given

Accepted as true

Given most often works as an adjective meaning specified or assumed: at any given moment, a given set of conditions.

It can acknowledge something as established fact: Given that she's busy, we should reschedule.

As a noun, a given is something taken for granted: It's a given that he'll be late.

Given also serves as the past participle of give: I was given no choice.

assumed

assumption

Unverified belief accepted as true

presumptionBelief held without proof
inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
suppositionBelief without proof

conjecture · speculation · hypothesis · premise · expectation · belief · presupposed · understood · accepted · taken

bestowed

granted

Given or allowed officially

awardedGiven as recognition
conferredFormally granted or discussed
presentedFormally gave or showed

bequeathed · entrusted · handed · imparted · transmitted · inherited · legacy · heirloom · patrimony · birthright

precondition

prerequisite

Required prior condition

requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
conditionState or stipulation
stipulationCondition in an agreement

proviso · contingency · criterion · qualification · constraint · provision · specification · parameter · terms · circumstance

gift

present

Gift or current moment

donationVoluntary charitable gift
offeringSomething presented or given
charityVoluntary aid for others

generosity · benefaction · endowment · philanthropy · tribute · token · gratitude · thoughtfulness · kindness · benevolence

titled

nobility

Titled ruling class

dukeHighest-ranking nobleman
baronLow-ranking peer
earlBritish hereditary noble rank

countess · prince · princess · lord · lady · sir · dame · aristocracy · peerage · knighthood

Categories

past participlesbeen, done, gone, seen, taken
prone tolikely, apt, liable, inclined, disposed
certaintiesfact, truth, proof, certainty, guarantee
suppliedequipped, stocked, provisioned, furnished, delivered
verb formsam, are, is, was, were
geometric proofstheorem, axiom, postulate, lemma, corollary

Opposites

transfer/bestowal

giventaken

Occupied or seized

withheld · kept · retained · received · held back

inclination/tendency

givendisinclined

Averse to acting

averse · unwilling · opposed · loath · loth

EPISTEMIC STATUS (as noun: "a given")

Not yet discovered

disputed · uncertain · questionable · contested · debatable

Phrases

give upStop attempting something
give inCease resistance, concede
give birthProduce offspring from womb
give awayProvide at no cost
don't give upEncouragement to continue despite difficulty
given upCeased attempting something

Family

give, giving, forgive, forgiveness, forgiving, giver, gives, forgiven, misgivings

Familiarity: Top 5,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G