Given and Used

Given

Given adjective - Being in the habit or custom.
Usage example: a quiet man not given to loud expressions of emotion

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

Nearby Word: give

Used

Used adjective - Being in the habit or custom.
Usage example: my grandmother has spent her whole life on the farm and is used to working hard

Given and used are semantically related. You can use "Given" instead an adjective "Used".

Nearby Words: use, useful

Both words in one sentence

  • In-Series Nickname Quite a few fighter pilots, especially in the X-Wing Series, have nicknames, either given or used as callsigns.
  • It's also used or given as "Bad Form" when someone does something intentionally wrong.
  • Literature / Lone Wolf However, they have fixed exchange rates and are almost always given and used in multiples equal to an integer amount of gold crowns (the protagonist's "home" currency).
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