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 Definitions of GIFT  [ɪft]  

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Definition of 'GIFT' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) gift
something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to honor a person or an occasion or to provide assistance; present.

2.  gift
the act of giving.

3.  gift
something bestowed or acquired without being sought or earned by the receiver.

4.  gift
a special ability or capacity; natural endowment; talent:
a gift for music.

5. (v.t.) gift
to give some power, capacity, or talent to.

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

Etymology:  (1125–75; ME < ON gift; c. OE gift (ME yift) marriage gift; akin to give)

Definition of 'GIFT' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) gift
something acquired without compensation

2. (noun) endowment, gift, talent, natural endowment
natural abilities or qualities

3. (verb) giving, gift
the act of giving

4. (verb) endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue
give qualities or abilities to

5. (verb) give, gift, present
give as a present; make a gift of
"What will you give her for her birthday?"


Definition of 'GIFT' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) gift
a present you give
birthday/Christmas/Hanukkah gifts; to give a gift; friends exchanging gifts at Christmas

2.  gift
a natural ability; = talent
She has a gift for telling stories.

3.  gift
sth you are very thankful for
the gifts that God gives us


Definition of 'GIFT' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) GIFT
anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering

2. (verb) GIFT
the act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; as, the office is in the gift of the President

3. (verb) GIFT
a bribe; anything given to corrupt

4. (verb) GIFT
some quality or endowment given to man by God; a preeminent and special talent or aptitude; power; faculty; as, the gift of wit; a gift for speaking

5. (verb) GIFT
a voluntary transfer of real or personal property, without any consideration. It can be perfected only by deed, or in case of personal property, by an actual delivery of possession

6. (verb) GIFT
to endow with some power or faculty


Translation of 'GIFT' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: something given willingly, eg as a present
a birthday gift.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: geskenk Arabic flag Arabic: هَدِيَّه، مِنْحَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: подарък
Brazilian flag Brazilian: presente Czech flag Czech: dar German flag German: das Geschenk
Danish flag Danish: gave Greek flag Greek: δώρο Spanish flag Spanish: presente, regalo, obsequi
Estonian flag Estonian: kingitus Farsi flag Farsi: هدیه Finnish flag Finnish: lahja
French flag French: cadeau Hebrew flag Hebrew: מתנה Hindi flag Hindi: दान
Croatian flag Croatian: dar Hungarian flag Hungarian: ajándék Indonesian flag Indonesian: hadiah
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gjöf Italian flag Italian: regalo Japanese flag Japanese: 贈りもの
Korean flag Korean: 선물 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: dovana Latvian flag Latvian: dāvana
Malay flag Malay: hadiah Dutch flag Dutch: geschenk Norwegian flag Norwegian: gave, presang
Polish flag Polish: prezent Persian flag Persian: هدیه Pashto flag Pashto: سوغات، ډالۍ، تحفه: استعدا
Portuguese flag Portuguese: presente Romanian flag Romanian: cadou Russian flag Russian: подарок
Slovak flag Slovak: dar Slovenian flag Slovenian: darilo Serbian flag Serbian: poklon
Swedish flag Swedish: gåva, present Thai flag Thai: ของขวัญ Turkish flag Turkish: armağan, hediye
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 禮物 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: подарунок, дар Urdu flag Urdu: عطیہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: quà tặng Chinese flag Chinese: 礼物

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