to bestow
74
5.6
- verb
- /bɪˈstoʊ/
- Formal
- Thank you all so very much for bestowing this, PSA's highest award, the Progress Medal, upon me.
- bestow an honor
- bestow a title
- bestow a name
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Watch on YouTubeYou go after these things on grounds they will bestow happiness.
- You go after these things on grounds they will bestow happiness.
- Then she bestowed them with fake expertise titles.
- He says depression feels like a personal curse bestowed on us.
- It's imprimatur cannot again be bestowed on either of them.
- And for those wondering, Bopaval is a code name of sorts that Intel India has bestowed upon XEHP.
- I cannot thank you enough for this bountiful, generous gift you have bestowed upon me.
- Why, after all these years of driving GPU prices up, has NVIDIA decided to bestow upon us these benevolent prices?
- They can bestow riches, fertility, and much wealth, but if not adequately appeased, they can also bestow the deadly snake bite.
- With regards to confidence, I think people mistakenly believe that confidence is something that's bestowed on you and it's not something that's given, it's earned.
Examples
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God bestows love upon the world first in creating it out of nothing.
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Colleagues, you have just bestowed upon me the greatest honour that I have enjoyed in my professional life.
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So generous of your friend, the governor, to bestow this great gift upon us.
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Yet another brilliant gift he bestowed upon me.
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Well, yes, it's certainly an honor... but it's an honor bestowed on many doctors.
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The particular award that you have just bestowed on me, I hold with unusual delight and value.
Academic text (1999) -
We thank you, Lord in heaven, for bestowing on us the bounty of thy harvest.
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His mother Eos, goddess of dawn, asked Zeus to bestow immortality on her son.
Academic text (1995) -
The American Geographical Society bestowed on him the prestigious Van Cleef Memorial.
Academic text (1999) -
It is my honor to bestow upon you the Medal of Heroes.
Synonyms
490
2.0
Hand something to someone without asking for money
225
2.7
Give something to someone in a ceremony
35
6.2
To give an official award or title to someone
27
2.1
To give someone something as a present
20
6.7
To show respect to someone by giving something special, often by being there or speaking
Antonyms
∞
2.3
To remove something from a place or reduce something important, for example a right
How Formal
- Formal
10
6.1
- Formal
35
6.2
- Formal
74
5.6
257
1.5
- Formal
225
2.7
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bestow comes from the old parts be- and stow, where stow means 'place'. Think of it as 'placing' a gift in someone's hands, which is why bestow means to give or present an honor or gift.