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See also:Givenandȝiven

English

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Alternative forms

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  • giv'n(obsolete or poetic)

Etymology

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Morphologicallygive +‎-n.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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given

  1. pastparticiple ofgive

Preposition

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given

  1. Considering; taking into account.
    Given the current situation, I don't think that's possible.

Translations

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considering, taking into account

Noun

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given (pluralgivens)

  1. A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.
    When evaluating this math problem, don't forget to read thegivens.

Translations

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condition assumed to be true

Adjective

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given (comparativemoregiven,superlativemostgiven)

  1. Alreadyarranged.
    If eventually we can't make it at thegiven time, we'll phone you to let you know, don't worry.
  2. Currently discussed.(Can we add anexample for this sense? )
  3. Particular,specific.
    No more than three people can be in that space at agiven time.
  4. Assumed as fact or hypothesis.
    Given that we will get the resources, what do we want to achieve?
  5. (withto)Prone,disposed.
    He wasgiven to taking a couple of glasses of port at his club.

Translations

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already arranged
currently discussed
particular, specific

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Danish

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Etymology

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Seegive.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡ̊iːʋən],[ˈɡ̊iːʊn]

Verb

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given

  1. pastparticiplecommonsingular ofgive

Adjective

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given (neutergivent,plural and definite singular attributivegivne)

  1. certain

Adjective

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given

  1. without a doubt,undoubted
  2. common,typical

Inflection

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Inflection ofgiven
positivecomparativesuperlative
indefinite common singulargiven2
indefinite neuter singulargivent2
pluralgivne2
definite attributive1givne

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡivən/,/ˈɡeːvən/

Verb

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given (simple pastgaf)

  1. alternative form ofyiven(influenced by Old Norse)

Descendants

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Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Participle

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given

  1. pastparticiple ofge

Adjective

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given (notcomparable)

  1. given
  2. whichgoes without saying, which isobvious
    Han har engiven plats i landslaget.
    It goes without saying that he has a place in the national team
    (literally, “He has agiven place in the national team”)
    Det ärgivet
    That's agiven
    (literally, “That isgiven”)

Declension

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Inflection ofgiven
Indefinitepositivecomparativesuperlative1
common singulargiven
neuter singulargivet
pluralgivna
masculine plural2givne
Definitepositivecomparativesuperlative
masculine singular3givne
allgivna

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

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Noun

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given

  1. definitesingular ofgiv

Verb

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given

  1. (obsolete)second-personpluralpresentindicative ofge
  2. (archaic or dialectal)second-personpluralimperative ofge
    Tagen därför ifrån honom hans pund, ochgiven det åt den som har de tio punden.
    Take therefore the talent from him, and give [it] unto him which hath ten talents. (Matthew 25:28)

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