-guide)
- **grave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/give-vs-grave)
- **grove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/give-vs-grove)
- **glove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/give-vs-glove)
- **guise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/give-vs-guise)
- **glide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/give-vs-glide)
- **giver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/give-vs-giver)
- **grime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/give-vs-grime)
- **gripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/give-vs-gripe)
- **guile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/give-vs-guile)
- **grieve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/give-vs-grieve)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ggive`, `giev`, `givve`, `gvie`, `igve`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/give