"give place" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gives place [present, singular, third-person], giving place [participle, present], gave place [past], given place [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave,given> place}} give place (third-person singular simple present gives place, present participle giving place, simple past gave place, past participle given place)
  1. To be replaced by something.
    Sense id: en-give_place-en-verb-kKDiMWRM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10
  2. (dated) To yield. Tags: dated Synonyms: give ground, give way, give way
    Sense id: en-give_place-en-verb-1qOoWkfB

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for give place meaning in English (1.6kB)

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