Given vs Givenness - What's the difference?
given | givenness |
Considering; taking into account.
Already arranged. (rfex)
Currently discussed. (rfex)
Particular, specific.
Assumed as fact or hypothesis.
Prone, disposed.
The fact of being given or posited in an argument, hypothesis etc.
*2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 803:
*:Kant argued like Descartes from the existence of individual consciousness rather than from the givenness of a God found in revelation.
As nouns the difference between given and givenness
is that given is a condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation while givenness is the fact of being given or posited in an argument, hypothesis etc.As a verb given
is past participle of lang=en.As a preposition given
is considering; taking into account.As an adjective given
is already arranged.given
English
Alternative forms
* giv'nVerb
(head)Preposition
(English prepositions)- Given the current situation, I don't think that's possible.
Adjective
(en adjective)- No more than three people can be in that space at a given time.
- Given that we will get the resources, what do we want to achieve?
- He was given to taking a couple of glasses of port at his club.