If you give away something that you own, you give it to someone, rather than selling it, often because you no longer want it.

If someone gives away an advantage, they accidentally cause their opponent or enemy to have that advantage.

If you give away information that should be kept secret, you reveal it to other people.

To give someone or something away means to show their true nature or identity, which is not obvious.

If you give something back, you return it to the person who gave it to you.

If you give in, you admit that you are defeated or that you cannot do something.

If you give in, you agree to do something that you do not want to do.

If something gives off or gives out a gas, heat, or a smell, it produces it and sends it out into the air.

If you give out a number of things, you distribute them among a group of people.

If you give out information, you make it known to people.

If something is given over or given up to a particular use, it is used entirely for that purpose.

If you give up something, you stop doing it or having it.

If you give up, you decide that you cannot do something and stop trying to do it.

If you give up your job, you resign from it.

If you give up something that you have or that you are entitled to, you allow someone else to have it.

If you give yourself up, you let the police or other people know where you are, after you have been hiding from them.

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.

You use give me to say that you would rather have one thing than another, especially when you have just mentioned the thing that you do not want.

Give or take is used to indicate that an amount is approximate. For example, if you say that something is fifty years old, give or take a few years, you mean that it is approximately fifty years old.

If an audience is asked to give it up for a performer, they are being asked to applaud.

If you say that something requires give-and-take, you mean that people must compromise or cooperate for it to be successful.

You can use give with nouns that refer to physical actions. The whole expression refers to the performing of the action. For example, She gave a smile means almost the same as 'She smiled'.

You use give to say that a person does something for another person. For example, if you give someone a lift, you take them somewhere in your car.

You use give with nouns that refer to information, opinions, or greetings to indicate that something is communicated. For example, if you give someone some news, you tell it to them.

You use give to say how long you think something will last or how much you think something will be.

People use give in expressions such as I don't give a damn to show that they do not care about something.

If someone or something gives you a particular idea or impression, it causes you to have that idea or impression.

If someone or something gives you a particular physical or emotional feeling, it makes you experience it.

If you give a performance or speech, you perform or speak in public.

If you give something thought or attention, you think about it, concentrate on it, or deal with it.

If you give a party or other social event, you organize it.

If you give someone something that you own or have bought, you provide them with it, so that they have it or can use it.

If you give someone something that you are holding or that is near you, you pass it to them, so that they are then holding it.

To give someone or something a particular power or right means to allow them to have it.

If something gives, it collapses or breaks under pressure.

You say that you are given to understand or believe that something is the case when you do not want to say how you found out about it, or who told you.