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дава́ть — meaning in English

davat

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English meaning

  • donate verb To give money, goods, or time freely to help a cause or another person.
  • give verb To hand over or transfer something to someone.
  • impart verb To pass on knowledge, advice, or a quality to someone.
  • yield verb To produce or give as a result, especially a crop, profit, or outcome.

Senses

дава́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • donate (ambitransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.
  • give To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
  • impart (transitive) To give a part or to share.
  • kibitz (intransitive) To give unsolicited or unwanted advice or make unhelpful or idle comments, especially to someone playing a game.
  • let's Used to form the cohortative of verbs, equivalent of the first-person plural imperative in some other languages.
  • put out (intransitive, originally, _, US, _, slang) To consent to having sex.
  • yield To produce as return from an investment.

give — full definition

  1. verb To hand over or transfer something to someone.
  2. verb To provide or make something available.
  3. verb To yield or bend under pressure.
  4. noun The amount something bends or flexes under pressure; springiness.

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