Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Specified; fixed.
- adjective Granted as a supposition; acknowledged or assumed.
- adjective Having a tendency; inclined.
- adjective Bestowed as a gift; presented.
- noun Something assumed or taken for granted.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Granted; executed and delivered. Compare
date - Conferred; bestowed; imparted; not inherited or possessed naturally: as, a given name.
- Admitted; supposed; allowed as a supposition; conceding: as, given A and B, C follows.
- Specified or that might be specified or stated; certain; particular; specifically, in mathematics, virtually known or determined: as, a given magnitude—that is, a known magnitude.
- Disposed; addicted.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- p. p. & a. from
give , v. - (Math. & Logic) Granted; assumed; supposed to be known; set forth as a known quantity, relation, or premise.
- Disposed; inclined; -- used with an adv..
- Stated; fixed.
- [Colloq.] the Christian name, or name
given by one's parents or guardians, as distinguished from thesurname , which is inherited.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Past participle of
give - preposition
Considering ; taking into account. - noun A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.
- adjective Already
arranged . - adjective
Currently discussed,particular ,specific .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
- adjective acknowledged as a supposition
- noun an assumption that is taken for granted
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Examples
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But given the current law, the facts *as given* are not the parade of horribles you suggest.
The Volokh Conspiracy » My Detroit Free Press op ed on Sotomayor and Didden: 2009
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Hang out for Seattle; I am sure that the people who have given money have *given* it freely because they see and feel your need.
Elizabeth's "Booms", Linda's discrimination and the unmentionable Elizabeth McClung 2008
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_For the rendering of any given sentence in appropriate diatonic melody, positive direction as to the order of succession in respect of radical pitch cannot be given_; the same words may be uttered with equal appropriateness in many varieties of melody.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education
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He would smoke any given quantity of Tobacco, and drink any _given_ quantity of punch. '
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce E. R. Billings
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Should exact references be given or should pupils be encouraged to master the art of finding for themselves, _within given_ limits, the supplementary data sought?
A Guide to Methods and Observation in History Studies in High School Observation Calvin Olin Davis
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I did not arrive at in any way, it was given to me as to all men, _given_, because I could not have got it from anywhere.
Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy 1869
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For Divines say, _there are offences given; and offences taken, but not given_.
The Complete Angler 1653 Izaak Walton 1638
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The first sort is _scandal given and not taken_, the second is _scandal taken and not given_, the third is _scandal both taken and given_.
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
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“And thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite and the stranger, to the fatherless and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them: I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor _given ought thereof for the dead_.”
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Sir Hola..given that your work has a paleothrust/bent in premise would you be prepared to comment on fasting and its uses to the ‘uman system, pleasum, given that we of course evolved to have periodic fasting given the erraticism of the enviornment in which we lived within.
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maesepedro commented on the word given
"that's a given given where we are right now"
June 13, 2008