Definitions for GIFT
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.4 / 5 votes

1. giftnoun

   something acquired without compensation

2. endowment, gift, talent, natural endowmentnoun

   natural abilities or qualities

3. giving, giftverb

   the act of giving

4. endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endueverb

   give qualities or abilities to

5. give, gift, presentverb

   give as a present; make a gift of

   "What will you give her for her birthday?"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. giftnoun

   Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.

2. giftnoun

   A talent or natural ability.

3. giftnoun

   Something gained incidentally, without effort.

4. giftverb

   To give (as a gift) to.

5. giftverb

   To give away, to concede easily

6. Etymology: From gipt, cognate with Old English ġift.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Giftnoun

   Etymology: from give.

   1. A thing given or bestowed; something conferred without price.

   They presented unto him gifts, gold, and frankincense and myrrh. Mat. ii. 11.

   Recall your gift, for I your pow’r confess;
   But first take back my life, a gift that’s less. John Dryden, Aureng.

   2. The act of giving.

   No man has any antecedent right or claim to that which comes to him by free gift. Robert South, Sermons.

   3. Oblation; offering.

   Many nations shall come with gifts in their hands, even gifts to the king of heaven. Tob. xiii. 11.

   4. A bribe.

   Thou shalt not wrest judgment, thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift; for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise. Deuter. xvi. 19.

   5. Power; faculty.

   And if the boy have not a woman’s gift,
   To rain a shower of commanded tears,
   An onion will do well for such a shift. William Shakespeare.

   He who has the gift of ridicule, finds fault with any thing that gives him an opportunity of exerting his beloved talent. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 291.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gift

   "The Gift is a song co-written and performed by American recording artist Jim Brickman, featuring singer Collin Raye and Susan Ashton. It was released in 1997 on Windham Hill Records as the first single and as well as the thirteenth track from his fourth studio album of the same name. It is a country pop song that was written by Jim Brickman and Tom Douglas. This song is often played on radios around the time of Christmas due to being part of Brickman's holiday album of the same name.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gift

   A gift is an item or service given voluntarily to someone without expecting anything in return. It can refer to a tangible present, such as a toy, book, or piece of jewelry, or something intangible, such as a personal favor, donation, or act of kindness. Gifts are often presented on special occasions, such as birthdays, Christmas, and anniversaries, or as a way to express love, appreciation, or goodwill.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Giftverb

   anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering

2. Giftverb

   the act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; as, the office is in the gift of the President

3. Giftverb

   a bribe; anything given to corrupt

4. Giftverb

   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. Giftverb

   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. Giftverb

   to endow with some power or faculty

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Gift

   Gift is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Moonstone and released on May 27, 2005 for Windows. The original game was a collaboration project where the company Circus helped to produce it, though Moonstone did the majority of the work involved. Gift is Moonstone's fourth title, and was followed up with an adult fan disc called Gift Rainbow-colored Stories released on January 27, 2006 for Windows. It was later ported to the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. The gameplay in Gift follows a plot line which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the five female main characters. The story revolves around Haruhiko Amami, a male high school student living in a town where a rainbow is always seen in the sky. A set of five drama CDs, one for each heroine, was released by Lantis between September 2005 and February 2006. There have been five light novels written, two Internet radio shows produced, along with a manga series serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen magazine Comptiq between January 2006 and February 2007. A 12-episode anime adaptation, produced by Oriental Light and Magic, aired in Japan between October and December 2006.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Gift

   gift, n. a thing given: a bribe: a quality bestowed by nature: the act of giving.—v.t. to endow with any power or faculty.—adj. Gift′ed, endowed by nature: intellectual.—ns. Gift′-horse, a horse given as a gift; Gift′ling, a little gift.—Look a gift horse in the mouth, to criticise a gift. [Give.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gift

   An ability, skill, talent or quality in a human being.

   His gift was simple his love for his wife.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 19, 2019  

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1. gift

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2. GIFT

   What does GIFT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the GIFT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GIFT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gift is ranked #18523 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Gift surname appeared 1,490 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Gift.
   
   88.3% or 1,316 total occurrences were White.
   7.7% or 116 total occurrences were Black.
   2% or 30 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.3% or 20 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Acquisition

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'GIFT' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3386

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'GIFT' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3190

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'GIFT' in Nouns Frequency: #984

Anagrams for GIFT »

1. TGIF

How to pronounce GIFT?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say GIFT in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of GIFT in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of GIFT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of GIFT in a Sentence

1. Eileen Heisman:

   We were really close, so I said, I'm going to make an additional gift to our donor-advised fund that is guaranteed to push us over.

2. Ameer Assaf:

   I'm particularly excited when parents message me letting me know that my group was the reason they'll be able to gift a console to their child this holiday season.

3. Kim Reynolds:

   She gave me a gift when I arrived, she recently had a birthday, and she told me, ‘I’m happy to be 61.’ … Those words, ‘I’m happy,’ might have gone right in and out of my ears if this hadn’t happened. … To be the last person with her, with my hands on her heart, and to remember those last words she said to me, I have to look at it as a privilege rather than a horror. … I got to send her off, with love.

4. Mark Twain:

   We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon them; but the most precious gift, our personal association, which means so much to them, we give grudgingly.

5. Lauren Green:

   God chose to send His son to The Herald Angels as a gift, creating a chance for The Herald Angels relationship with Him to be reconciled.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=GIFT
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gift
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=GIFT
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GIFT
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=GIFT
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=GIFT
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html