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/ 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

synonym study for gift

1. See present2.

OTHER WORDS FROM gift

giftless, adjective

Other definitions 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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British Dictionary definitions for gift (1 of 2)

gift
/ (ɡɪft) /

noun
verb (tr)

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

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