Meanings
verbgive off (third-person singular simple present gives off, present participle giving off, simple past gave off, past participle given off)
present singular third person gives off · participle present giving off · past gave off · participle past given off
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo emit; to produce and send forth; to come across in some manner.
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More synonyms by meaning
verbgive off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan emetre
- emetreto emit
Chinese Mandarin 散發 /散发, 發出 /发出
- 散發 /散发 (sànfā)to emit
- 發出 /发出 (fāchū)to emit
Danish afgive
- afgiveto emit
Esperanto emisii
- emisiito emit
Finnish päästää
- päästääto emit
French émettre
- émettreto emit
German emittieren, abgeben
- emittierento emit
- abgebento emit
Italian emettere
- emettereto emit
Portuguese soltar, exalar
- soltarto emit
- exalarto emit
- emitirto emit
Russian источать, испускать
- источать (istočatʹ)to emit
- испускать (ispuskatʹ)to emit
Spanish emitir, desprender
- emitirto emit
- desprenderto emit
Swedish avge
- avgeto emit
Turkish yaymak, saçmak
- yaymakto emit
- saçmakto emit
Cite this entry
APA
give off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give%20off
MLA
“give off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give%20off. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “give off,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give%20off.
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