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- [gift]
- /gɪft/
- /ɡɪft/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [gift]
- /gɪft/
Definitions of gifting word
- noun gifting something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present. 1
- noun gifting the act of giving. 1
- noun gifting 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. 1
- noun gifting a special ability or capacity; natural endowment; talent: the gift of saying the right thing at the right time. 1
- verb with object gifting to present with as a gift; bestow gifts upon; endow with. 1
- verb with object gifting to present (someone) with a gift: just the thing to gift the newlyweds. 1
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Origin of gifting
First appearance:
before 1125 One of the 6% oldest English words
1125-75; Middle English < Old Norse gift; cognate with Old English gift (Middle English yift) marriage gift; akin to give
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Parts of speech for Gifting
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
gifting popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
gifting usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for gifting
noun gifting
- fund — a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose: a fund for his education; a retirement fund.
- philanthropy — altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by generosity to other socially useful purposes.
- donation — an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
- offering — an act or instance of offering: an offer of help.
- assistance — If you give someone assistance, you help them do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
verb gifting
- reward — a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
- distribute — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- confer — When you confer with someone, you discuss something with them in order to make a decision. You can also say that two people confer.
- hand out — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- bestow — To bestow something on someone means to give or present it to them.
Antonyms for gifting
noun gifting
verb gifting
- refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
- keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- disagree — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
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