given to
ən verb
1.
past participle of give.
adjective
2.
stated, fixed, or specified: at a given time.
3.
addicted or disposed (often followed by to ): given to making snide remarks.
4.
bestowed as a gift; conferred.
5.
assigned as a basis of calculation, reasoning, etc.: Given A and B, C follows.
6.
Mathematics. known or independently determined: a given magnitude.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
noun
8.
an established fact, condition, factor, etc.
Related forms
self-giv·en, adjective
un·giv·en, adjective
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| —vb | |
| 1. | the past participle of give |
| —adj (foll by to) | |
| 2. | tending (to); inclined or addicted (to) |
| 3. | specific or previously stated |
| 4. | assumed as a premise |
| 5. | maths known or determined independently: a given volume |
| 6. | (on official documents) issued or executed, as on a stated date |
| —n | |
| 7. | an assumed fact |
| 8. | philosophy See also sense datum the supposed raw data of experience |
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Word Origin & History
give
O.E. giefan (W. Saxon), class V strong verb (past tense geaf, pp. giefen), from P.Gmc. *gebanan (cf. O.Fris. jeva, M.Du. gheven, Ger. geben, Goth. giban), from PIE *ghab(h)- "to take, hold, have, give" (see habit). It became yiven in M.E., but changed to guttural "g" by infl.
of O.N. gefa "to give," O.Dan. givæ. Meaning "to yield to pressure" is from 1577. Given "allotted, predestined" (O.E. giefeðe) also had a n. sense of "fate," reflecting an important concept in pagan Gmc. ideology. The modern sense of "what is given, known facts" is from 1879. To give (someone) a cold seems to reflect the old belief that one could be cured of disease by deliberately infecting others. What gives? "what is happening?" is attested from 1940. Give-and-take (n.) is originally from horse racing (1769) and refers to races in which bigger horses were given more weight to carry, lighter ones less. Give-away (n.) is from 1872.
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
given to
Tending toward, inclined to, as in She was given to eating crackers in bed. [Late 1500s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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