how to pronounce gift

/ˈɡɪft/

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gift is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of gift in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… service or as a gift or at minimum a …”

meanings of gift

noun:

The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.
Initialism of Gamete intrafallopian transfer.
Something gained incidentally, without effort.
Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
A talent or natural ability.

verb:

To give away, to concede easily.
To give as a gift or donation.

gift frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word gift occurs in english on average 122.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics gift can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that gift can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;