given
/ˈɡɪvən/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.41 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
prep
noun
A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.
adj
adj
Assumed as fact or hypothesis.
Example Sentences
- "Given the current situation, I don't think that's possible."
- "When evaluating this math problem, don't forget to read the givens."
- "If eventually we can't make it at the given time, we'll phone you to let you know, don't worry."
- "No more than three people can be in that space at a given time."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Morphologically give + -n.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
giv'n (alternative, obsolete)
givens (plural)
more given (comparative)
most given (superlative)
Givhan (alternative)