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Definitions for Gift

[1] something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
[2] the act of giving.
[3] 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.
[4] a special ability or capacity; natural endowment; talent: the gift of saying the right thing at the right time.
[5] to present with as a gift; bestow gifts upon; endow with.
[6] to present (someone) with a gift: just the thing to gift the newlyweds.
[7] 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.
[8] something given; a present
[9] a special aptitude, ability, or power; talent
[10] the power or right to give or bestow (esp in the phrases in the gift of, in (someone's ) gift )
[11] the act or process of giving
[12] look a gift-horse in the mouth (usually negative) to find fault with a free gift or chance benefit
[13] to present (something) as a gift to (a person)
[14] (often foll by with) to present (someone) with a gift
[15] rare to endow with; bestow
[16] 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

Words related to Gift

premium, offering, grant, bonus, relief, tip, benefit, award, souvenir, subsidy, favor, donation, legacy, contribution, reward, endowment, tribute, present, allowance, giveaway

Words nearby Gift

gierke's disease, gieseking, giessen, gif, gifford's operation, gift, gift certificate, gift of gab, gift of tongues, gift tax, gift voucher

Origin of Gift

1125–75; Middle English < Old Norse gift; cognate with Old English gift (Middle English yift ) marriage gift; akin to give

Other words from Gift

gift·less , adjective

Word origin for Gift

Old English gift payment for a wife, dowry; related to Old Norse gipt, Old High German gift, Gothic fragifts endowment, engagement; see give

Synonyms for Gift

allowance, award, benefit, bonus, contribution, donation, endowment, favor, giveaway, grant, legacy, offering, premium, present, relief, reward, souvenir, subsidy, tip, tribute, alms, benefaction, bequest, bestowal, boon, bounty, charity, courtesy, dispensation, fairing, gratuity, hand, hand-me-down, handout, honorarium, lagniappe, largesse, libation, oblation, offertory, philanthropy, pittance, presentation, provision, ration, remembrance, remittance, subscription, token, write-off, goodie