Collocations with gift
These are words often used in combination with gift.
Click on a collocation to see more examples of it.
annual gift
But anyone with four children finds that each of them can have only a quarter of that and an annual gift of £250.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
birthday gift
Another birthday we cannot share, my birthday gift must be a prayer.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
charitable gift
A person's charitable gift, for example, may be tax exempt.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
deed of gift
This amendment would extend that control to cover allotment land which had been acquried by a deed of gift.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
extraordinary gift
In that respect he differs from his chief, who has an extraordinary gift of fluency.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
generous gift
In exchange for the generous gift of high wages, workers would reciprocate by ignoring union organizers.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
gift of prophecy
The police officer who made such a statement was singularly devoid of the gift of prophecy.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
greatest gift
But hindsight is the greatest gift—with which none of us is blessed in advance.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
monetary gift
The introduction of the monetary gift has intensified the connections between different aspects of personhood facilitating multiple criteria for social standing and dynamism.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
nuptial gift
The male, still holding the prey, presents the prey to the female as a nuptial gift.
outright gift
It is not always possible or wise to make an outright gift to an infant.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
parting gift
If she wishes, this is my parting gift to her.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
precious gift
It is a precious gift that withers away if it is not used.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
rare gift
He certainly had that rare gift to see the obvious and to cut through unnecessary detail.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
remarkable gift
He was endowed not only with great mental powers but also with a remarkable gift of graceful speech and powers of persuasion.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
special gift
We are left in no doubt that we are dealing with a direct descendant of the animal whose special gift was the multiplication of words.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
spiritual gift
The enigmatic character of charisma also suggests a connection at least to some degree to the earliest manifestations of charisma as a spiritual gift.
unique gift
This great and unique gift of ours has no protection in our legal and judicial system.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
valuable gift
A river is a valuable gift of nature to the land through which it flows and to the people who dwell within its valley.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
wedding gift
She then looks through the house trying to find the wedding gift.
wonderful gift
Her presence in our lives was a great and wonderful gift.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
{{#randomImageQuizHook.filename}}
{{#randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}}
{{/randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}}
{{^randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}}
{{/randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}}
{{/randomImageQuizHook.filename}}
past simple and past participle of overwhelm
About this
