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give out

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. emit, give out, give offverb

    give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.

    "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits"

  2. distribute, give out, hand out, pass outverb

    give to several people

    "The teacher handed out the exams"

  3. fail, run out, give outverb

    prove insufficient

    "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"

  4. fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break downverb

    stop operating or functioning

    "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

Wiktionary

  1. give outverb

    transitive. to utter, publish; to announce, proclaim, report. to give (it) out: to profess, give it to be believed that. also, to give (a person) out to be (so and so)

  2. give outverb

    to announce (a hymn) to be sung; to read out (the words) for the congregation to sing

  3. give outverb

    to send forth, emit; to cause to be sent forth. also, to put forth, utter (prayers)

  4. give outverb

    to issue; to distribute

  5. give outverb

    intransitive of persons: to desist (in later use, to desist through exhaustion of strength or patience). of an implement, a limb, a machine, etc.: to break down, get out of order, fail. of a supply: to run short, come to an end

  6. give outverb

    (Ireland, idiomatic). To complain, sulk, chastise.

ChatGPT

  1. give out

    To "give out" generally means to distribute or provide something to a group of people. It can also refer to a situation where something stops working or functioning due to exhaustion or breakdown, commonly used in reference to machinery or body parts.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of give out in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of give out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of give out in a Sentence

  1. Jonathan Penn:

    Narang said. Other tips to keep in mind are keeping software and security patches up to date, using strong passwords, creating a different password for every website, and using two-factor authentication when possible, according to Narang. And, of course, never give out any personal information via email, social media platforms, text messages or instant messages, Narang said. Users should also enable your email provider’s spam/phishing filters and clicking on unknown links is a bad idea. Don’t even click on links, even from family or friends, if the email lacks any context or truly personal message that [would] indicate it’s real.

  2. Ivan Alcantara:

    Its not the responsibility of a resort, of my clients, to give out that information, its the responsibility of the U.S. State Department to give out that data. When someone dies on resort property, we inform the embassy of that persons country. Its the embassys role to inform its citizens, to give them the data, not ours.

  3. James Hill:

    It's advertised as one-for-one model but in reality we'll probably give out more meals than we are selling, the goal is to encourage people to support their community by buying from us.

  4. Richard Achiro:

    Even if they look good on the outside, do they have excessive diarrhea ? Are their livers and kidneys starting to give out from having to detox toxins ? Are they adhering to this regimented style of eating in such a way to compromise their relationships and work life ?

  5. Morrie Schwartz:

    The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.


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