give
verb (used with object)
to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow.
have given
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present perfectof give.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Warm-bloodedness may have given T. rex another important advantage: access to colder environments.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
They say the case was built on the testimony of unreliable witnesses, some of whom have given statements against him only for them to be later recanted in court.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Successive U.S.-Danish agreements, dating back to the early months of Nazi Germany’s occupation of Denmark, have given the American military broad rights to station troops, build bases, operate ports or fly warplanes in Greenland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Or is it that you wish they would come from him, and have given up on him being able to meet those needs?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
“I do not even know,” said I, speaking low as he took his seat at the table, “by what name to call you. I have given out that you are my uncle.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
