give
verb (used with object)
to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow.
are giving
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present progressiveof give.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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NASA-supported projects and monitoring systems are giving water managers and other decision-makers across the Colorado Basin more detailed information about drought conditions and how they are changing.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Wall Street, the industry and policymakers are giving us an AI basket.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Real-estate agents are giving much different advice these days than they did five years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
“You are giving Plaschke too much credit by referring to him as a simpleton. As per his own words in his column, he is an idiot.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
“You two are giving me a migraine, and satyrs don’t even get migraines. What are we going to do with the head?”
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
