"give away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gives away [present, singular, third-person], giving away [participle, present], gave away [past], given away [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave,given> away}} give away (third-person singular simple present gives away, present participle giving away, simple past gave away, past participle given away)
  1. (transitive) To make a gift of (something). Tags: transitive Translations (to make a gift of something): подарявам (podarjavam) (Bulgarian), weggeven (Dutch), antaa (Finnish), antaa pois (Finnish), lahjoittaa (Finnish), offrir (French), donner (French), weggeben (German), scaoil (Irish), regalare (Italian), dare via (Italian), nuduoti (Lithuanian), dar (Portuguese), dar de presente (Portuguese), regalar (Spanish), дарува́ти (daruváty) (Ukrainian), אַוועקגעבן (avekgebn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-give_away-en-verb-OhOlsQ7j Disambiguation of 'to make a gift of something': 100 0 0 0 0 0
  2. (transitive) To relinquish control over. Tags: transitive Translations (to relinquish control over): отдавам (otdavam) (Bulgarian), luopua (Finnish), luovuttaa (Finnish), überlassen (German), abrir mão (Portuguese), віддава́ти (viddaváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-give_away-en-verb-jrMjGWOA Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of 'to relinquish control over': 0 91 7 1 1 1
  3. (transitive) To formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father. Tags: transitive Derived forms: give-away [noun], giveaway [noun], give away the store Related terms: give way Translations (to formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom): weggeven (Dutch), luovuttaa (Finnish), anvertrauen (German), übergeben (German), tionlaic chun na haltóra (Irish), nuduoti (Lithuanian), whakamoe (Maori)
    Sense id: en-give_away-en-verb-vWnLK7M0 Disambiguation of 'to formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom': 0 5 86 2 2 5
  4. (transitive, sometimes reflexive) To unintentionally reveal a secret, divulge undisclosed information, or expose someone. Tags: reflexive, sometimes, transitive Translations (to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone): разкривам (razkrivam) (Bulgarian), malkaŝi (Esperanto), paljastaa (Finnish), se trahir (French), verraten (German), scaoil (Irish), tradirsi (Italian), سوتی دادن (suti dâdan) [colloquial] (Persian), entregar-se (Portuguese), denunciar (Portuguese), leig air (Scottish Gaelic), delatar (Spanish), verle el plumero (Spanish), enseñar la pata [colloquial] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-give_away-en-verb-4azU2M8Y Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of 'to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone': 0 2 6 84 2 6
  5. (transitive) To concede an advantage in weight, time, height etc. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-give_away-en-verb-mkNmH23a
  6. (sports) To concede. Categories (topical): Sports Translations (sports: to concede): предавам се (predavam se) (Bulgarian), antaa (Finnish), luovuttaa (Finnish), verschenken (German)
    Sense id: en-give_away-en-verb-~ksClc5S Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English phrasal verbs with particle (away) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 11 22 25 6 33 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 2 27 8 25 3 36 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (away): 6 9 21 22 9 34 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'sports: to concede': 0 1 5 2 23 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (to concede an advantage): antaa tasoitusta (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'to concede an advantage': 0 1 4 2 51 43

