Verb to give up

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English conjugation of the verb "to give up" in Present Simple Tense

Affirmative
Negative
Interrogative
Definition & Examples

Simple Forms

Basic Forms

Infinitive
to give up

Imperative
give up
let's give up
give up

Present Participle
giving up

Past Participle
given up

Indicative:

Present

I give up
you give up
he/she/it gives up
we give up
you give up
they give up

Compound Forms

Indicative

Present continuous

I am giving up
you are giving up
he/she/it is giving up
we are giving up
you are giving up
they are giving up

Present perfect

I have given up
you have given up
he/she/it has given up
we have given up
you have given up
they have given up

Future

I will give up
you will give up
he/she/it will give up
we will give up
you will give up
they will give up

Future Perfect

I will have given up
you will have given up
he/she/it will have given up
we will have given up
you will have given up
they will have given up

Past continuous

I was giving up
you were giving up
he/she/it was giving up
we were giving up
you were giving up
they were giving up

Past perfect

I had given up
you had given up
he/she/it had given up
we had given up
you had given up
they had given up

Future continuous

I will be giving up
you will be giving up
he/she/it will be giving up
we will be giving up
you will be giving up
they will be giving up

Present perfect continuous

I have been giving up
you have been giving up
he/she/it has been giving up
we have been giving up
you have been giving up
they have been giving up

Past perfect continuous

I had been giving up
you had been giving up
he/she/it had been giving up
we had been giving up
you had been giving up
they had been giving up

Future perfect continuous

I will have been giving up
you will have been giving up
he/she/it will have been giving up
we will have been giving up
you will have been giving up
they will have been giving up

Basic Forms

Infinitive
not to give up

Imperative
do not give up
let's not give up
do not give up

Present Participle
not giving up

Past Participle
not given up

Present

I do not give up
you do not give up
he/she/it does not give up
we do not give up
you do not give up
they do not give up

Past

I did not give up
you did not give up
he/she/it did not give up
we did not give up
you did not give up
they did not give up

Present continuous

I am not giving up
you are not giving up
he/she/it is not giving up
we are not giving up
you are not giving up
they are not giving up

Present perfect

I have not given up
you have not given up
he/she/it has not given up
we have not given up
you have not given up
they have not given up

Future

I will not give up
you will not give up
he/she/it will not give up
we will not give up
you will not give up
they will not give up

Future Perfect

I will not have given up
you will not have given up
he/she/it will not have given up
we will not have given up
you will not have given up
they will not have given up

Past continuous

I was not giving up
you were not giving up
he/she/it was not giving up
we were not giving up
you were not giving up
they were not giving up

Past perfect

I had not given up
you had not given up
he/she/it had not given up
we had not given up
you had not given up
they had not given up

Future continuous

I will not be giving up
you will not be giving up
he/she/it will not be giving up
we will not be giving up
you will not be giving up
they will not be giving up

Present perfect continuous

I have not been giving up
you have not been giving up
he/she/it has not been giving up
we have not been giving up
you have not been giving up
they have not been giving up

Past perfect continuous

I had not been giving up
you had not been giving up
he/she/it had not been giving up
we had not been giving up
you had not been giving up
they had not been giving up

Future perfect continuous

I will not have been giving up
you will not have been giving up
he/she/it will not have been giving up
we will not have been giving up
you will not have been giving up
they will not have been giving up

Indicative:

Present

do I give up ?
do you give up ?
does he/she/it give up ?
do we give up ?
do you give up ?
do they give up ?

Past

did I give up ?
did you give up ?
did he/she/it give up ?
did we give up ?
did you give up ?
did they give up ?

Indicative

Present continuous

am I giving up ?
are you giving up ?
is he/she/it giving up ?
are we giving up ?
are you giving up ?
are they giving up ?

Present perfect

have I given up ?
have you given up ?
has he/she/it given up ?
have we given up ?
have you given up ?
have they given up ?

Future

will I give up ?
will you give up ?
will he/she/it give up ?
will we give up ?
will you give up ?
will they give up ?

Future Perfect

will I have given up ?
will you have given up ?
will he/she/it have given up ?
will we have given up ?
will you have given up ?
will they have given up ?

Past continuous

was I giving up ?
were you giving up ?
was he/she/it giving up ?
were we giving up ?
were you giving up ?
were they giving up ?

Past perfect

had I given up ?
had you given up ?
had he/she/it given up ?
had we given up ?
had you given up ?
had they given up ?

Future continuous

will I be giving up ?
will you be giving up ?
will he/she/it be giving up ?
will we be giving up ?
will you be giving up ?
will they be giving up ?

Present perfect continuous

have I been giving up ?
have you been giving up ?
has he/she/it been giving up ?
have we been giving up ?
have you been giving up ?
have they been giving up ?

Past perfect continuous

had I been giving up ?
had you been giving up ?
had he/she/it been giving up ?
had we been giving up ?
had you been giving up ?
had they been giving up ?

Future perfect continuous

will I have been giving up ?
will you have been giving up ?
will he/she/it have been giving up ?
will we have been giving up ?
will you have been giving up ?
will they have been giving up ?

See also verbs with similar meaning: give, give a damn, give a hang, give a hoot, give and take, more ...

Definitions:

- Stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
- Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
- Give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
- Stop consuming
- Give up with the intent of never claiming again
- Relinquish possession or control over
- Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
- Part with a possession or right
- Give up what is not strictly needed
- Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
- Allow the other (baseball) team to score
- Put an end to a state or an activity

Examples:

- Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations
- In the second round, the challenger gave up
- The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered
- Give up alcohol
- We gave the drowning victim up for dead
- The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in
- Forfeited property
- Resign a claim to the throne
- He asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey
- The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds
- Give up a run
- Quit teasing your little brother