gift
Plural: gifts
Noun
- something acquired without compensation
- natural abilities or qualities
- the act of giving
- Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
- A talent or natural ability.
- Something gained incidentally, without effort.
- The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.
Verb
Verb Forms: gifted, gifting, gifts
- To present someone with a gift; to bestow.
- give qualities or abilities to
- give as a present; make a gift of
- To give as a gift or donation.
- To give away, to concede easily.
Examples
- I hoped my opponent wouldn’t accidentally GIFT me an easy triple word score in Scrabble.
- She gave him a cell phone as a birthday gift.
- She had a gift for playing the flute.
- The office is in the gift of the President.
Origin / 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 + -th (etymologically yive + -th).
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.
Synonyms
empower, endow, endowment, endue, give, giving, indue, invest, natural endowment, present, talent, ability, aptitude, benefaction, boon, concession, contribute, donate, donative, fairing, favor, gift, gift For beneficial actions, grant, knack, strength, tithing
Scrabble Score: 8
gift: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordgift: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gift: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary