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Definitions: Bestowment |
BestowmentNoun1. A gift that is bestowed or conferred. 2. The act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bestowment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1902. (references) |
Synonyms: BestowmentSynonyms: bestowal (n), conferment (n), conferral (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Giving | Noun: giving; Verb: bestowal, bestowment, donation; presentation, presentment; accordance; concession; delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment; investment, investiture; award. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bestowment |
| English words defined with "bestowment": Largition ♦ Puffery. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "bestowment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 施舍 (Doled, Doleful, Doling). (various references) | ||||
German | verleihung (award, awarding, bestowal, charter, concession, conferment, enfranchisement, franchise, grant, hire, hiring, investiture, investment, lending, lending out, licence, loan, loaning, presentation, rental, renting). (various references) | ||||
Korean | 수여 (Awarding, Bestowal, Conferring, Granting). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | estowmentbay | ||||
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"Bestowment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: besotment, Brestimont, bustamente. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "bestowment" (pronounced 'Be*stow"ment'): Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abjurement, Abodement, Aborsement, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acquirement, Acquitment, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjustment, Adorement, Adornment, Advancement, Advisement, Affeerment, Afforcement, Affordment, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggroupment, Agistment, Agreement, Agroupment, Ailment, Alignment, Alinement, Allayment, Allegement, Allignment, Allotment, Allurement, Amassment, Amazement, Amendment, Amercement, Amusement, Annexment, Announcement. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-m-n-o-s-t-t-w" | |
-3 letters: boneset, entombs, enwombs, tonemes, townees. | |
-4 letters: besnow, bestow, betons, bowmen, embows, emotes, entomb, enwomb, montes, motets, mottes, newest, obtest, tenets, teston, toneme, totems, townee, tweets. | |
-5 letters: beets, benes, bents, beset, besom, besot, beton, bones, botts, bowse, ebons, embow, emote, enows, meets, mense, meows, mesne, meson, metes, monte, moste, motes, motet, motte, motts, neems. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 73 74 6F 77 6D 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . ... - --- .--. -- . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01110011 01110100 01101111 01110111 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e s t o w m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 0073 0074 006F 0077 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36718586818979718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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