gift
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gift/ɡɪft/
▶noun
- 1 a thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present.
■ informal a very easy task or unmissable opportunity.
- 2 a natural ability or talent.
- 1 give as a gift, especially formally.
■ informal inadvertently allow (an opponent) to have something.
- 2 (gift someone with) endow someone with (an ability or talent).
■ (as adj. gifted) having exceptional talent or ability.
– phrases
in the gift of (of a Church living or official appointment) in the power of (someone) to award.
in the gift of (of a Church living or official appointment) in the power of (someone) to award.
– derivatives
giftable adjective (US),
giftedness noun.
giftable adjective (US),
giftedness noun.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
GIFT/ɡɪft/
▶noun Medicine gamete intrafallopian transfer.
'gift' also found in these Oxford entries:
begging letter
- benefaction
- bestow
- blarney
- Boxing Day
- Cassandra
- Christingle
- dole
- donation
- donee
- dose
- endow
- favour
- gab
- GIFT
- gift certificate
- gift token
- gift wrap
- glossolalia
- God's gift
- gratuity
- guerdon
- hansel
- Hogmanay
- honorarium
- imperfect
- inheritance tax
- inter vivos
- morganatic
- mortuary
- natural
- offering
- peace offering
- potlatch
- present
- press
- remember
- reward
- tongue
- touch
- treat
- tribute
- trick
- white elephant
