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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gift /gɪft/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- something given to another freely and without payment in return, as to honor a person or an occasion or to provide assistance;
a present:birthday gifts. - something received without being earned:This wonderful weather has been a gift.
- a special ability;
natural talent:a gift for music.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gift (gift),USA pronunciation n. - something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance;
present. - the act of giving.
- 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.
- a special ability or capacity;
natural endowment;
talent:the gift of saying the right thing at the right time.
v.t. - to present with as a gift;
bestow gifts upon;
endow with. - to present (someone) with a gift:just the thing to gift the newlyweds.
- Old Norse gift; cognate with Old English gift (Middle English yift) marriage gift; akin to give
- Middle English 1125–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged donation, contribution, offering, benefaction, endowment, bounty, boon, largess, alms, gratuity, tip, premium, allowance, subsidy, bequest, legacy, inheritance, dowry. See present 2.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged faculty, aptitude, capability, bent, forte, genius, turn, knack.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gift /ɡɪft/ n - something given; a present
- a special aptitude, ability, or power; talent
- the power or right to give or bestow (esp in the phrases in the gift of, in (someone's) gift)
- the act or process of giving
- look a gift-horse in the mouth ⇒ (usually negative) to find fault with a free gift or chance benefit
vb (transitive)- to present (something) as a gift to (a person)
Etymology: Old English gift payment for a wife, dowry; related to Old Norse gipt, Old High German gift, Gothic fragifts endowment, engagement; see give Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: GIFT /ɡɪft/ n acronym for - 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
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