Phrase guide

give in

verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To collapse or fall.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The roof gave in under the weight of the snow.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cave in, give way

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To relent, yield, surrender or admit defeat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • I finally gave in and let him stay up to watch TV.
  • OK, I don't know the answer. I give in.
  • Try not to give in to temptation.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: give up, abandon

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To droop the head.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: boxing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

consent reluctantly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: yield, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: accept, consent, go for

Narrower terms: submit, bow, defer, accede, give in

5

verb

Meaning 5

yield to another's wish or opinion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The government bowed to the military pressure

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: submit, bow, defer, accede

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: поддавам (poddavam) — to collapse or fall
  • Catalan: cedir — to collapse or fall
  • Chinese Mandarin: 坍塌或落下 — to collapse or fall
  • Czech: zhroutit se — to collapse or fall
  • Finnish: antaa periksi — to collapse or fall
  • French: céder — to collapse or fall
  • French: s'écrouler — to collapse or fall
  • German: nachgeben — to collapse or fall
  • Italian: cedere — to collapse or fall
  • Portuguese: ceder — to collapse or fall
  • Russian: прова́ливаться (proválivatʹsja) — to collapse or fall
  • Russian: провали́ться (provalítʹsja) — to collapse or fall
  • Russian: подла́мываться (podlámyvatʹsja) — to collapse or fall
  • Russian: подломи́ться (podlomítʹsja) — to collapse or fall
  • Spanish: ceder — to collapse or fall
  • Spanish: caerse — to collapse or fall
  • Swedish: ge vika — to collapse or fall
  • Swedish: ge efter — to collapse or fall
  • Turkish: çökmek — to collapse or fall
  • Turkish: yıkılmak — to collapse or fall
  • Arabic: أَذْعَنَ (ʔaḏʕana) — to relent or yield
  • Azerbaijani: uymaq — to relent or yield
  • Bulgarian: отстъпвам (otstǎpvam) — to relent or yield
  • Bulgarian: предавам се (predavam se) — to relent or yield
  • Catalan: cedir — to relent or yield
  • Catalan: rendir-se — to relent or yield
  • Dutch: opgeven — to relent or yield
  • Dutch: prijsgeven — to relent or yield
  • Dutch: overgeven — to relent or yield
  • Esperanto: fordoni sin al — to relent or yield
  • Finnish: antaa periksi — to relent or yield
  • Finnish: taipua — to relent or yield
  • Finnish: myöntyä — to relent or yield
  • French: céder — to relent or yield
  • French: abandonner — to relent or yield
  • German: aufgeben — to relent or yield
  • German: einlenken — to relent or yield
  • German: nachgeben — to relent or yield
  • Hungarian: felad — to relent or yield
  • Italian: arrendersi — to relent or yield
  • Portuguese: ceder — to relent or yield
  • Russian: сдава́ться (sdavátʹsja) — to relent or yield
  • Russian: сда́ться (sdátʹsja) — to relent or yield
  • Russian: поддава́ться (poddavátʹsja) — to relent or yield
  • Russian: подда́ться (poddátʹsja) — to relent or yield
  • Scottish Gaelic: gèill — to relent or yield
  • Spanish: ceder — to relent or yield
  • Spanish: rendirse — to relent or yield
  • Spanish: entregarse — to relent or yield
  • Spanish: dar el brazo a torcer — to relent or yield
  • Spanish: cejar — to relent or yield
  • Spanish: caer en — to relent or yield
  • Spanish: ceder ante — to relent or yield
  • Spanish: rendirse ante — to relent or yield
  • Spanish: sucumbir ante — to relent or yield
  • Spanish: vencerle — to relent or yield
  • Spanish: entregarse a — to relent or yield
  • Swedish: vika sig — to relent or yield
  • Swedish: ge med sig — to relent or yield
  • Swedish: ge upp — to relent or yield
  • Telugu: లొంగి పోవు (loṅgi pōvu) — to relent or yield
  • Thai: ยอม (yɔɔm) — to relent or yield
  • Turkish: bırakmak — to relent or yield
  • Turkish: kabullenmek — to relent or yield
  • Turkish: pes etmek — to relent or yield
  • Yakut: бэрин (berin) — to relent or yield