Dictionary

give in en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. To collapse or fall.
   • The roof gave in under the weight of the snow.
2. (idiomatic) To relent, yield, surrender or admit defeat.
   • Try not to give in to temptation.
   • OK, I don't know the answer. I give in.
   • I finally gave in and let him stay up to watch TV.
   • Dahmer once again gave in to his macabre desires.
   • When your focus wanes and you feel the urge to online shop or grab a game of 2048, there are tech tools to prevent your giving in. 2020 September 26, Caren Osten Gerszberg, “You Can Get Focused (Hint: Put Down That Phone)”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2020:
3. (of a pugilist) To droop the head.

Forms

Coordinates

break down · break down

Synonyms

abandon · cave in · give way · give up

Translations (74)

it arrendersi (to relent or yield) · fr céder (to relent or yield) · pl ugiąć się (to collapse or fall) · pl poddać się (to relent or yield) · es caerse (to collapse or fall) · ru подломи́ться (to collapse or fall) · ru сда́ться (to relent or yield) · ru провали́ться (to collapse or fall) · fi taipua (to relent or yield) · bg поддавам (to collapse or fall) · es caer en (to relent or yield) · tr çökmek (to collapse or fall) · tr pes etmek (to relent or yield) · pl opuszczać głowę (of a pugilist: to droop the head) · nl opgeven (to relent or yield) · es ceder (to relent or yield) · th ยอม (to relent or yield) · es vencerle (to relent or yield) · sv ge efter (to collapse or fall) · bg предавам се (to relent or yield) · tr bırakmak (to relent or yield) · sv ge upp (to relent or yield) · es cejar (to relent or yield) · sah бэрин (to relent or yield) · de nachgeben (to collapse or fall) · ru подла́мываться (to collapse or fall) · gd gèill (to relent or yield) · es rendirse (to relent or yield) · de nachgeben (to relent or yield) · tr kabullenmek (to relent or yield) · ru поддава́ться (to relent or yield) · sv ge vika (to collapse or fall) · es rendirse ante (to relent or yield) · es sucumbir ante (to relent or yield) · nl overgeven (to relent or yield) · es entregarse a (to relent or yield) · fr céder (to collapse or fall) · sv ge med sig (to relent or yield) · az uymaq (to relent or yield) · ru сдава́ться (to relent or yield) · de aufgeben (to relent or yield) · pt ceder (to collapse or fall) · pl opuścić głowę (of a pugilist: to droop the head) · fr s'écrouler (to collapse or fall) · ca rendir-se (to relent or yield) · fi myöntyä (to relent or yield) · ca cedir (to relent or yield) · ru прова́ливаться (to collapse or fall) · pl uginać się (to relent or yield) · pt ceder (to relent or yield) · fi antaa periksi (to collapse or fall) · sv vika sig (to relent or yield) · eo fordoni sin al (to relent or yield) · es ceder ante (to relent or yield) · ru подда́ться (to relent or yield) · es ceder (to collapse or fall) · cs zhroutit se (to collapse or fall) · pl ugiąć się (to relent or yield) · fr abandonner (to relent or yield) · bg отстъпвам (to relent or yield) · fi antaa periksi (to relent or yield) · tr yıkılmak (to collapse or fall) · te లొంగి పోవు (to relent or yield) · ca cedir (to collapse or fall) · de einlenken (to relent or yield) · es entregarse (to relent or yield) · cmn 坍塌或落下 (to collapse or fall) · hu felad (to relent or yield) · es dar el brazo a torcer (to relent or yield) · ar أَذْعَنَ (to relent or yield) · pl uginać się (to collapse or fall) · pl poddawać się (to relent or yield) · nl prijsgeven (to relent or yield) · it cedere (to collapse or fall)