bestow

/bɪˈstoʊ/

意味: 授ける

例文: Chair-kun bestowed wisdom… and coupons.
　　  チェアくんは知恵とクーポンを授けた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: bestow honor (名誉を授ける), bestow gift (贈り物を授ける), bestow title (称号を授ける)

定義: 何かを人に与えること。特に、名誉や称号、贈り物などを正式に渡すときに使います。

bestowは約1,000,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Verb: present
Verb: give as a gift
Verb: bestow a quality on

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She decided to bestow her wisdom upon the eager students.(彼女は熱心な学生たちに知恵を授けることに決めた。)
I can’t believe she chose to bestow that amazing gift on me!(彼女がその素晴らしい贈り物を私に贈ることを選んだなんて信じられない！)
The king will bestow titles of honor upon the brave knights.(王は勇敢な騎士たちに名誉の称号を授けるだろう。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated
Verb: bestow an honor on someone
Verb: Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company
Verb: The music added a lot to the play
Verb: She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings
Verb: This adds a light note to the program

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): add, bestow, bring, confer, contribute, impart, lend

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): award, change, give

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accelerate, accord, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, activate, adjust, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, allow, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arterialize, ash, assimilate, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarize, bestialize, bestow, better, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, break, break down, brighten, bring, brutalize, bubble, calcify, camp, capture, cause to sleep, centralize, certificate, change intensity, change taste, charge, chasten, check, circularize, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, color, commercialize, communize, commute, complicate, concede, condense, confer, confuse, constitutionalize, contaminate, contribute, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, cough up, counterchange, crack, cry, customize, damage, darken, de-emphasize, deaden, deaminate, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, deodorize, depersonalize, depolarize, deposit, desensitize, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, digitize, dinge, dirty, disable, discolor, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, distribute, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, draw, dry, dull, dynamize, ease up, edit, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, enfeoff, equal, eroticize, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, extend, exteriorize, fatten, feminize, fertilize, fill, fix, flatten, flocculate, freeze, frenchify, full, gelatinize, glamorize, glorify, habituate, harmonize, harshen, heap, heat, hue, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialize, immortalize, inactivate, incandesce, increase, indispose, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, insulate, intensify, internationalize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, islamize, isomerize, laicize, lease, legitimate, lend, liberalize, lifehack, lift, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, mark, masculinize, mechanize, militarize, mince, mix, morph, muddy, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, obscure, occidentalize, offer, officialize, opacify, opalize, opsonize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, pay, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, poison, polarize, politicize, port, present, professionalize, proof, prostrate, provide, purify, put, radicalize, rarefy, rationalize, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, relax, remodel, render, requite, restore, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticize, round off, rusticate, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, sensitize, sentimentalize, set, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shift, shorten, simplify, slenderize, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solemnize, solvate, spare, spice, spike, sputter, stabilize, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, strengthen, string, substitute, suburbanize, supercharge, supple, supply, support, suspend, sweeten, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, tame, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, think, tighten, tone down, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, turn back, uglify, unclutter, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, urbanize, validate, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, vest, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulgarise, warm, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, worsen

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): bless, factor, graduate, instill, miter, throw in, tinsel

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: addition, bestowal, bestowment, conferee, conferment, conferral

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: business, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

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Exam Level

英検準1級

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Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

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