Given and Selected

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Given adjective - Being in the habit or custom.

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Selected and given are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Selected" instead an adjective "Given".

Nearby Word: give

Selected adjective - Singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking.

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Given and selected are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Given" instead an adjective "Selected".

Real-Time Strategy usually have this as a standard feature: Each type of unit has a distinctive voice and quotes for when it's selected or given an order.

Source: Sound-Coded for Your Convenience
They acknowledge when they're selected and given orders, because all units do and it would be weird for them to be exceptions, but otherwise do not give any shrift to the idea of a player.

Source: Player and Protagonist Integration
Instead of the location given in your profile, your location would be randomly selected from one of 256 possibilities the mods had previously compiled, and would rerandomise upon refreshing the page.

Source: April Fools' Day

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Selected or Given. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/given/selected.

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