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giving credit

giving credit is the present participle and gerund of give credit.

Meaning of give credit

Verb

give credit (third-person singular simple present gives credit, present participle giving credit, simple past gave credit, past participle given credit)

  1. To acknowledge a contribution or accomplishment in someone or something.
  2. To extend or offer credit within a financial institution.

Questions about giving credit

What is giving credit the present participle and gerund of?
Giving credit is the present participle and gerund of give credit.

Words near giving credit in the dictionary

  1. giving birth
  2. giving blood
  3. giving brain
  4. giving by
  5. giving chase
  6. giving credit
  7. giving curry
  8. giving dap
  9. giving dome
  10. giving ear
  11. giving face

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Adapted from Wiktionary: giving credit (page history and authors); give credit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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