given

Pluralgivens

1. 1
   verb

   Past participle of give. Use this form after have, has, or had.

   She has given away most of her old toys.

   We had given the dog its dinner already.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Pointing to one certain thing that has been chosen or named, not any random one.

   Like picking out one exact seat instead of just any seat.

   On any given day, the bakery sells out by noon.

   At a given time, only ten people may enter the room.

   Similarparticular, specific, specified

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3. 3
   preposition

   Used to show that you are thinking about a known fact before saying what follows.

   Given the late hour, we decided to go home.

   Given how cold it was, the kids stayed inside.

   Similarconsidering

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   A fact that everyone accepts as true without checking it.

   Like a rule in a game that nobody bothers to question.

   Good weather on the trip was not a given.

   For her, daily practice is a given.

   Similarcertainty, fact, assumption, premise

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5. 5
   adjective

   Tending to do something often, almost as a habit.

   Like someone who always reaches for snacks: it's just what they do.

   He is given to daydreaming during class.

   My uncle is given to telling the same jokes again and again.

   Similarprone, inclined, disposed, apt, liable

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6. 6
   adjective

   Taken as true so that you can work from it.

   We took it as given that the bus would be late.

   Her honesty was taken as given by all her friends.

   Similarassumed, established

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7. 7
   adjective

   Being the one that is being talked about right now.

   In the given example, you can see two mistakes.

   The given sentence has no verb.

   Similarparticular, specific

8. 8
   adjective

   Decided or arranged before something happens.

   We all left at the given time.

   The runners started at the given signal.

   Similarappointed, agreed, set, fixed, specified

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