Inflected forms

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          "text": "This issue marks a first of its kind for St. Louis Magazine: We've given away our cover feature.[…] In early summer, our editors[…] posed a collective question: What if we asked some[…] citizens what the future should look like? We'll give each of them[…] 200 words of space in the magazine[…].",
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          "sense": "to formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom",
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          "_dis1": "0 2 6 84 2 6",
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          "roman": "razkrivam",
          "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
          "word": "разкривам"
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          "_dis1": "0 2 6 84 2 6",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
          "word": "malkaŝi"
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          "_dis1": "0 2 6 84 2 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
          "word": "paljastaa"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
          "word": "se trahir"
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          "_dis1": "0 2 6 84 2 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
          "word": "verraten"
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          "_dis1": "0 2 6 84 2 6",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
          "word": "scaoil"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
          "word": "tradirsi"
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          "_dis1": "0 2 6 84 2 6",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "suti dâdan",
          "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "سوتی دادن"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 2 6 84 2 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
          "word": "entregar-se"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 2 6 84 2 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
          "word": "denunciar"
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          "_dis1": "0 2 6 84 2 6",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
          "word": "leig air"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 6 84 2 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
          "word": "delatar"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
          "word": "verle el plumero"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
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          "word": "enseñar la pata"
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          "text": "Coordinate term: give up"
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          "ref": "2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "England gave away six penalties in the first 15 minutes and were lucky to still have 15 men on the pitch, but Kvirikashvili missed two very makeable penalties in quick succession as Georgia were unable to take advantage of significant territorial advantage.",
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        "(sports) To concede."
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          "_dis1": "0 1 5 2 23 68",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "predavam se",
          "sense": "sports: to concede",
          "word": "предавам се"
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          "_dis1": "0 1 5 2 23 68",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sports: to concede",
          "word": "antaa"
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          "_dis1": "0 1 5 2 23 68",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sports: to concede",
          "word": "luovuttaa"
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          "_dis1": "0 1 5 2 23 68",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "sports: to concede",
          "word": "verschenken"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to concede an advantage",
      "word": "antaa tasoitusta"
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  "word": "give away"
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  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I didn't like that book, so I gave it away.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a gift of (something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gift",
          "gift"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make a gift of (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English links with manual fragments",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: give up"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010 September, Stephen Schenkenberg, \"Many Big Ideas, One Big Transition\", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 16",
          "text": "This issue marks a first of its kind for St. Louis Magazine: We've given away our cover feature.[…] In early summer, our editors[…] posed a collective question: What if we asked some[…] citizens what the future should look like? We'll give each of them[…] 200 words of space in the magazine[…].",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To relinquish control over."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "relinquish",
          "relinquish"
        ],
        [
          "control",
          "control"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To relinquish control over."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Who giveth away this woman to this man in Holy matrimony?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "formally",
          "formally"
        ],
        [
          "bride",
          "bride"
        ],
        [
          "bridegroom",
          "bridegroom"
        ],
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English links with manual fragments",
        "English reflexive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: give up"
        },
        {
          "text": "He gave himself away with a stupid lie.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "He gave away his hiding place when he accidentally sneezed.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To unintentionally reveal a secret, divulge undisclosed information, or expose someone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unintentionally",
          "unintentionally"
        ],
        [
          "reveal",
          "reveal"
        ],
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ],
        [
          "information",
          "information"
        ],
        [
          "expose",
          "expose"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, sometimes reflexive) To unintentionally reveal a secret, divulge undisclosed information, or expose someone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive",
        "sometimes",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Despite giving away twenty pounds in weight, the challenger found a knock-out blow in the second round.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To concede an advantage in weight, time, height etc."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To concede an advantage in weight, time, height etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English links with manual fragments",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: give up"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "England gave away six penalties in the first 15 minutes and were lucky to still have 15 men on the pitch, but Kvirikashvili missed two very makeable penalties in quick succession as Georgia were unable to take advantage of significant territorial advantage.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To concede."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "concede",
          "concede"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) To concede."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podarjavam",
      "sense": "to make a gift of something",
      "word": "подарявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make a gift of something",
      "word": "weggeven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make a gift of something",
      "word": "antaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make a gift of something",
      "word": "antaa pois"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make a gift of something",
      "word": "lahjoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make a gift of something",
      "word": "offrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make a gift of something",
      "word": "donner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make a gift of something",
      "word": "weggeben"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to make a gift of something",
      "word": "scaoil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make a gift of something",
      "word": "regalare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make a gift of something",
      "word": "dare via"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to make a gift of something",
      "word": "nuduoti"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make a gift of something",
      "word": "dar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make a gift of something",
      "word": "dar de presente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make a gift of something",
      "word": "regalar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "daruváty",
      "sense": "to make a gift of something",
      "word": "дарува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "avekgebn",
      "sense": "to make a gift of something",
      "word": "אַוועקגעבן"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otdavam",
      "sense": "to relinquish control over",
      "word": "отдавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to relinquish control over",
      "word": "luopua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to relinquish control over",
      "word": "luovuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to relinquish control over",
      "word": "überlassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to relinquish control over",
      "word": "abrir mão"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "viddaváty",
      "sense": "to relinquish control over",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "віддава́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom",
      "word": "weggeven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom",
      "word": "luovuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom",
      "word": "anvertrauen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom",
      "word": "übergeben"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom",
      "word": "tionlaic chun na haltóra"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom",
      "word": "nuduoti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom",
      "word": "whakamoe"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razkrivam",
      "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
      "word": "разкривам"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
      "word": "malkaŝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
      "word": "paljastaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
      "word": "se trahir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
      "word": "verraten"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
      "word": "scaoil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
      "word": "tradirsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "suti dâdan",
      "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "سوتی دادن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
      "word": "entregar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
      "word": "denunciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
      "word": "leig air"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
      "word": "delatar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
      "word": "verle el plumero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "enseñar la pata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to concede an advantage",
      "word": "antaa tasoitusta"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predavam se",
      "sense": "sports: to concede",
      "word": "предавам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sports: to concede",
      "word": "antaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sports: to concede",
      "word": "luovuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sports: to concede",
      "word": "verschenken"
    }
  ],
  "word": "give away"
}

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