Gave vs. Give — What's the Difference?

Past tense of give.

Freely transfer the possession of (something) to (someone)

Past participle of give

Cause or allow (someone or something) to have or experience (something); provide with

Carry out or perform (a specified action)

Yield as a product or result

Concede (something) as valid or deserved in respect of (someone)

State or put forward (information or argument)

Alter in shape under pressure rather than resist or break

Capacity to bend or alter in shape under pressure

To make a present of

To place in the hands of; pass

To deliver in exchange or recompense; pay

To let go for a price; sell

To administer

To convey by a physical action

To inflict as punishment

To bestow, especially officially; confer

To accord or tender to another

To put temporarily at the disposal of

To entrust to another, usually for a specified reason

To communicate, convey, or offer for conveyance

To endure the loss of; sacrifice

To devote or apply completely

To furnish or contribute

To offer in good faith; pledge

To allot as a portion or share.

To bestow (a name, for example).

To attribute (blame, for example) to someone; assign.

To award as due

To emit or utter

To submit for consideration, acceptance, or use

To proffer to another

To consent to engage (oneself) in sexual intercourse with another person.

To perform for an audience

To present to view

To offer as entertainment

To propose as a toast.

To be a source of; afford

To cause to catch or be subject to (a disease or bodily condition)

To guide or direct, as by persuasion or behavior. Used with an infinitive phrase

To yield or produce

To bring forth or bear

To produce as a result of calculation

To manifest or show

To carry out (a physical movement)

To permit one to have or take

To take an interest to the extent of

To make gifts or donations

To yield to physical force

To collapse from force or pressure

To yield to change

To afford access or a view; open

(Slang) To be in progress; happen

Capacity or inclination to yield under pressure.

The quality or condition of resilience; springiness

(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).

To make a present or gift of.

To pledge.

To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.

To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in.

To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).

To pass (something) into (someone's hand, etc.).

To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.

(transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.

(ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).

(intransitive) To yield or collapse under pressure or force.

(intransitive) To lead (onto or into).

To provide a view of.

To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.

To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.

To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.

To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.

To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.

To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).

To grant power, permission, destiny, etc. (especially to a person); to allot; to allow.

(reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).

(obsolete) To become soft or moist.

(obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.

(obsolete) To have a misgiving.

(slang) To be going on, to be occurring; what gives?

The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilence.

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow.

To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy.

To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks.

To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc.

To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission.

To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.

To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study.

To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; - used principally in the passive form given.

To allow or admit by way of supposition.

To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.

To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.

To pledge; as, to give one's word.

To cause; to make; - with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc.

To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park.

To give a gift or gifts.

To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.

To become soft or moist.

To move; to recede.

To shed tears; to weep.

To have a misgiving.

To open; to lead.

The elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

Cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense;

Be the cause or source of;

Transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody;

Convey or reveal information;

Convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow;

Organize or be responsible for;

Convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture;

Give as a present; make a gift of;

Bring about;

Dedicate;

Give or supply;

Tell or deposit (information) knowledge;

Bring about;

Leave with; give temporarily;

Emit or utter;

Endure the loss of;

Place into the hands or custody of;

Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause;

Give (as medicine);

Give or convey physically;

Bestow;

Bestow, especially officially;

Move in order to make room for someone for something;

Give food to;

Contribute to some cause;

Break down, literally or metaphorically;

Estimate the duration or outcome of something;

Execute and deliver;

Deliver in exchange or recompense;

Afford access to;

Present to view;

Perform for an audience;

Be flexible under stress of physical force;

Propose;

Legal use: accord by verdict;

Manifest or show;

Offer in good faith;

Submit for consideration, judgment, or use;

Guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion;

Allow to have or take;

Inflict as a punishment;

Occur;

Consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man;

Proffer (a body part);