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Princeton's WordNet

  1. giving, giftnoun

    the act of giving

  2. givingnoun

    the imparting of news or promises etc.

    "he gave us the news and made a great show of the giving"; "giving his word of honor seemed to come too easily"

  3. givingadjective

    disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return

    "the alumni followed a program of annual giving"

  4. big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhandedadjective

    given or giving freely

    "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"

Wiktionary

  1. givingadjective

    having the tendency to give; generous

    To become like Christ involves everything else: becoming a loving and giving person, having confidence enabling you to be vulnerable (psychologically and physically; Jesus did both), having the wisdom to see people's needs and the desire to meet them. - net.flame - 26 Mar 1984 by Jeff Sargent

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  1. giving

    Giving refers to the act of voluntarily providing or offering something to someone without expecting anything in return. It involves the selfless act of sharing or contributing resources, such as time, effort, money, or possessions, with the intention of benefiting another person, a group, or a cause. Giving can take various forms, including donating to charity, helping others in need, offering support or advice, volunteering, or engaging in acts of kindness and generosity. It is often driven by empathy, compassion, or a desire to make a positive difference in the lives of others.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Giving

    of Give

  2. Givingnoun

    the act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting

  3. Givingnoun

    a gift; a benefaction

  4. Givingnoun

    the act of softening, breaking, or yielding

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. giving

    The surging of a seizing; new rope stretching to the strain.

Editors Contribution

  1. givingverb

    Verb form of the word give.

    They were giving their love and affection to each other freely and easily.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 14, 2020  

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  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Giving' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #817

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Giving' in Written Corpus Frequency: #730

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Giving in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Giving in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Giving in a Sentence

  1. Heidi Klum:

    Sometimes people say, ‘You’re 44, you’re turning 45, why are you not giving the baton to someone else?’ But I think there’s a lot of women my age, 50, 60, 70 — what, do we have an expiration date? Can we not also still feel sexy? Why do we always have to see 20-year-olds or 30-year-olds in campaigns? Why can an older woman also be in a campaign? So I’m still doing it until I don’t feel like doing it anymore.

  2. Christy Seltzer:

    Biden's team did everything right by flagging that they'd found documents and then giving them back, typically, in situations like these, the communications strategy must follow the legal strategy, so the lawyers are likely driving what White House communications can and can't say.

  3. Daniel Frogel:

    Are they actually protective ? How long do they last for ? We have to be very careful about what kind of advice we're giving, we can't tell people to act differently, to not protect themselves, to not wash their hands, to not wear masks.

  4. Maricris Drouaillet:

    We're not giving up, we continue to fight and until we bring her home, that's when we'll stop.

  5. Mark Williams:

    There's been a lot of interest( from) policymakers over the past 10 years on this, and the general message that we've been giving policymakers is : be careful and be cautious because enthusiasm is running ahead of the evidence.

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