Given Function: adjective
Meaning:
Given is used to refer to a particular time, place, etc., that has been, will be, or might be specified.
e.g.: You’ll have to finish the exam within a given (amount of) time.
They agreed to meet again at a given location.
Climate has a great effect on the types of plants found in any given area.
You never know what might happen on any given night.
Idiom:
given to
Meaning:
Given to is used to say that a person often behaves in a specified way.
e.g.: A man (very) much given to swearing/profanity (a man who swears often)
She is somewhat given to behaving selfishly. (She is somewhat given to selfishness.)
Idiom:
take (something) as given
Meaning:
to regard or accept (something) as true or real
e.g.: I think we can take their support as given. (I think we can take (it) as given that they will support us. (I think we can assume that they will support us)
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