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Given vs Been - What's the difference?

given | been |

As nouns the difference between given and been

is that given is a condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation while been is leg or been can be bone as a material.

As a verb given

is .

As a preposition given

is considering; taking into account.

As an adjective given

is already arranged.

given

English

Alternative forms

* giv'n

Verb

(head)

    • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Considering; taking into account.
    • Given the current situation, I don't think that's possible.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Already arranged. (rfex)
  • Currently discussed. (rfex)
  • Particular, specific.
    • No more than three people can be in that space at a given time.
  • Assumed as fact or hypothesis.
    • Given that we will get the resources, what do we want to achieve?
  • Prone, disposed.
    • He was given to taking a couple of glasses of port at his club.

    Statistics

    * English adjectives ending in -en English irregular past participles ----

    been

    English

    (wikipedia been)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete) ybe (see y-).

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) were
    • Assembled been a senate grave and stout. — Fairfax.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) been, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (head)

    • See also

    * for forms of be

    Statistics

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    References

    Vaux, Bert and Scott Golder. 2003. The Harvard Dialect Survey: been. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Linguistics Department. English auxiliary verb forms English irregular past participles English terms with homophones ----