Meaning

7 senses
  1. (transitive)To make a gift of (something).

    I didn't like that book, so I gave it away.

    weggeben

    дарува́тиdaruváty

    make a gift of

  2. (broadly, informal, transitive)To sell very cheaply.

  3. (transitive)To relinquish control over.

    überlassen

    віддава́тиviddaváty

  4. (transitive)To formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father.

    Who giveth away this woman to this man in Holy matrimony?

    anvertrauen, übergeben

    formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father

  5. (reflexive, sometimes, transitive)To unintentionally reveal a secret or divulge undisclosed information; to betray or expose someone.

    He gave himself away with a stupid lie.

    He gave away his hiding place when he accidentally sneezed.

    verraten

    спалитьspalitʹ, выдатьvydatʹ

  6. (transitive)To concede an advantage in weight, time, height etc.

    Despite giving away twenty pounds in weight, the challenger found a knock-out blow in the second round.

  7. To concede.

    verschenken

Examples

242 sentences
  1. He gave away all his money.

    Він роздав усі свої гроші. — deniko

    ruОн отдал все свои деньги. — Balamax

    deEr gab all sein Geld weg. — pne

  2. We're giving this away for free.

    Ми віддаємо це безкоштовно. — deniko

    ruМы отдаём это даром. — sharptoothed

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  3. Mary gave away all her dolls.

    Мері роздала всіх свої ляльок. — deniko

    ruМэри раздала всех своих кукол. — marafon

    deMaria gab all ihre Puppen weg. — wolfgangth

  4. I don't give guitars away often.

    Я не часто роздаю гітари. — deniko

  5. We can't just give it away.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to make a gift of something:
to relinquish control over:
Русский
By meaning 1
to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
to make a gift of something:
to relinquish control over:
to formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom:
to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone:
sports: to concede:

Forms

gives away, giving away, gave away, given away
Base formgive away · to give away
3rd person singulargives away
Present participlegiving away
Past simplegave away
Past participlegiven away

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygive away
he, she, itgives away

Past simpleLesson

all personsgave away

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave given away
he, she, ithas given away

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill give away

Phrasal verbs

11 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

20 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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