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GIVING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return
Example:
the alumni followed a program of annual giving
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("giving" is a kind of...):
disposal; disposition (the act or means of getting rid of something)
Derivation:
give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)
give (give as a present; make a gift of)
give (contribute to some cause)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of giving
Synonyms:
gift; giving
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("giving" is a kind of...):
share-out; sharing (a distribution in shares)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "giving"):
oblation; offering (the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity)
bestowal; bestowment; conferment; conferral (the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift)
accordance; accordance of rights (the act of granting rights)
endowment (the act of endowing with a permanent source of income)
charity (an activity or gift that benefits the public at large)
contribution; donation (act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity)
alms-giving; almsgiving (making voluntary contributions to aid the poor)
Derivation:
give (give food to)
give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)
give (contribute to some cause)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The imparting of news or promises etc.
Example:
giving his word of honor seemed to come too easily
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("giving" is a kind of...):
conveyance; impartation; imparting (the transmission of information)
Derivation:
give (offer in good faith)
give (convey or reveal information)
give (transmit (knowledge or skills))
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Given or giving freely
Example:
her fond and openhanded grandfather
Synonyms:
big; bighearted; bounteous; bountiful; freehanded; giving; handsome; liberal; openhanded
Classified under:
Similar:
generous (willing to give and share unstintingly)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb give
Context examples:
She sneezed continually, and her stub of a tail was doing its best toward lashing about by giving quick, violent jerks.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Both movement and feeding could be altered by giving the mice either salvinorin B or CNO.
(Controlling Brain Circuits in Mice, NIH)
The largest asteroid ever recorded has passed Earth at a distance of 145 million miles, giving scientists the opportunity to learn more about its physical characteristics.
(Biggest Asteroid Ever Detected Flies Past Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Organic molecules made of carbon and hydrogen, called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), are excited by interstellar radiation and become luminescent at wavelengths near 8.0 microns, giving the nebula its reddish features.
('Space Butterfly' Is Home to Hundreds of Baby Stars, NASA)
Giving D-1MT to patients who have received chemotherapy for cancer may help kill more tumor cells.
(D-1MT, NCI Dictionary)
Closely watching a patient’s condition but not giving treatment unless symptoms appear or change, or there are changes in test results.
(Deferred therapy, NCI Dictionary)
“Ah, Mother! How do you do?” said he, giving her a hearty shake of the hand.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
This may be done by giving an antiandrogen drug and removing the testicles (orchiectomy) or by giving an antiandrogen drug with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist.
(Combined androgen blockade, NCI Dictionary)
A tube surgically placed into a blood vessel for the purpose of giving intravenous fluid and drugs.
(Central venous access catheter, NCI Dictionary)
Only think, my dear Sir Thomas, what extraordinary advantages you and I have been the means of giving her.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
