Meaning

5 senses
  1. Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.

    She gave him a cell phone as a birthday gift.

    Geschenk, Präsent, Spende

    пода́рокpodárok, дарdar, презе́нтprezént

    подару́нокpodarúnok, дару́нокdarúnok, дарdar

  2. A talent or natural ability.

    She had a gift for playing the flute.

    Begabung, Talent

    дарdar, тала́нтtalánt, одарённостьodarjónnostʹ

    дарdar, талантtalant

    natural abilities or qualities

  3. Something gained incidentally, without effort.

    Geschenk

    пода́рокpodárok

    дарdar

    something acquired without compensation

  4. The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.

    The office is in the gift of the President.

    the act of giving

  5. (Australia)A footrace, often a short one with a prize, sometimes with a handicap system whereby runners start from different positions based on their past performance.

Examples

1761 sentences
  1. You have a gift for music.

    У тебе музичний талант.

    ruУ тебя дар к музыке.

    deDu hast ein Talent für Musik.

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  2. These are gifts for my friends.

    Це подарунки для моїх друзів.

    ruЭто подарки для моих друзей.

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  3. Tom brought a gift for Mary.

    Том приніс Мері подарунок.

    ruТом принёс Мэри подарок.

    deTom hat Mary ein Geschenk mitgebracht.

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  4. Tom bought a gift for Mary.

    Том купив Мері подарунок.

    ruТом купил подарок для Мэри.

    deTom kaufte ein Geschenk für Mary.

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  5. I have a gift for you.

    У мене для тебе подарунок.

    ruУ меня для тебя подарок.

    deIch habe ein Geschenk für dich.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
something given to another voluntarily, without charge:
talent or natural ability:
Русский
By meaning 2
something given to another voluntarily, without charge:
talent or natural ability:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
something given to another voluntarily, without charge:
talent or natural ability:

Origin

From Middle English yifte, ȝift, partly from Old English ġift, ġyft (“giving, consideratio

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).

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Forms

plural: gifts

Synonyms

19 synonyms
something freely given by another:gift For beneficial actions
Close in meaning

Word family

46 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a gift for
  • buy a gift
  • like the gift
  • is a gifted
  • christmas gifts
  • love the gift
  • gift wrap
  • best best gift
  • for the gift
  • on the gift
  • a small gift
  • an expensive gift

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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