"give the floor" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gives the floor [present, singular, third-person], giving the floor [participle, present], gave the floor [past], given the floor [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave,given> the floor}} give the floor (third-person singular simple present gives the floor, present participle giving the floor, simple past gave the floor, past participle given the floor)
  1. (figuratively) To give permission or time to speak at a public meeting. Tags: figuratively Related terms: take the floor, have the floor Translations (Translations): het woord geven (Dutch), antaa puheenvuoro (Finnish), céder la parole (French), donner la parole (French), passer la parole (French), das Wort erteilen (German), oddawać głos [imperfective] (Polish), oddać głos [perfective] (Polish), dar a palavra (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-give_the_floor-en-verb-Yw51qMBK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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