Given
['gɪv(ə)n] or ['ɡɪvn]
Definition
(noun.) an assumption that is taken for granted.
(adj.) acknowledged as a supposition; 'given the engine's condition, it is a wonder that it started' .
Edited by Lester--From WordNet
Definition
(p. p.) of Give
(-) p. p. & a. from Give, v.
(v.) Granted; assumed; supposed to be known; set forth as a known quantity, relation, or premise.
(v.) Disposed; inclined; -- used with an adv.; as, virtuously given.
(adv.) Stated; fixed; as, in a given time.
Typed by Erica
Examples
- The offered hand--rather large, but beautifully formed--was given to me with the easy, unaffected self-reliance of a highly-bred woman. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He was born in the tenth year of our marriage, just when I had given up all hope of being a father. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Miss Bingley, said he, has given me more credit than can be. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I have never given it a thought. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It was given to me, Comrade General, by an _Ingl閟_ named Roberto who had come to us as a dynamiter for this of the bridge. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Yes; I had given Miss Harrison instructions to lock the door on the outside and take the key with her when she went to bed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- All these features are now given to the shingle by modern machines. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This was his answer, written, I suppose, in some pique: True you have given me many sweet kisses, and a lock of your beautiful hair. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- You have had everything, to make you happy, that could be given you. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I believe you were glad we danced no longer; but I would have given worldsall the worlds one ever has to givefor another half-hour. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Numerous instances could be given. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- American youths to-day are given, if of a mechanical turn of mind, to amateur telegraphy or telephony, but seldom, if ever, have to make any part of the system constructed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I can't think, Amy, what has given Chivery offence. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Before it could be given him, he would be gone again. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In his case a trailer of ivy had given way under his weight, and we saw by the light of a lantern the mark on the lawn where his heels had come down. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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