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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. Willem Adema:

   The beauty of introducing a 52-hour workweek was that you gave a signal to employers, unions and workers saying, ‘Listen, you really have to do something about the long working hours culture in your country,’ if the current legislation is all about giving flexibility then that’s fine. But it doesn’t seem to be interpreted as such.

2. James Richards:

   We have to trust without being able to verify that the information they are giving us is accurate, the innocent will give us good information or sloppy, bad information by mistake. The guilty will give us bad information, and we won't be able to tell the difference.

3. Jakob Chychrun:

   It's nice to come back a couple of times, nice to have that adversity and keep tying it up, keeping giving ourselves a chance, we did some good things and it (stinks) not getting the two points.

4. Marc Chatow:

   There were days I was depressed and I would get upset, but you've just got to keep going at it. You might feel like giving up, but tomorrow is a new day.

5. Cooper Smith:

   Amazon private label tends to target a very specific white space in pricing, mattresses have some of the highest margins in retail, giving Amazon a lot of room to work with.

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