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gift

[ gift ]

/ gɪft /

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noun

something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.

the act of giving.

something bestowed or acquired without any particular effort by the recipient or without its being earned: Those extra points he got in the game were a total gift.

a special ability or capacity; natural endowment; talent: the gift of saying the right thing at the right time.

verb (used with object)

to present with as a gift; bestow gifts upon; endow with.

to present (someone) with a gift: just the thing to gift the newlyweds.

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Origin of gift

1125–75; Middle English <Old Norse gift; cognate with Old English gift (Middle English yift) marriage gift; akin to give

SYNONYMS FOR gift

1 donation, contribution, offering, benefaction, endowment, bounty, boon, largess, alms, gratuity, tip, premium, allowance, subsidy, bequest, legacy, inheritance, dowry.

4 faculty, aptitude, capability, bent, forte, genius, turn, knack.

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synonym study for gift

1. See present².

OTHER WORDS FROM gift

giftless, adjective

Words nearby gift

Gierke's disease, Gieseking, Giessen, GIF, Gifford's operation, gift, giftable, gift certificate, gifted, gift of gab, gift of tongues

Definition for gift (2 of 2)

GIFT

[ gift ]

/ gɪft /

noun

gamete intrafallopian transfer: a laparoscopic process in which eggs are retrieved from an ovary by aspiration and inserted, along with sperm, into the fallopian tube of another woman.

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Example sentences from the Web for gift

The kids had a gift for him too, a tee shirt with ‘Baseball Spoken Here’ stenciled across the front.
Mario Cuomo, Always Moving Us Toward the Light|Mike Barnicle|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
While the chicken today might be the least exotic bird one can think of, it was once a gift that wowed kings.
The History of the Chicken: How This Humble Bird Saved Humanity|William O’Connor|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A Christmas Carol revived and reinvented it around the gift of giving.
How Dickens and Scrooge Saved Christmas|Clive Irving|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Both Prados have enough magic that, after you visit them, the whole world feels like their gift shop for a few hours.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Then the gift card is shopped online in a gray market to collect cold currency.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks|M.L. Nestel|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her mother had taught her to be scrupulously honest about such matters, and she wanted the gift to be altogether hers.
Kathie's Soldiers|Amanda Minnie Douglas
Sir Michael, not possessing the gift of eloquence himself, beckoned to his elder brother to speak.
Tales From Jkai|Mr Jkai
I have looked into it once before,—on its first reception as a gift from the author.
Over the Teacups|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
His “Merry Christmas” to Mrs. Purtett was followed up by a ravished kiss and the gift of a silver butter-knife.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862|Various
He possesses every gift which women and men both admire, but he hasn't our standards.
The Great Prince Shan|E. Phillips Oppenheim

British Dictionary definitions for gift (1 of 2)

gift

/ (ɡɪft) /

noun

something given; a present

a special aptitude, ability, or power; talent

the power or right to give or bestow (esp in the phrases in the gift of, in (someone's) gift)

the act or process of giving

look a gift-horse in the mouth (usually negative) to find fault with a free gift or chance benefit

verb (tr)

to present (something) as a gift to (a person)

(often foll by with) to present (someone) with a gift

rare to endow with; bestow

Derived forms of gift

giftless, adjective

Word Origin for gift

Old English gift payment for a wife, dowry; related to Old Norse gipt, Old High German gift, Gothic fragifts endowment, engagement; see give

British Dictionary definitions for gift (2 of 2)

GIFT

/ (ɡɪft) /

n acronym for

gamete intrafallopian transfer: a technique, similar to in vitro fertilization, that enables some women who are unable to conceive to bear children. Egg cells are removed from the woman's ovary, mixed with sperm, and introduced into one of her Fallopian tubes

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for gift

GIFT

abbr.

gamete intrafallopian transfer

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Idioms and Phrases with gift

gift

In addition to the idiom beginning with gift

gift of gab

also see:

look a gift horse in the mouth

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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