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• past participle of give.

given

American  

[giv-uhn] / ˈgɪv ən /

verb

1. past participle of give.

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adjective

1. stated, fixed, or specified.

   at a given time.

2. addicted or disposed (often followed byto ).

   given to making snide remarks.

3. bestowed as a gift; conferred.

4. assigned as a basis of calculation, reasoning, etc..

   Given A and B, C follows.

5. Mathematics. known or independently determined.

   a given magnitude.

6. (on official documents) executed and delivered as of the date shown.

noun

• givens
  plural

1. an established fact, condition, factor, etc.

given British  

/ ˈɡɪvən /

verb

1. the past participle of give

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adjective

1. tending (to); inclined or addicted (to)

2. specific or previously stated

3. assumed as a premise

4. maths known or determined independently

   a given volume

5. (on official documents) issued or executed, as on a stated date

noun

1. an assumed fact

2. philosophy the supposed raw data of experience See also sense datum

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• self-given
  adjective
• ungiven
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• givens
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of given

First recorded in 1350–1400, for the adjective

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Explanation

A given is some detail or fact that is known to be true. Your mother might say, "It's a given that I'll always love you, no matter how annoying you are." Something's a given if it's an established situation that you're sure of. It's a given that a first class airplane ticket will cost a lot more than a seat in coach, and it's also a given that the earth orbits the sun. It can also be an adjective: "After considering the given facts, mark an answer on the multiple-choice test." Given comes from the verb give, which has an Old English root of giefan, "to bestow, allot, or commit."

Example Sentences

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given givens

The Angelus prayer is typically given by the pope from the Apostolic Palace overlooking St Peter's Square.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

The cost would be that the Fed risks falling behind the curve given the booming U.S. economy, he added.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

Unveiling the Roadster with out-of-this-world technology reiterated that Musk has given up designing cars for regular people to drive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Rayner said that the "hell" she went through after the 2008 premature birth of her son, Charlie, has given her the strength to deal with anything that comes her way in Westminster.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

But she’s also determined to fight—especially when she is given her first trial assignment.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

His thinking begins instead with three separate givens: God, world, human being.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

Bolch: A few things have become givens about the Bruins under Chip Kelly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2023

But coach Bev Priestman suggested that growing parity means there are no givens.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 17, 2023

My criticism is not that these characterizations don’t ring true to me, but that they are givens enacted with such fidelity that they render the world static.

From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2022

They were, like this new body she was growing into, givens.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

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