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say it: GIV-ing
giving is a noun and adjective meaning "the act of giving". It is pronounced /ˈɡɪvɪŋ/ — GIV-ing. It carries 4 recorded senses.
the act of giving
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”
disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return
“the alumni followed a program of annual giving”
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”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for giving come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.