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gift
1[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.
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.
GIFT
2[gift]
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.
gift
1/ 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
(usually negative) to find fault with a free gift or chance benefit
verb
to present (something) as a gift to (a person)
(often foll by with) to present (someone) with a gift
rare, to endow with; bestow
GIFT
2/ ɡɪft /
acronym
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
Other Word Forms
- giftless adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of gift1
Idioms and Phrases
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
But gifted playwrights know how to read the signs of a society in free fall.
Man-su is grilling up a late-summer dinner for his family: expensive eel, a thank-you gift for his “years of hard work and dedication” to the paper manufacturing company he works for.
A trial at Birmingham Crown Court heard Windsor had sent the women numerous "unwanted" gifts at the radio station's central London studios between March 2020 and August 2024.
“For a filmmaker like me, who loves to dig deep into someone’s mind and work, it was an incredible gift.”
Devine was bowled for 85 in the 45th over, ending hope of a big finish, while her side later gifted 19 wides and leaked runs with misfields.
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