Betekenis van gift In het Nederlands

• 0 a present or something that is given:

  • a birthday/wedding gift

  • The guests all arrived bearing (= bringing) gifts.

  • That goal was a gift!

  • £100 for a good leather coat? It's a gift!

• 1 a special ability to do something:

  • He has a gift for languages.

• 2 to give something in an official or formal way:

  • The child's grandmother had gifted her £10,000.

  • She hit the ball into the net, almost gifting the set to her opponent.

• 3 something that is given, esp. to show your affection; a present:

  • I have to get my sister a gift for her birthday.

• 4 a special or unusual ability; a talent:

  • He has a gift for music – he plays the piano and sings beautifully.

• 5 something that is given as a present:

  • Thousands of people bought the book as a Christmas gift.

• 6 something that you give without getting anything in return:

  • You must convince the tax man that your gift is entirely for charitable purposes.

• 7 to give something in an official or formal way:

  • I gifted to my husband my 50 per cent share of the property.