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given
[ giv-uhn ]
adjective
- stated, fixed, or specified:
at a given time.
- addicted or disposed (often followed by to ):
given to making snide remarks.
- bestowed as a gift; conferred.
- assigned as a basis of calculation, reasoning, etc.:
Given A and B, C follows.
- Mathematics. known or independently determined:
a given magnitude.
- (on official documents) executed and delivered as of the date shown.
noun
- an established fact, condition, factor, etc.
given
/ ˈɡɪə /
verb
- the past participle of give
adjective
- postpositivefoll byto tending (to); inclined or addicted (to)
- specific or previously stated
- assumed as a premise
- maths known or determined independently
a given volume
- (on official documents) issued or executed, as on a stated date
noun
- an assumed fact
- philosophy the supposed raw data of experience See also sense datum
Other 51Թ Forms
- -IJ adjective
- ܲ·IJ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of given1
Example Sentences
England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker James Anderson is to be given a knighthood for services to cricket.
Mr Eardley also said that Yaxley-Lennon "complains he cannot watch GB News" on the television he has been given access too.
"We have to come up with something better and more effective, given the current very high level of demand."
Outside of politics, England fast bowler James Anderson and filmmaker Matthew Vaughn have also been given knighthoods.
That at any given moment — I know this opportunity can be taken away from me at any moment.
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