transcription, транскрипция: [ gɪv(ə)n ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Given is the past participle of give .
2.
If you talk about, for example, any given position or a given time, you mean the particular position or time that you are discussing.
In chess there are typically about 36 legal moves from any given board position...
Over a given period, the value of shares will rise and fall.
= particular
ADJ : det ADJ
3.
Given is used when indicating a possible situation in which someone has the opportunity or ability to do something. For example, given the chance means ‘if I had the chance’.
Write down the sort of thing you would like to do, given the opportunity...
Given patience, successful breeding of this species can be achieved.
PREP
4.
If you say given that something is the case, you mean taking that fact into account.
Usually, I am sensible with money, as I have to be, given that I don’t earn that much.
= considering
PHRASE
5.
If you say given something, you mean taking that thing into account.
Given the uncertainty over Leigh’s future I was left with little other choice.
PREP
6.
If you are given to doing something, you often do it. ( FORMAL )
I am not very given to emotional displays.
ADJ : v-link ADJ to -ing / n