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=== Pronunciation ===
* {{IPA|/'gɪvən/}}
* {{SAMPA|/'gIv@n/}}
* {{audio|en-us-given.ogg|US}}

== Verb ==
{{verb2|give|gives|gave|given|giving}}
# {{past participle of|give}}
#: ''On any '''given''' day, you're likely to see her there.''

== Preposition ==
{{preposition}}
# '''Given''' <math>x</math> means if <math>x</math> is [[true]], happened, exists, etc.
#: '''''Given''' our current problems, I don't think we can spend any more.''
#: '''''Given''' a number, we can find another number that is bigger.''
# '''Given''' ''that''-clause means in consideration of the fact ''that''-clause.
#: '''''Given''' that they are inexperienced, they've done a good job.''

== Adjective ==
{{adj|more=true}}
# If someone is '''given''' to doing something, they do it regularly.
#: ''My father's '''given''' to making long speeches about when he was a boy.''
# If someone is '''given''' to something, they wear, use, or do it often.
#: ''When she got older, she was '''given''' to elegant clothes and long speeches.''

== Noun ==
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# A '''given''' is something that you accept as true.
#: ''We need to make a decision about where we will live after this, but selling this house is a '''given'''.''

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