gift
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English gift (also yift, yifte, ȝift, ȝeft), partly from Old English ġift (“giving, consideration, dowry, wedding”) and Old Norse gipt (“gift, present, wedding”); both from Proto-Germanic *giftiz (“gift”). Equivalent to give + -t (etymologically yive + -t).
Cognate with West Frisian jefte (“gift”), Saterland Frisian Gift (“gift”), German Low German Gift (“poison”), Dutch gift (“gift”) and its doublet gif (“poison”), German Gift (“poison”), Danish gift (“gift (obsolete); poison, venom”), Swedish gift (“gift, poison, venom”), Icelandic gift (“gift”). Doublet of yift. Distantly related to English habit, from Latin habitus.
Base: give
Affixes: -t
Inflected forms:
form: gifts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: yift
pos: noun
tags: alternative
dialectal
form: gifts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: gifting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: gifted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: gifted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: yift
pos: verb
tags: alternative
dialectal
Senses:
gloss: Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
pos: noun
examples: She gave him a cell phone as a birthday gift.
“I thank you for the gift, Dr. Yueh,” Paul said, speaking formally. “It will be our secret. If there is a gift or favor you wish from me, please do not hesitate to ask.”
"I . . . need for nothing," Yueh said.
But now I know, but now I really know / Of only one thing I am truly very sure / Love is a gift, love is a gift
She bought the model as a surprise gift for a friend who is a lifelong HST fan and railwayman, and who will soon be celebrating a milestone birthday.
gloss: A talent or natural ability.
pos: noun
examples: She had a gift for playing the flute.
“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
gloss: Something gained incidentally, without effort.
pos: noun
gloss: The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.
pos: noun
examples: The office is in the gift of the President.
gloss: To give as a gift or donation.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To give away, to concede easily.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Chelsea threw away two points when substitute Salomon Kalou gifted Valencia a penalty five minutes from time with a needless handball.
They drove on, every rise in the road lifting their sightline clear of the drystone dykes along the roadside, gifting glimpses of the firth and the islands, the blue peaks of Arran.
Synonyms: favor
benefaction
boon
concession
donative
fairing
gift
grant
present
tithing
contribute
donate
give
Related words: lagniappe
begift
begive
giftability
giftable
giftee
gifter
give out
give out stink
outgive
regift
re-gift
Derived words: bride gift
countergift
don't look a gift horse in the mouth
ecogift
e-gift certificate
engift
fore-gift
foregift
gag gift
giftbag
gift bag
gift basket
giftbook
giftbox
gift card
giftcard
gift certificate
gift economy
giftfic
gift from above
gift from heaven
gift from the goddesses
gift from the gods
gift from the Gods
gift from the heavens
giftful
gift giver
gift-giving
gift hall
gift horse
giftless
giftlet
giftling
Giftmas
gift matching
gift of gab
gift of the gab
gift of tongues
giftpack
gift receipt
gift registry
gift rope
giftset
gift set
gift shop
gift suite
gift tax
gift that keeps on giving
gift token
gift voucher
giftware
gift-wrap
giftwrap
gift wrap
gift-wrapping
gifty
god-bairn gift
God's gift
God's gift to men
God's gift to women
Greek gift
handgift
Indian gift
megagift
morning-gift
morning gift
never look a gift horse in the mouth
parting gift
regift
return gift
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