Gives

Word GIVES
Character 5
Hyphenation gives
Pronunciations /ɡɪvz/

Definitions and meanings of "Gives"

What do we mean by gives?

(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

(ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).

To yield slightly when a force is applied.

To collapse under pressure or force.

To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.

To lead (onto or into).

To provide a view of.

To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.

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.

To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.

To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).

To grant power or permission to; to allow.

To devote or apply (oneself).

To become soft or moist.

To shed tears; to weep.

To have a misgiving.

To be going on, to be occurring

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The word "gives" in example sentences

The label gives instructions for cooking rare: "2 ½ to 4 minutes each side… Always check that the product is cooked throughout, and no pink colour remains." ❋ Unknown (2011)

The label gives the actual number of yarn skeins or balls needed and the appropriate-sized knitting needles required for the pattern. ❋ Nancy J. Thomas (2002)

The name gives puttanesca a residual taste of sex—this, it says, is a sauce for working women. ❋ Annia Ciezadlo (2011)

The title gives a nod to A Single Summer with L.B. ❋ J.S. Tennant (2011)

Associated Press Coming four months after the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and weeks of bungling by the nation's leaders in response, the title gives the struggling, weary country a tenacious national symbol to rally around. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A genre mash-up no greater than the sum of its expensive, largely second-hand, parts, this summer spectacle corrals its cast and cliches into a plot loopier than an 11-dimensional lasso – though the title gives you a fair idea. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I have not spoken but something in my expression gives him pause. ❋ Lucy Weston (2011)

Coming four months after the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and weeks of bungling by the nation's leaders in response, the title gives the struggling, weary country a tenacious national symbol to rally around. ❋ Yoree Koh (2011)

The Queen and I by Sue Townsend imagines a post-republican queen living in a council flat in the Midlands, while Townsend's Queen Camilla posits ... well, the title gives a lot away. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The title gives insight into the thesis, but one must read the entire book to understand the subtlety and thoroughness of Channing's argument. ❋ John Marszalek (2010)

The title gives wings to the auditory imagination when you arrive at the punch line. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The title gives a false impression of the substance of Sen. Clinton's statement. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The title gives a false impression of the substance of Sen. Clinton's statement. tz wrote on January 26, 2008 11: 24 AM: ❋ Unknown (2009)

So if anything, the title gives away what seems to have happened in the most recent episode, but it leaves things with the same uncertainty as the episode itself. ❋ James F. McGrath (2009)

It's pretty obvious that the title gives a good indication of what the movie's plot was going to be. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The movie takes places on a single night: he falls ill and finds himself transported, with a matter-of-factly beatific nurse as his guide, from one hospital to another towards the ending that the title gives away. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The fact that she remembers my name gives me hope. ❋ Jaime Clarke (2007)

The inspiration was obviously Charade -- even the title gives that away -- but making that kind of movie requires the thriller parts, the non-comic stuff, to be played relatively straight, and neither Tashlin nor Day could really get into that. ❋ Jaime J. Weinman (2007)

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