Given vs Passed - What's the difference?
given | passed |
Considering; taking into account.
Already arranged. (rfex)
Currently discussed. (rfex)
Particular, specific.
Assumed as fact or hypothesis.
Prone, disposed.
(pass)
That has passed beyond a certain point (chiefly in set collocations).
That has passed a given qualification or examination; qualified.
As verbs the difference between given and passed
is that given is past participle of lang=en while passed is past tense of pass.As adjectives the difference between given and passed
is that given is already arranged while passed is that has passed beyond a certain point (chiefly in set collocations).As a preposition given
is considering; taking into account.As a noun given
is a condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.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.