given

alternative obsolete poetic giv'n

1. participlepastpast participle of give

alternative obsolete poetic giv'n

1. Considering; taking into account.

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

plural givens · alternative obsolete poetic giv'n

1. A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.

   When evaluating this math problem, don't forget to read the givens.

comparative more given · superlative most given · alternative obsolete poetic giv'n

1. Already arranged.

   If eventually we can't make it at the given time, we'll phone you to let you know, don't worry.

2. Currently discussed.
3. Particular, specific.

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

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   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.

   1791, Thomas Paine, “Miscellaneous Chapter”, in Rights of Man

   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.

   1907, Pope Pius X, “Analysis of Modernist Teaching”, in Pascendi Dominici Gregis

   Most people do not act consistently. Under certain circumstances a given person acts intelligently and under different circumstances the same person will act helplessly.

   1976, Carlo M. Cipolla, “Frequency distribution”, in The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

4. Assumed as fact or hypothesis.

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

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   Example. Given a Derby Prophet, who has sent 3 different winners to 3 different betting-men, and given that none of the three horses are placed. Find the total Loss incurred by the three men (α) in money, (β) in temper.

   1874, Lewis Carroll, “Chapter II: Dynamics of a Particle”, in The Dynamics of a Parti-cle, page 19

   Given the narrow vision of the opposition, and given that it keeps saying the same things, I would like to know why these separatists—after all this is their real name—insist on continually misleading Quebecers and not telling them the truth.

   1994 February 24, Eleni Bakopanos, parliamentary debates (House of Commons of Canada)^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Debates_of_the_House_of_Commons_of_Canada_(Hansard)_-_Thursday,_February_24,_1994_-_Government_Orders)

   Pigmented bands that run directly across the orbital region may also help to mask the presence of the eyes as a form of camouflage against both predators and potential prey [20, 21]. Eye stripes are common in modern birds, which most often also have dark eyes, making them likely harder for visual predators or prey to detect, and given that eyes elicit responses from both in many situations, it is a plausible hypothesis [13].

   2017 November 6, Fiann M. Smithwick, Robert Nicholls, Innes C. Cuthill, Jakob Vinther, “Countershading and Stripes in the Theropod Dinosaur Sinosauropteryx Reveal Heterogeneous Habitats in the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota”, in Elsevier, volume 27, number 21, Discussion, page 3

5. Prone, disposed.

   He was given to taking a couple of glasses of port at his club.

plural Givens · alternative Givhan

1. A surname.