A given is a statement or a condition assumed to be true or known, often to explain or give an example of something; for related topics, see: *

Presumption In the law of evidence, a presumption of a particular fact can be made without the aid of proof in some situations. The invocation of a presumption shifts the Legal burden of proof, burden of proof from one party to the opposing party in a court t ...

(in law) *

Axiom An axiom, postulate, or assumption is a statement that is taken to be true, to serve as a premise or starting point for further reasoning and arguments. The word comes from the Ancient Greek word (), meaning 'that which is thought worthy or f ...

(in formal logic) *

Givenness In linguistics, givenness is a phenomenon in which a speaker assumes that contextual information of a topic of discourse is already known to the listener. The speaker thus considers it unnecessary to supply further contextual information through an ...

(in discourse) *

Conditional probability In probability theory, conditional probability is a measure of the probability of an event occurring, given that another event (by assumption, presumption, assertion or evidence) has already occurred. This particular method relies on event B occur ...

, usually expressed using the term "given" Given may also refer to:

Places

* Given, Iran, or Givan, a village in West Azerbaijan, Iran * Given, West Virginia, a settlement in the United States

People with the surname

Josiah Given Josiah Given (August 31, 1828 – February 3, 1908) was a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court from March 12, 1889 to December 31, 1901, appointed from Polk County, Iowa. He also served as colonel of the 74th Ohio Infantry Regiment during the Americ ...

, American judge in the Iowa Supreme Court * Leslie E. Given, American Justice for the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia *

Shay Given Séamus John James Given (born 20 April 1976) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. With 134 caps, he is the second-highest capped Republic of Ireland player. Given started his career at Celtic, however he neve ...

(born 1976), Irish footballer *

Thelma Given Thelma is a female given name. It was popularized by Victorian writer Marie Corelli who gave the name to the title character of her 1887 novel ''Thelma''. It may be related to a Greek word meaning "will, volition" see ''thelema''). Note that altho ...

(1896–1977), American violinist

Other uses

* "Given", a song by Seether from ''

Karma and Effect ''Karma and Effect'' is the third studio album by South African rock band Seether. It was released on 24 May 2005 by Wind-up Records. It is the band's second and final album with guitarist Pat Callahan prior to his departure from the band in 20 ...

'' * ''Given'' (manga), a Japanese boys' love manga series *

Given Imaging Given Imaging (Hebrew: גיוון אימג'ינג) is an Israeli medical technology company that manufactures and markets diagnostic products for the visualization and detection of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. Until March 2014, it was ...

, an Israeli medical technology company * , the containership ''Given'' from the ''Ever'' group (aka ''Evergreen'')

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People with the surname

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