(n.) 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.
(n.) To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy.
(n.) To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks.
(n.) To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc.
(n.) To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) To allow or admit by way of supposition.
(n.) To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
(n.) To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.
(n.) To pledge; as, to give one's word.
(n.) To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc.
(v. i.) To give a gift or gifts.
(v. i.) To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.
(v. i.) To become soft or moist.
(v. i.) To move; to recede.
(v. i.) To shed tears; to weep.
(v. i.) To have a misgiving.
(v. i.) To open; to lead.
Example Sentences:
(1) He still denied it and said he was giving the girl a lift.
(2) Which means Seattle can't give Jones room to make 13-yard catches as they just did.
(3) We have amended and added to Fabian's tables giving a functional assessment of individual masticatory muscles.
(4) We will never give up our hope for peace,” added Netanyahu.
(5) Not only do they give employers no reason to turn them into proper jobs, but mini-jobs offer workers little incentive to work more because then they would have to pay tax.
(6) Q In radioactive decay, different materials decay at different rates, giving different half lives.
(7) In all, 207 cases of liver cancer were seen during this period, giving an incidence of rupture of 14.5%.
(8) A man named Moreno Facebook Twitter Pinterest Italy's players give chase to an inscrutable Byron Moreno, whose relationship with the country was only just beginning.
(9) From us you learn the state of your nation, and especially its management by the people you elected to give your children a better future.
(10) Although, it did give me the confidence to believe that my voice was valid and important.
(11) The Labour MP urged David Cameron to guarantee that officers who give evidence over the alleged paedophile ring in Westminster will not be prosecuted.
(12) Lin Homer's CV Lin Homer left local for national government in 2005, giving up a £170,000 post as chief executive of Birmingham city council after just three years in post, to head the Immigration Service.
(13) Combined hypertension treatment with inhibitors of the converting enzyme (ICE) and diuretocs gives manifold advantages, the most important of them is a synergistic action of both drugs resulting in blood pressure decrease and prevention of hypokaliaemia.
(14) "But this is not all Bulgarians and gives a totally wrong picture of what the country is about," she sighed.
(15) The DDE also undergoes photocyclization to give dichlorofluorene derivatives.
(16) Similar results were obtained giving 1.2 g sodium valproate.
(17) Of the N-acetyl cysteamine derivatives tested, S-acetyl-N-acetyl cysteamine (at 10 mM) gives almost complete protection against inactivation whereas S-acetoacetyl-, S-beta-hydroxybutyryl-, and S-crotonyl-N-acetyl cysteamine thioesters exhibit either slight or no protection.
(18) Sinus lining cells give rise to a well defined entity of neoplasia which is proposed to be termed sinus lining cell reticulosarcoma.
(19) Tests were chosen to assess various aspects of monocyte function that give some insight into the host defense status and the degree of "activation" of the monocyte.
(20) The data show that as much as a 9% difference from the correct activity can be observed for these radionuclides, even when the ampoule reference source gives the appropriate reading.
Greenlight
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Lewis said Hunt had given the pro-Tory News Corp the greenlight in the same week that he had named Lord Patten, a former chairman of the Conservative party, as the next chairman of the BBC Trust.
(2) And boy are they hammering home the fact that this is the last time we will ever get to see the Kiwi film-maker's take on Middle Earth (until Warner Bros decides to greenlight a 12-part movie marathon based on Farmer Giles of Ham ).
(3) When it comes to greenlighting a film, the ‘comp’ is king – that is, the comparison to other, similar films, which studios use for box office projections and determining a budget,” says Kyle Buchanan, senior editor at Vulture.
(4) Einhorn said Mircosoft – in which his Greenlight Capital is a major investor – had missed a string of opportunities under Ballmer's "Charlie Brown management", referring to the hapless star of the Peanuts cartoon strip.
(5) She added that at the time of the deal there was a "credible rationale" for allowing the acquisition, but reiterated that such a purchase would not be given the greenlight again.
(6) So.” DeGeneres, who is openly gay, told him: “I know you and I know you’re not that guy.” Two weeks ago Damon, who is currently promoting the critically acclaimed Ridley Scott space thriller The Martian , ran into criticism after he appeared to suggest Project Greenlight judges should not take diversity into consideration while carrying out their professional duties.
(7) Einhorn's breathtaking public attack comes shortly after his Greenlight Capital fund raised its stake in Microsoft to 9m shares, or about 0.11%.
(8) It’s what I have chosen to do with my life and I want every young person watching Project Greenlight to believe that film-making is a viable form of creative expression for them too.
(9) •For a weekly email update from the Guardian and Observer's environment team sign up for our Greenlight newsletter .
(10) But grassroots activists in West Virginia accuse the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of continuing to greenlight new projects – albeit with some additional restrictions on the mining companies.
(11) The Planning Decisions Unit of the Greater London Authority, the body responsible for greenlighting these schemes, begs to differ.
(12) However, ITV will not give the greenlight to ITV1 +1 until after the results of the Competition Commission's review of the contract rights renewal (CRR) system, due later this month.
(13) But the attacks had begun even earlier, starting in earnest in 2011 when the influential investor David Einhorn, of the Greenlight Capital hedge fund, called for him to step down, saying he should "give someone else a chance" and that "his continued presence is the biggest overhang on Microsoft's stock".
(14) Not an accolade you’d hand to whoever greenlighted Minions , the inevitable spin-off of Universal’s Despicable Me series, the second of which got within grasping distance of $1bn worldwide in 2013.
(15) During his six-year tenure he attempted to drag the company into the digital era, scaling back on packaged goods and spending hundreds of millions on funky companies such as Playfish and Popcap, not to mention greenlighting Origin, EA's rival to the mighty digital distribution channel, Steam.
(16) Matt Damon has backed himself into a corner with hypocritical gay comments Read more The Bourne Ultimatum star was thrown into his second major controversy in a matter of weeks – he was recently forced to apologise for appearing to downplay the importance of diversity in film while judging the HBO reality show Project Greenlight – after telling journalist Elizabeth Day: “I think you’re a better actor the less people know about you period.
(17) So what we really need is people in positions to greenlight those stories, not a hunk of metal.” Also speaking at Sundance, Oscar-nominated producer and actor Danny DeVito said the current row was a result of America’s basic inherent prejudice.
(18) However, investors will be closely scrutinizing Shell’s disclosures, particularly in light of its decision today to greenlight drilling in the Alaskan Arctic, one of the highest cost and highest risk projects in its entire portfolio.” Major funds around the world are becoming increasingly concerned that limits on carbon emissions will harm the finances of fossil fuel companies and lead to investors losing money.
(19) Last week Einhorn repeated his view in a letter to Greenlight investors in which he claimed "a decade of mismanagement has put Microsoft at risk of becoming a shrinking company".
(20) They allegedly show that Mr Coulson had authorised payments to police officers Guardian report 22 Jun 2011 Ofcom and OFT submit final revised detailed agreements to Hunt The Guardian: News Corp's BSkyB bid: Jeremy Hunt expected to give green light next week 27 Jun 2011 Michel to Adam Smith: Let me know if you have a more detailed idea of the timetable for the next few days reply No more details on timings just yet See the email 30 Jun 2011 Hunt finally greenlights the bid, subject to one final consultation.