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/ɡˈɪvən/
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[ US /ˈɡɪvən, ˈɡɪvɪn/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɪvən, ˈɡɪvɪn/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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(usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant
I am not minded to answer any questions -
acknowledged as a supposition
given the engine's condition, it is a wonder that it started
NOUN
- an assumption that is taken for granted
How To Use given In A Sentence
- Unless contraindicated, prophylaxis with a gastrointestinal motility stimulant laxative and a stool softener is appropriate in terminally ill patients who are being given opioids.
- Before you know it, all the Sandy Clarks and Billy Starks doing the media rounds are back in business until the next time they are given their jotters for failing to meet fans' expectations.
- So it's a little more than passing strange that Mr. Brooks clucks about Mr. Obama's "über-partisan budget" when, given the last few weeks of shrieking and wailing from the Republicans about socialism and communism, he's been the voice of moderation in the room. Moderately Shocked
- Stated income loans only deserve the moniker "liar loans" because they were abused by banks and given to borrowers who lacked the income to qualify full doc. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
- Elizabeth had doted on her, spoiled her, given her everything a little girl can want.
- Obama "cherishes" a trinket and a book given to him by Gordon Brown, and he worships them like tiny gods by keeping them in a little pagan altar he set up in the Oval Office. Wonkette » top
- Although I have finally been given a small piece of work to do (nothing crucial, generous deadline), I'm finding it hard to apply myself after such a long period of enforced inactivity.
- It will be given a tender from another departed locomotive and regain its former Sierra appearance.
- I've given you the password to my heart in all its anagrammatic permutations; but you seem to insist this is nothing but a start; so herewith, at last comes the story of my first puppy— Spill
- Both names are unobjectionable, but as the term Caddo has priority by a few pages preference is given to it. Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891