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#* '''1984''', Jeff Sargent, net.flame, 26 Mar 1984 |
#* '''1984''', Jeff Sargent, net.flame, 26 Mar 1984 |
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#*: 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. |
#*: 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. |
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# {{rfv-sense|en}} {{lb|en|slang|intransitive}} To exceed expectations. {{defdate|2022?–}} |
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#: {{ux|en|Your outfit is '''giving'''!}} |
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#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2022-08-29|author=Stixx M|title=Latto's French Chrome Manicure Was "'''Giving'''" at the MTV VMAs|journal=Hypebae|url=https://hypebae.com/2022/8/latto-french-chrome-manicure-2022-mtv-vmas-photos-instagram|passage=There were lots of statement nail moments at the 2022 MTV VMA‘s, and Latto‘s metallic french tip manicure was one of them. [see title]}} |
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#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2022-10-30|author=Roisin Chapman|title=I’m mid-size – my Shein haul included multiple dupes of Kim Kardashian’s Skims with prices from $13|journal={{w|The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun}}|url=https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/20267953/mid-size-shein-haul-dupes-skims/|passage=Next, the TikTok user showed her followers the $15 solid scoop neck tank dress in mocha brown. / "This one is '''giving'''. I love this, this is so cute. I think my body shape looks really cute in it," she told her followers.}} |
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#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2023-01-26|author=Roisin Chapman|title=Trolls tell me my work skirts are ‘too short’ for the office – but my boss doesn’t care, so I don’t know why they do|journal=w:The Irish Sun|url=https://www.thesun.ie/fabulous/10120711/trolls-work-skirts-short-office/|passage=The fashion influencer also posts content showing off her corporate looks, demonstrating how she can be professional and stylish. / In the comments, people seemed less concerned with her outfit than her hair styling. / "Okay but the fringe is '''giving'''," wrote one person.}} |
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Revision as of 15:16, 3 June 2024
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Pronunciation
Verb
giving
- present participle and gerund of give
- 1981, fa.human-nets, 6 May 1981 0359-EDT, Gary Feldman at CMU-10A
- These bright surfaces are sprayed with a fine spray of ink, thus giving them an even surface.
- 1981, fa.human-nets, 6 May 1981 0359-EDT, Gary Feldman at CMU-10A
Adjective
giving (comparative more giving, superlative most giving)
- Having the tendency to give; generous.
- 1984, Jeff Sargent, net.flame, 26 Mar 1984
- 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.
- 1984, Jeff Sargent, net.flame, 26 Mar 1984
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (slang, intransitive) To exceed expectations. [2022?–]
- Your outfit is giving!
- 2022 August 29, Stixx M, “Latto's French Chrome Manicure Was "Giving" at the MTV VMAs”, in Hypebae[1]:
- There were lots of statement nail moments at the 2022 MTV VMA‘s, and Latto‘s metallic french tip manicure was one of them. [see title]
- 2022 October 30, Roisin Chapman, “I’m mid-size – my Shein haul included multiple dupes of Kim Kardashian’s Skims with prices from $13”, in The Sun[2]:
- Next, the TikTok user showed her followers the $15 solid scoop neck tank dress in mocha brown. / "This one is giving. I love this, this is so cute. I think my body shape looks really cute in it," she told her followers.
- 2023 January 26, Roisin Chapman, “Trolls tell me my work skirts are ‘too short’ for the office – but my boss doesn’t care, so I don’t know why they do”, in The Irish Sun[3]:
- The fashion influencer also posts content showing off her corporate looks, demonstrating how she can be professional and stylish. / In the comments, people seemed less concerned with her outfit than her hair styling. / "Okay but the fringe is giving," wrote one person.
Translations
generous
Noun
giving (plural givings)
- The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
- A gift; a benefaction.
- 1717, Alexander Pope, The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], →OCLC:
- his gains were sure, His givings rare
- The act of softening, breaking, or yielding.
- 1710 December 4 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Joseph Addison], “Thursday, November 23, 1710”, in The Tatler, number 254; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume III, London: I. Walker and Co.; […], 1822, →OCLC:
- [U]pon the first giving of the weather.
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