Definitions for gives
gives

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1. Givesnoun

   fetters

2. Etymology: [See Give, n.]

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1. Gives

   jīvz, n. Same as Gyves.

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1. givesverb

   Verb form of the word give.

   He gives his future wife the love and support and she gives the same for their relationship to grow and change.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 3, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'gives' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1009

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'gives' in Written Corpus Frequency: #824

How to pronounce gives?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say gives in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gives in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gives in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of gives in a Sentence

1. Oriana Aragon:

   It's something that gives us pleasure, and makes us come back. Eating those high-calorie rich foods were essential to our survival in the early days.

2. El Pais newspaper:

   The torturing to death of an animal for entertainment is not a dignified tradition and gives a disgraceful image of Spain.

3. Andy McCarthy:

   As a matter of general policy, de-radicalization programs are unproven and their usefulness is doubtful, if the judge reduces the sentence that they would have otherwise imposed in a terrorism case by relying on the hope that de-radicalization will work, that just gives an unearned reward based on an unproven theory to a serious offender.

4. Trey Kovacs:

   They [NLRB] have been active in recent months, and the unions have been organizing much quicker than they ever have before. It gives employees less time to make an informed decision and gives them no opportunity to opt out.

5. Neama Rahmani:

   During the depositions, Cosby gives very incriminating and damaging statements. Then, there's a new DA and that person decides to prosecute the case, after the new DA takes over and during the prosecution, the DA uses those very damaging statements that Cosby made during his civil deposition… so what the Pennsylvania Supreme Court essentially said was, 'Look, you can't do this.' Even though there was no formal immunity, Cosby reasonably relied on that statement declining prosecution when he gave his deposition in the civil case, which is why he was so open.

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