give out — announce
phrasal verbB2IELTS 6+neutraloccasional
to officially announce or state information.
Say it like a native
Textbook The airline will disseminate the boarding information shortly.
Native They'll give out the boarding details shortly.
'Give out' means broadcast info to a group. 'Disseminate' is bureaucratic and almost never spoken.
Pattern: give out [information/news]
In use
- The results will be given out at the end of the meeting.communication
- The university gave out the list of successful applicants on their website last Friday.IELTS speaking
Common mistake
✗ The teacher gave out that the test was cancelled.
✓ The teacher announced that the test was cancelled.
'Give out' + a that-clause is unnatural. This sense works with a noun object (information, details, results); for news use 'announce/say'.
Common collocations
give out + information— information, details, the results, warnings
Don't confuse it
'Give out' (announce) is more formal than 'say' or 'tell'.
Related
- give out (distribute) — Another meaning of 'give out' is 'distribute'; compare the examples to keep the meanings separate.