to bestow
61
5.6
- verb
- /bɪˈstoʊ/
- Formal
:
otorgar
- 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
You 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
371
2.7
Give something to someone in a ceremony
233
2.0
Hand something to someone without asking for money
27
2.1
To give someone something as a present
22
6.2
To give an official award or title to someone
15
6.7
To show respect to someone by giving something special, often by being there or speaking
Antonyms
795
2.3
To remove something from a place or reduce something important, for example a right
How Formal
- Formal
18
6.1
- Formal
22
6.2
- Formal
61
5.6
228
1.5
- Formal
371
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.