DONATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does donation mean? 

• DONATION (noun)
  The noun DONATION has 2 senses:

1. a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause

2. act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity

  Familiarity information: DONATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DONATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

contribution; donation

Hypernyms ("donation" is a kind of...):

gift (something acquired without compensation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "donation"):

benefaction (a contribution of money or assistance)

offering (money contributed to a religious organization)

political contribution; political donation (a contribution made to a politician or a political campaign or a political party)

Derivation:

donate (give to a charity or good cause)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

contribution; donation

Hypernyms ("donation" is a kind of...):

gift; giving (the act of giving)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "donation"):

subscription (a pledged contribution)

alms (money or goods contributed to the poor)

Derivation:

donate (give to a charity or good cause)

 Context examples 

These enzymes use molecular oxygen catalyze the donation of one oxygen atom to a substrate specific site, while the other atom is donated to the generation of water.

(Mixed Function Oxidase, NCI Thesaurus)

NOTE(S): This is a count of distinct donations, typically used for stem cell transplants.

(Distinct Product Count, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Organ donation takes healthy organs and tissues from one person for transplantation into another.

(Organ Donation, Health Resources and Services Administration)

It is a public-private partnership, linking all professionals involved in the national donation and transplantation system.

(Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, NCI Thesaurus)

Although this procedure is technically called peripheral blood stem cell donation, it is still commonly referred to as bone marrow donation.

(Bone Marrow Donation, NCI Thesaurus)

Compared to donors who didn’t take iron, those taking iron supplements more quickly returned to 80% of pre-donation hemoglobin levels.

(Iron Supplements Hasten Recovery in Blood Donors, NIH)

Matching mitochondrial DNA to nuclear DNA could be important when selecting potential donors for the recently-approved mitochondrial donation treatment, in order to prevent potential health problems later in life.

(Interplay between mitochondria and the nucleus may have implications for changing cell’s ‘batteries’, University of Cambridge)

Similar were the donations from other grinning sailors.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

NO donation by this agent, after cleavage from the acetylsalicylic acid derivative in vivo, may protect the gastric mucosa against the damaging effects of the aspirin derivative by modulating prostaglandins.

(Nitric oxide-releasing acetylsalicylic acid derivative, NCI Thesaurus)

Researchers involved in the GTEx Consortium collected data from more than 53 different tissue types (including brain, liver and lung) from autopsy, organ donations and tissue transplant programs.

(NIH completes atlas of human DNA differences that influence gene expression, National Institutes of Health)