giving meaning
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- Giving may refer to:
- Gift, the transfer of something without the expectation of receiving something in return
- Generosity, the habit of giving freely without expecting anything in return
- Charity (practice), the giving of help to those in need who are not related to the giver
- Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World, a book by Bill Clinton
- Giving (album), an album by Colm Ó Snodaigh
- NounPLgivingsSUF-ing
- Verb
- present participle of give.
- These bright surfaces are sprayed with a fine spray of ink, thus giving them an even surface.' - First Usenet use via Google Groups, fa.human-nets, 6 May 1981 0359-EDT, Gary Feldman at CMU-10A
- present participle of give.
- AdjectiveCOMmore givingSUPmost giving
- 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
- having the tendency to give; generous.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- I saw him giving me the eye as soon as I entered the room.
- Fred was giving me grief over the money I owed him.
- "But since they commenced to turning folks away, off dry-handed, giving them nothing while folks were getting hungry, well then the federal government fixed the welfare.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of giving in English Dictionary
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- en givings
- en giving in
- en giving up
- en givingness
- en giving off
Source: Wiktionary