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givenness

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: G IH1 V AH0 N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The fact of being given or posited in an argument, hypothesis etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The quality of being given; existence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

the quality of being granted as a supposition; of being acknowledged or assumed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: indisputability, indubitability, unquestionability, unquestionableness

History

Etymology

From given + -ness.