📐 A known fact 🤔 Inclined to 📋 Considering

given

4.3

Likely to do a certain thing often, like daydream

adjective
/ˈɡɪvən/

: propenso

She is a given candidate for the position, considering her experience.

I'm not going to be so serious or given to my anxiety or whatever.

Examples

In any given situation, it's important to remain calm and collected.
It has two coordinates X&Y, and at any given time it's on the circle.
But it's not wrong, given the time that has passed since.
For me it's a perfectly reasonable use of time given my physical demands.
That's not very fast in any given moment, but it adds up.
Don't assume that leadership is always given to the most deserving.
Don't assume that leadership is always given to the most deserving.

Synonyms

inclined

vsgiven

194 3.8

Likely to do something or feel a certain way

focuses on regular habit instead of mere preference

apt

vsgiven

36 3.2

Likely to do something, often by habit

describes a habitual disposition rather than simple likelihood

disposed

vsgiven

Formal

5.9

Willing or likely to do something

is more about habitual behaviour rather than willingness

Antonyms

unwilling

139 3.4

Not wanting to do something and doing it only because you must

Compounds

given name

13 2.0

The name a person has before their family name

How Inclined

addicted

NSFW

229 4.1

given

4.3

prone

133 4.0

inclined

194 3.8

apt

36 3.2

Surface Forms

given positive

Morphology

given = give (opaque) = give + en

The meaning of 'given' as an adjective is not directly derivable from 'give', as it involves a sense shift to a habitual disposition.

Etymology

Given as in 'given to' comes from the old English verb give meaning 'to give'. Think of a habit as something 'handed to you'. If someone is given to daydreaming, they have that tendency and often do it.