given

Meanings

1. 1
   prep

   Considering or taking into account.

   Given the current situation, I don't think that's possible.

2. 2
   adj

   Particular or specific.

   No more than three people can be in that space at a given time.

3. 3
   adj

   Assumed to be true as a starting point.

   Given that we will get the resources, what do we want to achieve?

4. 4
   noun

   Something accepted as true without needing proof.

   In this town, heavy traffic at rush hour is a given.

5. 5
   adj

   Tending to do something; inclined.

   He was given to taking a glass of port after dinner.

Morphologically give + -n.

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