give — give1 W1S1 [gıv] v past tense gave [geıv] past participle given [ˈgıvən] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(present or money)¦ 2¦(put something in somebody s hand)¦ 3¦(let somebody do something)¦ 4¦(tell somebody something)¦ 5¦(make a movement/do an action)¦… … Dictionary of contemporary English
give — See donate. See donate, give … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
donate — See donate, give … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
donate — do‧nate [dəʊˈneɪt ǁ ˈdoʊneɪt] verb [transitive] to give money or something valuable to a person or organization in order to help them: donate something to somebody • Laurance S. Rockefeller donated $21 million to Princeton University for a center … Financial and business terms
give — give, present, donate, bestow, confer, afford are comparable when meaning to convey something or make something over or available to another as his possession. Give is the general term meaning to pass over, deliver, or transmit something which… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
give — [giv] vt. gave, given, giving [ME given (with g < ON gefa, to give), yeven < OE giefan, akin to Ger geben < IE base * ghabh , to grasp, take > L habere, to have: the special Gmc sense of this base results from its use as a substitute… … English World dictionary
Donate — Do nate (d[=o] n[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Donated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Donating}.] [L. donatus, p. p. of donare to donate, fr. donum gift, fr. dare to give. See 2d {Date}.] To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand dollars to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
donate — do·nate vb do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing vt: to transfer by a gift or donation vi: to make a donation compare give, sell Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
give — vt gave, giv·en, giv·ing 1 a: to make a gift of I give the remainder of my estate to my wife compare convey, sell b: to grant or bestow by formal action the law give s … Law dictionary
donate — [v] make a gift of accord, ante up*, award, bequeath, bestow, chip in*, confer, contribute, devote, dole out*, do one’s part*, feed the kitty*, get in the act*, get it up*, give, give away, grant, hand out, lay on, pass the hat*, present, provide … New thesaurus
