Given
Given noun - Something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning.
Nearby Word: give
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- One of the first thing the former will do is throw wooden buckets, wash tubs, or any bathing tool, at them, given those are pretty common items in a hot spring.
Source: Washtub Throw - Of course how much we care about any given restriction or priority varies from person to person, but in general, we don't have any one given goal for which we would throw away everything else.
Source: The Unfettered - In fact, just about every character that was given a distinct personality in the game (meaning the exclusion of Chell and some throw-away comic relief characters) was given a Leitmotif to match.
Source: Leitmotif / Video Games
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Throw or Given. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/given/throw.
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