2 PHRASAL VERB If you give in , you agree to do something that you do not want to do. □ [V P ] I pressed my parents until they finally gave in and registered me for skating classes. □ [V P + to ] Officials say they won't give in to the workers' demands.
▸ give off or give out PHRASAL VERB If something gives off or gives out a gas, heat, or a smell, it produces it and sends it out into the air. □ [V P n] …natural gas, which gives off less carbon dioxide than coal. [Also V n P ]
▸ give out
1 PHRASAL VERB If you give out a number of things, you distribute them among a group of people. □ [V P n] There were people at the entrance giving out leaflets. [Also V n P ]
2 PHRASAL VERB If you give out information, you make it known to people. □ [V P n] He wouldn't give out any information. □ [V n P ] How often do you give your phone number out?
3 PHRASAL VERB If a piece of equipment or part of the body gives out , it stops working. □ [V P ] All machines give out eventually. □ [V P ] One of his lungs gave out entirely.
4 → see give off
▸ give over to or give up to PHRASAL VERB [usu passive] If something is given over or given up to a particular use, it is used entirely for that purpose. □ [be V -ed P P n] Much of the garden was given over to vegetables.
▸ give up
1 PHRASAL VERB If you give up something, you stop doing it or having it. □ [V P n/v-ing] Coastguards had given up all hope of finding the two divers alive. □ [V P ] …smokers who give up before 30. [Also V n P ]
2 PHRASAL VERB If you give up , you decide that you cannot do something and stop trying to do it. □ [V P ] After a fruitless morning sitting at his desk he had given up.
3 PHRASAL VERB If you give up your job, you resign from it. □ [V P n/v-ing] She gave up her job as an events manager to become a self-employed baker. □ [V P n/v-ing] He is thinking of giving up teaching. [Also V n P , V P ]
4 PHRASAL VERB If you give up something that you have or that you are entitled to, you allow someone else to have it. □ [V P n] Georgia refuses to give up any territory. □ [V P n] One of the men with him gave up his place on the bench. [Also V n P ]
5 PHRASAL VERB If you give yourself up , you let the police or other people know where you are, after you have been hiding from them. □ [V pron-refl P ] A 28-year-old man later gave himself up and will appear in court today. [Also V n P ]
▸ give up on PHRASAL VERB If you give up on something or someone, you decide that you will never succeed in doing what you want to with them, and you stop trying to. □ [V P P n] He urged them not to give up on peace efforts. □ [V P P n] My teachers gave up on me.
▸ give up to → see give over to
gi ve-and-ta ke → see give ➊
give|away /g I vəwe I / (giveaways ) also give-away
1 N‑SING A giveaway is something that makes you realize the truth about a particular person or situation. □ The only giveaway was the look of amusement in her eyes.
2 N‑COUNT A giveaway is something that a company or organization gives to someone, usually in order to encourage people to buy a particular product. □ Next week TODAY is celebrating with a great giveaway of FREE garden seeds.
giv|en ◆◇◇ /g I v ə n/
1 Given is the past participle of give .
2 ADJ If you talk about, for example, any given position or a given time, you mean the particular position or time that you are discussing. □ In chess there are typically about 36 legal moves from any given board position. □ Over a given period, the value of shares will rise and fall.
3 PREP Given is used when indicating a possible situation in which someone has the opportunity or ability to do something. For example, given the chance means 'if I had the chance'. □ Write down the sort of thing you would like to do, given the opportunity. □ Given patience, successful breeding of this species can be achieved.
4 PHRASE If you say given that something is the case, you mean taking that fact into account. □ Usually, I am sensible with money, as I have to be, given that I don't earn that much.
5 PREP If you say given something, you mean taking that thing into account. □ Given the uncertainty over Leigh's future I was left with little other choice.
6 ADJ If you are given to doing something, you often do it. [FORMAL ] □ [+ to ] I am not very given to emotional displays.
gi v|en name (given names ) N‑COUNT [oft with poss] A given name is a person's first name, which they are given at birth in addition to their surname. [FORMAL ]
giv|er /g I və r / (givers ) N‑COUNT You can refer to a person or organization that gives or supplies a particular thing as a giver of that thing. □ It was William who was the giver of the piano. ● COMB Giver is also a combining form. □ …if the money-givers do not have specific projects in view.
giz|mo /g I zmoʊ/ (gizmos ) N‑COUNT A gizmo is a device or small machine which performs a particular task, usually in a new and efficient way. People often use gizmo to refer to a device or machine when they do not know what it is really called. [INFORMAL ] □ …a plastic gizmo for holding a coffee cup on the dashboard.
gla|cé /glæ se I , [AM ] -se I / ADJ [ADJ n] Glacé fruits are fruits that have been preserved in a thick sugary syrup and then dried. □ …pieces of glacé cherry.