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Meaning of gift in English

gift
noun
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/ɡɪft/

gift noun (PRESENT)

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A2 [ C ]
a present or something that is given:
a birthday/wedding gift
bear gifts The guests all arrived bearing (= bringing) gifts.
Synonyms
offering
present (SOMETHING GIVEN)
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something that you give
  • presentThe coat was a birthday present from my sister.
  • giftI have a small gift for you.
  • donationAfter the earthquake, donations poured in from all over the world.
  • grantStudents receive a grant equal to £250 per month.
  • contributionShe wanted to make a financial contribution to the family.
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[ C usually singular ] informal
something that is surprisingly easy or cheap:
That goal was a gift!
£100 for a good leather coat? It's a gift!
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something that is cheap
  • bargainAnyone prepared to play a waiting game could bag a real bargain.
  • giftAt one hundred pounds, this phone is a gift.
  • snipUK Afternoon tea is a snip at £10 per head.
  • good buyWoven cotton and linen are also a good buy.
  • good dealYou may be able to get a better deal from your own bank.
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Presents and gifts
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gift noun (ABILITY)

C1 [ C usually singular ]
a special ability to do something:
gift for He has a gift for languages.
Synonyms
aptitude
flair
talent (NATURAL ABILITY)
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Skill, talent and ability
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Idioms

a gift from the gods
the gift of the gab
in sb's gift/in the gift of sb
gift
verb [ T ]
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/ɡɪft/
to give something in an official or formal way:
The child's grandmother had gifted her £10,000.
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to give something to someone
  • giveGive me that dirty plate.
  • offerYour doctor should be able to offer advice.
  • provideThis booklet provides useful information about local services.
  • supplyThe lake supplies the whole town with water.
  • donateFour hundred dollars has been donated to the school book fund.
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to make it easy for an opponent to score, win, or be successful:
She hit the ball into the net, almost gifting the set to her opponent.
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Giving, providing and supplying
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GIFT
noun [ U ]
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/ɡɪft/
abbreviation for gamete intrafallopian transfer : a treatment for a woman who cannot become pregnant naturally, in which an egg is mixed with sperm (= sex cells produced by a man) outside her body and then put into her fallopian tubes (= tubes through which eggs pass to the womb) to be fertilized there and develop into a baby:
GIFT is often recommended where there is no obvious cause for infertility or where mild endometriosis has been diagnosed.
The couple had experienced two previous failures with GIFT.
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Obstetrics: pregnancy
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(Definition of gift from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

gift | American Dictionary

gift
noun [ C ]
us
/ɡɪft/

gift noun [C] (PRESENT)

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something that is given, esp. to show your affection; a present:
I have to get my sister a gift for her birthday.

gift noun [C] (ABILITY)

a special or unusual ability; a talent:
He has a gift for music – he plays the piano and sings beautifully.
(Definition of gift from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

gift | Business English

gift
noun [ C ]
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something that is given as a present:
Thousands of people bought the book as a Christmas gift.
something that you give without getting anything in return:
You must convince the tax man that your gift is entirely for charitable purposes.
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business gift
free gift
gift
verb [ T ]
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to give something in an official or formal way:
I gifted to my husband my 50 per cent share of the property.
(Definition of gift from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of gift

gift
In the economic world this novel constructs, money and commodities are not intrinsically bad, just as altruism and gifts are not intrinsically good.
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The friars sent back covered baskets which concealed reciprocal gifts.
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In this example, it cannot be said if the gifts were compulsory, recommended, or completely voluntary.
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The ideal process contains only one limitation: are we gifted or not?
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Under this proposal, farmers and pastoralists may enjoy rights of transfer through subleases, loaning, inheritance or gifts.
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In proportion, as she becomes niggardly in her gifts, she exacts a greater price for her work.
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In contrast, one-off financial gifts to grandchildren were common and by far the most frequent type of private financial transfer.
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Such gifts have the potential to cross the border into vote buying.
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Paying a dowry for marriage does not lead to a complete commodification of women, but it differs significantly from giving mere ritual gifts.
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What has, however, seen drastic changes are the brides and the marriage gifts.
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The article demonstrates how the giving of money has influenced other categories of gifts, while the market logic has drawn from cultural considerations.
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We swap small gifts, we go out together.
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Thus gifts of maps in 1908, like gifts of photographs in 1930, were used to make absence appear with a determined legal sense in 1962.
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Both are peerless beauties and possess considerable musical gifts.
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Favors such as gifts, meals, and invitations obligate us to a future repayment of some kind.
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Collocations with gift

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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.
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birthday gift
Another birthday we cannot share, my birthday gift must be a prayer.
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charitable gift
A person's charitable gift, for example, may be tax exempt.
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Translations of gift

in Chinese (Traditional)
禮物, 贈品, 極容易完成的事…
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礼物, 赠品, 极容易完成的事…
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regalo, don, regalo [masculine]…
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presente, dom, presente [masculine]…
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भेट, देणगी…
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贈り物, プレゼント, 天賦（ぷ）の才能…
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armağan, hediye, doğuştan gelen/Allah vergisi kabiliyet/yetenek…
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geschenk, gave, schenken…
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ஒரு பரிசு அல்லது கொடுக்கப்பட்ட ஏதாவது ஒன்று, ஏதாவது செய்ய ஒரு சிறப்பு திறன்…
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उपहार, तोहफा, (कुछ करने की विशिष्ट) क्षमता…
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ભેટ, કુદરતી બક્ષિશ…
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gave, evne, talent…
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das Geschenk, die Begabung, schenken…
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gave [masculine], presang [masculine], talent [neuter]…
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تحفہ, خداداد قابلیت, سوغات…
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подарунок, дар, обдарованість…
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dar, nadání, darovat…
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ของขวัญ, พรสวรรค์, ให้…
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quà tặng, năng khiếu, tặng quà…
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prezent, upominek, dar…
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