See more synonyms for given on Thesaurus.com 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. Show More
an established fact, condition, factor, etc. Show More
Related forms self-giv·en , adjective un·giv·en , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for given to the past participle of give Show More
(postpositive foll by to ) 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 Show More
an assumed fact philosophy the supposed raw data of experience See also sense datum Show More
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Word Origin and History for given to past participle adjective, late 14c., "allotted, predestined," from give ; also with a noun sense of "fate," reflecting an important concept in pagan Germanic ideology (Old English had giefeðe in this sense). The modern sense of "what is given, known facts" is from 1879. Given name (1827) so called because given at baptism.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Idioms and Phrases with given to Tending toward, inclined to, as in She was given to eating crackers in bed . [Late 1500s]
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