Word

bestow, v.
(bestowed, bestowing, bestows)
freq. cnt. 5

present
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

bestow confer

sample sentences

"The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"
"bestow an honor on someone"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something on somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s something on somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

bestowment bestowal

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

conferment conferral conferee

semantic pointers

hypernym

award, present

hyponym

miter bless graduate

give as a gift
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

bestow

verb frames

Somebody ----s something on somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

bestowment

semantic pointers

hypernym

give

bestow a quality on
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 56 freq. cnt.: 31 freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

add bestow bring contribute impart lend

sample sentences

"Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"
"The music added a lot to the play"
"She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"
"This adds a light note to the program"