gift
noun
something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
gifting
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present participleof gift.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Instead, he is putting the extra cash flow into high-yield money-market funds or gifting it to his children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Once their spring blooms are complete, Aggrey meticulously collects the seed pods from the clarkias, gilias and phacelias, processes the seeds and packages them for gifting before the subsequent spring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
The new UK book gifting and reading programme has been announced in partnership with the National Literacy Trust, which has the Queen as its patron.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Critics have raised a host of ethical, constitutional and security concerns about the gifting of an aircraft worth hundreds of millions of dollars by a foreign power like Qatar.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
He flips it on and reaches one arm across the back of the couch, gifting us with an unpleasant whiff of his armpits.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
