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1. giving, giftnoun

   the act of giving

   Antonyms:
   stingy, ungenerous

   Synonyms:
   talent, natural endowment, endowment, gift

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"

   Antonyms:
   stingy, ungenerous

   Synonyms:
   gift

3. givingadjective

   disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return

   "the alumni followed a program of annual giving"

   Antonyms:
   stingy, ungenerous

   Synonyms:
   gift

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"

   Antonyms:
   ungenerous, stingy

   Synonyms:
   plentiful, magnanimous, bountiful, prominent, big, vainglorious, cock-a-hoop, free, braggy, good-looking, with child(p), fine-looking, large-minded, grownup, grown, large(p), enceinte, well-favoured, bounteous, liberal, self-aggrandizing, broad, swelled, handsome, fully grown, braggart(a), bighearted, expectant, freehand, tolerant, heavy(a), great(p), large, bragging(a), bad, freehanded, heavy(p), well-favored, big(a), better-looking, self-aggrandising, boastful, full-grown, openhanded, adult, gravid, big(p), crowing, loose

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1. givingnoun

   Synonyms:
   conferring, bestowal, granting, benefaction

How to use giving in a sentence?

1. Kate Tulenko:

   Regarding canceling your reservations, many airlines and hotel chains are allowing cancellations and giving credit for future travel, due to the fact that many people are not traveling internationally, it is usually easy for a domestic hotel to fill the vacancy once you have canceled.

2. John Heubusch:

   We look forward, after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is victorious here in fighting Putin and Russia, to giving him that award in person someday.

3. Though Lady Antebellum:

   I would n’t have done this without Hillary and Dave giving me their blessing, lady Antebellum will always be Lady Antebellum.

4. President Juan Manuel Santos:

   It's inconceivable that this group, instead of giving concrete displays of peace, insists on kidnapping and attacking the infrastructure of Colombians, like it did today with another pipeline bombing, causing immense harm to the environment.

5. Rosamund Pike:

   It's got all the key characters and some new ones and some unexpected ones, and I think it puts Thomas front and centre, giving him a very noble and important challenge and he emerges from it triumphant.

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