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Generosity

Noun CEFR B2
ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹɒs.ɪ.ti

Definitions

  1. The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time.
  2. A generous act.
  3. The trait of being abundant, more than adequate.
  4. Good breeding; nobility of stock.

Equivalents

40 more languages
Беларускаяшчо́драсць
Българскиизобилие
Esperantograndanimeco
עבריתנדיבות
हिन्दीउदारताकरम
Bahasa Indonesiadana
한국어선심시혜
Kurdîdana
Latviešulabestība
Te Reo Māoriatawhaimanaakitanga
Portuguêsgenerosidade
Slovenčinaštedrosť
Kiswahiliukarimu
Українськащедрість

Examples

“We have⟳ mentioned generosity as an outstanding virtue required in Sioux life.”
“Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have⟳ imagined. Where we once sent love⟳ letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know⟳ and will never meet⟳.”
“May the generosities of the founders of these halls, be rewarded by the fair and holy characters which shall be here formed[…].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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