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Given vs Onerosity - What's the difference?

given | onerosity |

As nouns the difference between given and onerosity

is that given is a condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation while onerosity is (rare) onerousness.

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 ----

    onerosity

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (rare) Onerousness.
  • (Scotland, legal) The legal state of affairs resulting from being done or given in return for receipt of something of value.
  • * 1845 , , The Law of Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Mercantile Sequestration, in Scotland , W. Tait, p. 145:
    • It may be presumed to be a necessary ingredient in onerosity , that the obligation to be fulfilled is a legal one.

    Synonyms

    * (onerousness) burdensomeness

    Antonyms

    * (Scottish legal) non-onerosity

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary , 3rd ed., 2004.