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"GIVERS" is a plural of: giver. |
Date "GIVERS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Malevolence | Phrase: cruel as death; " hard unkindness' alter'd eye "; homo homini lupus; mala mens, malus animus.; "rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind"; "sharp-tooth'd unkindness ". |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: GIVERS |
| English words defined with "GIVERS": giver, grace. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "GIVERS": Gloves, Protective. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Clever | The world is composed of givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Cheerful Givers (1917) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | [United Givers Fund at NIH]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Emo Philips | You know what I hate? Indian givers. |
Oliver Goldsmith | Good counsel rejected returns to enrich the givers bosom. |
William Shakespeare | Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Most infections are endogenous in origin, but organisms can be transmitted on the hands of care givers. (references) | |
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| "GIVERS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "GIVERS" is used about 27 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 27 | 66,962 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "GIVERS": care-givers, wife-givers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "GIVERS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | Spender (contributor, dispenser, donator, donor, giver, subscriber). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | oblatore. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | iversgay dador (detur, drawer, give). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "GIVERS": almsgivers, caregivers, forgivers, lawgivers. (additional references) | |
Words containing "GIVERS": tergiversate, tergiversated, tergiversates, tergiversating, tergiversation, tergiversations, tergiversator, tergiversators. (additional references) | |
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"GIVERS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aivers, Gavira, Gevaert, Gever, gevers, Gevrey, gier, giers, giger, Gigero, gileras, Gilvear, giners, giters, Givarsi, givest, givor, givre, Gvero, iggers, jivers, Ogilveys. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "GIVERS" (pronounced gi"verz) |
| 4 | -i" v er z | delivers, livers, rivers, shivers, slivers. |
| 3 | -v er z | achievers, avers, beavers, believers, bolivars, cabdrivers, cadavers, caregivers, carvers, cavers, changeovers, covers, discovers, dissolvers, divers, drivers, elvers, endeavors, favors, fevers, flavors, grievers, hangovers, holdovers, hovers, Lavers, layovers, leftovers, levers, lifesavers, lovers, maneuvers, movers, nonbelievers, observers, overs, plovers, preservers, receivers, recovers, relievers, retrievers, revolvers, rollovers, savers, savors, screwdrivers, servers, severs, shavers, Silvers, solvers, stivers, stopovers, survivors, takeovers, turnovers, uncovers, underachievers, waivers, weavers, woodcarvers. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-i-r-s-v" | |
-1 letter: giver, gives, rives, siver, viers, vires. | |
-2 letters: egis, ergs, gies, give, ires, regs, reis, revs, rigs, rise, rive, sire, vier, vies, vigs, vise. | |
-3 letters: erg, ers, gie, ire, reg, rei, res, rev, rig, seg, sei, ser, sir, sri, veg, vie, vig, vis. | |
-4 letters: er, es, is, re, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-i-r-s-v" | |
+1 letter: gravies, grieves, grivets, regives, rivages, serving, versing. | |
+2 letters: diverges, forgives, grievers, grievous, nervings, revising, servings, severing, swerving, vagaries, veligers, vertigos, vinegars, viragoes, virgates, virgules. | |
+3 letters: aggrieves, almsgiver, coverings, deserving, divulgers, forgivers, graveside, gravities, grievants, grooviest, lawgivers, misgovern, observing, overgilds, overgirds, oversight, overswing, overusing, prevising, ravelings, ravenings, ravigotes, reserving, reshaving, resolving, reversing, revesting, ringdoves, scrieving, servicing, shivering, shrieving, silvering, slavering, slivering, sovereign, surveying, verbiages, verdigris, vertigoes, vesturing, vicarages, vignerons, villagers, vintagers, vulgarise, wingovers. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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