Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. Past participle of give.
- adj. Specified; fixed: We will meet at a given time and location.
- adj. Granted as a supposition; acknowledged or assumed: Given the condition of the engine, it is a wonder that it even starts.
- adj. Having a tendency; inclined: My neighbor is given to lavish spending.
- adj. Bestowed as a gift; presented.
- adj. Law Issued on a specified date. Used of legal documents.
- n. Something assumed or taken for granted. Often used in the plural.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Granted; executed and delivered. Compare date
- Conferred; bestowed; imparted; not inherited or possessed naturally: as, a given name.
- Admitted; supposed; allowed as a supposition; conceding: as, given A and B, C follows.
- Specified or that might be specified or stated; certain; particular; specifically, in mathematics, virtually known or determined: as, a given magnitude—that is, a known magnitude. When the position of a thing is known it is said to be given in position; and the ratio between two quantities being known, these quantities are said to have a given ratio. According to the definitions of Euclid (in his “Data”), a magnitude is given when we can find another equal to it, a ratio is given when an identical ratio can be found, a position is given when it remains constantly the same, etc.
- Disposed; addicted.
Wiktionary
- v. Past participle of give
- prep. Considering; taking into account.
- n. A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.
- adj. Already arranged.
- adj. Currently discussed, particular, specific.
GNU Webster's 1913
- p. p. & a. from give, v.
- (Math. & Logic) Granted; assumed; supposed to be known; set forth as a known quantity, relation, or premise.
- Disposed; inclined; -- used with an adv..
- Stated; fixed.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
- adj. acknowledged as a supposition
- n. an assumption that is taken for granted
Examples
“But given the current law, the facts *as given* are not the parade of horribles you suggest.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » My Detroit Free Press op ed on Sotomayor and Didden:
“Hang out for Seattle; I am sure that the people who have given money have *given* it freely because they see and feel your need.”
Elizabeth's "Booms", Linda's discrimination and the unmentionable
“Should exact references be given or should pupils be encouraged to master the art of finding for themselves, _within given_ limits, the supplementary data sought?”
A Guide to Methods and Observation in History Studies in High School Observation
“_For the rendering of any given sentence in appropriate diatonic melody, positive direction as to the order of succession in respect of radical pitch cannot be given_; the same words may be uttered with equal appropriateness in many varieties of melody.”
“He would smoke any given quantity of Tobacco, and drink any _given_ quantity of punch. ”
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce
“I did not arrive at in any way, it was given to me as to all men, _given_, because I could not have got it from anywhere.”
“For Divines say, _there are offences given; and offences taken, but not given_.”
“The first sort is _scandal given and not taken_, the second is _scandal taken and not given_, the third is _scandal both taken and given_.”
““And thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite and the stranger, to the fatherless and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them: I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor _given ought thereof for the dead_.””
“Sir Hola..given that your work has a paleothrust/bent in premise would you be prepared to comment on fasting and its uses to the ‘uman system, pleasum, given that we of course evolved to have periodic fasting given the erraticism of the enviornment in which we lived within.”
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maesepedro "that's a given given where we are right now" Jun 13, 2008