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give in

give in verb: to collapse or fall.

Verb

give in (third-person singular simple present gives in, present participle giving in, simple past gave in, past participle given in)

  1. To collapse or fall.
    • The roof gave in under the weight of the snow.
    Synonyms:
    cave in, give way
  2. (idiomatic) To relent, yield, surrender or admit defeat.
    • I finally gave in and let him stay up to watch TV.
    • OK, I don't know the answer. I give in.
    Synonyms:
    give up, abandon
  3. To droop the head.

give in meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu

give in in Hindi

to give in
मान जाना mān jānā

give in in Marathi

to give in, submit
लवणे lavṇe
to give in or succumb, especially to desire or temptation
घसरणे ghasaraṇē

give in in Urdu

to give in
مان جانا mān jānā

give in in Telugu

to relent or yield
లొంగి పోవు loṅgi pōvu
More languagesFewer languages
give in in Malayalam
വഴങ്ങുക vaḻaṅṅuka
give in in Kannada
ಬಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಡು, ಸೋಲೊಪ್ಪು, ಶರಣಾಗು
give in in Arabic
أَذْعَنَ ʔaḏʕana
give in in Thai
ยอม yɔɔm

Synonyms of give in

Forms of give in

third-person singular presentgives in
present participlegiving in
pastgave in
past participlegiven in

Questions about give in

What does give in mean?
Give in means to collapse or fall.
What is give in in Hindi?
Give in in Hindi is मान जाना (mān jānā). See Give in meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is give in?
Give in is a verb.
What is the past tense of give in?
The past tense of give in is gave in.

Words near give in in the dictionary

  1. give grey hair to
  2. give ground
  3. give hat
  4. give head
  5. give heed
  6. give in
  7. give into
  8. give it a break
  9. give it a red-hot crack
  10. give it a rest
  11. give it large

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Adapted from Wiktionary: give in (page history and authors); मान जाना (Hindi) (page history and authors); घसरणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); مان جانا (Urdu) (page history and authors); വഴങ്ങുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); give in (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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