given

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/ˈɡɪv.n̩/

adjective · verb

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01
adjective
Specified or provided as part of a situation.
02
verb
Past participle of give: provided or handed over.

Examples

People are often quite skeptical about things unless given believable proof.
The competition judges were given a very difficult task.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 2
Citations: 5

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adjective

Extra meanings

A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.
Considering; taking into account.

verb

Extra meaning

past participle of give

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The proliferation of Internet usage has given birth to a new generation of young people.
Given the current situation, I don't think that's possible.
If eventually we can't make it at the given time, we'll phone you to let you know, don't worry.

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Under the blank circumstances, it was better to stay home.

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If, therefore, the amount of the annual importation into Europe can be known, and the relative proportion of the foreign commerce of the several nations by which it can be distributed can be ascertained, they give a rule sufficiently true, to ascertain the quantity of money which ought to be found in any nation, at any given time.
1791, Thomas Paine, “Miscellaneous Chapter”, in Rights of Man
Thus we have a double Christ: a real Christ, and a Christ, the one of faith, who never really existed; a Christ who has lived at a given time and in a given place, and a Christ who has never lived outside the pious meditations of the believer - the Christ, for instance, whom we find in the Gospel of St. John, which is pure contemplation from beginning to end.
1907, Pope Pius X, “Analysis of Modernist Teaching”, in Pascendi Dominici Gregis
Most people do not act consistently. Under certain circumstances a given person acts intelligently and under different circumstances the same person will act helplessly.
1976, Carlo M. Cipolla, “Frequency distribution”, in The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
Example. Given a Derby Prophet, who has sent 3 different winners to 3 different betting-men, and given that none of the three horses are placed. Find the total Loss incurred by the three men (α) in money, (β) in temper.
1874, Lewis Carroll, “Chapter II: Dynamics of a Particle”, in The Dynamics of a Parti-cle, page 19
Pigmented bands that run directly across the orbital region may also help to mask the presence of the eyes as a form of camouflage against both predators and potential prey [20, 21]. Eye stripes are common in modern birds, which most often also have dark eyes, making them likely harder for visual predators or prey to detect, and given that eyes elicit responses from both in many situations, it is a plausible hypothesis [13].
2017 November 6, Fiann M. Smithwick, Robert Nicholls, Innes C. Cuthill, Jakob Vinther, “Countershading and Stripes in the Theropod Dinosaur Sinosauropteryx Reveal Heterogeneous Habitats in the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota”, in Elsevier, volume 27, number 21, Discussion, page 3

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Origin

adjective

Morphologically give + -n.

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adjective

verb

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Under the blank— circumstances, it was better to stay home.

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adjective

Under the blank circumstances, it was better to stay home.