Meanings
verbgive me (third-person singular simple present gives me, present participle giving me, simple past gave me, past participle given me)
present singular third person gives me · participle present giving me · past gave me · participle past given me
- An expression of strong preference or approbation for a named thing.
Give me a quiet evening with a book any time.
2 more examples
Give me the good old times!
1873, Edward Lytton, (Please provide the book title or journal name)Give me the pliant minde, whose gentle measure Complies and suits with all estates.
1633, George Herbert, Temple, Church, Content - A request by a telephone user to be connected with a specified person, number, etc.
Give me the president.
- paired with a numberA command to do a given number of repetitions of an exercise (usually push-ups).
Drop and give me twenty!
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Translations
Arabic أَعْطِنِي
- أَعْطِنِي (ʔaʕṭinī)expression of preference
Bulgarian да́йте ми, да́й ми
- да́йте ми (dájte mi)expression of preference
- да́й ми (dáj mi)expression of preference
Chinese Mandarin 給我 /给我
- 給我 /给我 (gěi wǒ)expression of preference
Czech dejte mi, dej mi
- dejte miexpression of preference
- dej miexpression of preference
Danish vil de give mig, gi' mig
- vil de give migexpression of preference
- gi' migexpression of preference
Dutch geeft u mij, geef mij
- geeft u mijexpression of preference
- geef mijexpression of preference
Finnish olkaa hyvä ja antakaa minulle, anna minulle
- olkaa hyvä ja antakaa minulleexpression of preference
- anna minulleexpression of preference
- antakaa minulleexpression of preference
- saisinko ...-llerequest to be connected
French donnez-moi, donne-moi
- donnez-moiexpression of preference
- donne-moiexpression of preference
German geben Sie mir, gebt mir
- geben Sie mirexpression of preference
- gebt mirexpression of preference
- gib mirexpression of preference
Greek δώστε μου
- δώστε μου (dóste mou)expression of preference
Hindi मुझे ... दो, मुझे ... दीजिए
- मुझे ... दो (mujhe ... do)expression of preference
- मुझे ... दीजिए (mujhe ... dījie)expression of preference
Hungarian add ide, adja ide
- add ideexpression of preference
- adja ideexpression of preference
Italian dammi, mi dia
- dammiexpression of preference
- mi diaexpression of preference
- datemiexpression of preference
Japanese ...を下さい
- ...を下さい (... o kudasai)expression of preference
Korean ... 을/를 주세요
- ... 을/를 주세요 (-eul after a consonant, -reul after a vowel)expression of preference
Norwegian kan du være så snill å gi meg, gi meg
- kan du være så snill å gi megexpression of preference
- gi megexpression of preference
Persian بده به من
- بده به منexpression of preference
Polish dajcie mi, daj mi
- dajcie miexpression of preference
- daj miexpression of preference
- dajcie miexpression of preference
- proszę mi daćexpression of preference
Portuguese dê-me
- dê-meexpression of preference
Romanian dați-mi
- dați-miexpression of preference
Russian да́йте мне, да́й мне
- да́йте мне (dájte mne)expression of preference
- да́й мне (dáj mne)expression of preference
Slovak dajte mi, daj mi
- dajte miexpression of preference
- daj miexpression of preference
Spanish deme
- demeexpression of preference
Swedish ge mig, räck mig
- ge migexpression of preference
- räck migexpression of preference
- giv migexpression of preference
Thai ให้ฉัน
- ให้ฉัน (hai chan)expression of preference
Turkish bana veriniz
- bana verinizexpression of preference
Ukrainian да́йте мені́, да́й мені́
- да́йте мені́ (dájte mení)expression of preference
- да́й мені́ (dáj mení)expression of preference
Urdu مجھے ... دو
- مجھے ... دو (mujhe ... do)expression of preference
Vietnamese cho tôi
- cho tôiexpression of preference
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“give me.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give%20me. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “give me,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give%20me.
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