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# generosity

«generosity» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being happy to give money, time, help or things to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (generosity, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Being happy to give money, time, help or things to others, more than is expected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generosity/#m1)

2) Being kind and fair in judging people: «generosity of spirit». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generosity/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In ethics and religion lessons generosity is a key virtue: the widow's mite, the Good Samaritan, zakat in Islam and charity in all faiths. In stories generous characters share food and gifts. Phrases: «thank you for your generosity», «act of generosity», «generosity of spirit», «show generosity».

### examples

- Thank you for your generosity, said the charity leader. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generosity/#x1)
- The widow's small gift showed great generosity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generosity/#x2)
- His generosity helped pay for the new playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generosity/#x3)
- Sharing your sweets is an act of generosity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generosity/#x4)
- She is known for her generosity to strangers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generosity/#x5)
- Generosity makes both the giver and the receiver happy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generosity/#x6)
- The beginning of the poem he praised with great generosity: he even found the idea original and effective. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generosity/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: generous; adverb: generously. Stress: jen-uh-ROS-i-tee. Opposite: meanness, selfishness, greed.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «generosity» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generosity/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.