Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

give someone to understand

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.06 in modern English

Syllables
give -some-one -to un-der-stand
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To tell someone, especially indirectly; to insinuate.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

gives someone to understand (present, singular) giving someone to understand (participle, present) gave someone to understand (past) given someone to understand (participle, past)

Questions

What does give someone to understand mean?
To tell someone, especially indirectly; to insinuate.

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