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gift

UK/ɡɪft/ US/ˈɡɪft/ common
noun (3) verb (2)

noun

1.
2.

natural qualities or talents

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3.

the act of giving

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verb

1.

give qualities or abilities to

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2.

bring onto the market or release

  • “produce a movie”
  • “bring out a book”
  • “produce a new play”
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Origin

From Middle English yifte, ȝift, partly from Old English ġift, ġyft (“giving, consideration, dowry, wedding”) and Old Norse gipt (“gift, present, wedding”); both from Proto-Germanic *giftiz (“gift”). Equivalent to give + -t (etymologically yive + -t). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian jefte (“gift”), Dutch gift (“gift”) and its doublet gif (“poison”), German Gift (“poison”), Luxembourgish Gëft (“poison”), Vilamovian gejft, gyjft (“poison”), Yiddish גיפֿט (gift, “poison”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish gift (“poison”), Icelandic gift (“gift”). Doublet of yift. Distantly related to English habit, from Latin habitus.

Phrases

  • bride gift
  • don't look a gift horse in the mouth
  • e-gift certificate
  • gag gift
  • gift bag
  • gift basket
  • gift card
  • gift certificate
  • give out
  • give out stink

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