Definition of given

"given" in the noun sense

1. given, presumption, precondition

an assumption that is taken for granted

"given" in the verb sense

1. give

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

"She gave him a black eye"

"The draft gave me a cold"

2. yield, give, afford

be the cause or source of

"He gave me a lot of trouble"

"Our meeting afforded much interesting information"

3. give

transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody

"I gave her my money"

"can you give me lessons?"

"She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"

4. give

convey or reveal information

"Give one's name"

5. give, pay

convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc. bestow

"Don't pay him any mind"

"give the orders"

"Give him my best regards"

"pay attention"

6. hold, throw, have, make, give

organize or be responsible for

"hold a reception"

"have, throw, or make a party"

"give a course"

7. give, throw

convey or communicate of a smile, a look, a physical gesture

"Throw a glance"

"She gave me a dirty look"

8. give, gift, present

give as a present make a gift of

"What will you give her for her birthday?"

9. give, yield

cause to happen or be responsible for

"His two singles gave the team the victory"

10. give, pay, devote

dedicate

"give thought to"

"give priority to"

"pay attention to"

11. render, yield, return, give, generate

give or supply

"The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"

"This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"

"The estate renders some revenue for the family"

12. impart, leave, give, pass on

transmit (knowledge or skills

"give a secret to the Russians"

"leave your name and address here"

"impart a new skill to the students"

13. establish, give

bring about

"The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"

14. give

leave with give temporarily

"Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?"

"Can I give you the children for the weekend?"

15. give

emit or utter

"Give a gulp"

"give a yelp"

16. sacrifice, give

endure the loss of

"He gave his life for his children"

"I gave two sons to the war"

17. pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give

place into the hands or custody of

"hand me the spoon, please"

"Turn the files over to me, please"

"He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"

18. give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote

give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

"She committed herself to the work of God"

"give one's talents to a good cause"

"consecrate your life to the church"

19. give

give (as medicine

"I gave him the drug"

20. give, apply

give or convey physically

"She gave him First Aid"

"I gave him a punch in the nose"

21. give, render

bestow

"give homage"

"render thanks"

22. grant, give

bestow, especially officially

"grant a degree"

"give a divorce"

"This bill grants us new rights"

23. move over, give way, give, ease up, yield

move in order to make room for someone for something

"The park gave way to a supermarket"

"`Move over,' he told the crowd"

24. feed, give

give food to

"Feed the starving children in India"

"don't give the child this tough meat"

25. contribute, give, chip in, kick in

contribute to some cause

"I gave at the office"

26. collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder

break down, literally or metaphorically

"The wall collapsed"

"The business collapsed"

"The dam broke"

"The roof collapsed"

"The wall gave in"

"The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

27. give

estimate the duration or outcome of something

"He gave the patient three months to live"

"I gave him a very good chance at success"

28. give

execute and deliver

"Give bond"

29. give

deliver in exchange or recompense

"I'll give you three books for four CDs"

30. afford, open, give

afford access to

"the door opens to the patio"

"The French doors give onto a terrace"

31. give

present to view

"He gave the sign to start"

32. give

perform for an audience

"Pollini is giving another concert in New York"

33. give, yield

be flexible under stress of physical force

"This material doesn't give"

34. give

propose

"He gave the first of many toasts at the birthday party"

35. give

accord by verdict

"give a decision for the plaintiff"

36. give

manifest or show

"This student gives promise of real creativity"

"The office gave evidence of tampering"

37. give

offer in good faith

"He gave her his word"

38. give

submit for consideration, judgment, or use

"give one's opinion"

"give an excuse"

39. give

guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion

"You gave me to think that you agreed with me"

40. give

allow to have or take

"I give you two minutes to respond"

41. give

inflict as a punishment

"She gave the boy a good spanking"

"The judge gave me 10 years"

42. give

occur

"what gives?"

43. give

consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man

"She gave herself to many men"

44. give

proffer (a body part

"She gave her hand to her little sister"

"given" in the adjective sense

1. given, granted

acknowledged as a supposition

"given the engine's condition, it is a wonder that it started"

2. apt, disposed, given, minded, tending

usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward

"he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"

"I am not minded to answer any questions"

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Quotations for given

Long lent is not given. [ Proverb ]

Not a vanity is given in vain. [ Pope ]

I gaze upon the thousand stars
That fill the midnight sky;
And wish, so passionately wish,
A light like theirs on high.
I have such eagerness of hope
To benefit my kind;
I feel as if immortal power
Were given to my mind. [ Miss Landon ]

You plead after sentence given. [ Proverb ]

Wounds given to honor never heal. [ Corneille ]

To man, in this his trial state,
The privilege is given,
When tost by tides of human fate,
To anchor fast in heaven. [ Watts ]

A threatened blow is seldom given. [ Proverb ]

All my past life is mine no more,
The flying hours are gone
Like transitory dreams given over,
Whose images are kept in store,
By memory alone. [ Rochester ]

Alas! the praise given to the ear
Never was nor never can be sincere. [ Miss Landon ]

Vexation is rather taken than given. [ Proverb ]

A youth to whom was given
So much of earth, so much of heaven. [ Wordsworth ]

The counsels that are given in wine,
Will do no good to you or thine. [ Proverb ]

A father is a banker given by nature.

The envied have a brilliant fate;
Pity is given where griefs are great. [ Palladas ]

What skilful limner ever would choose
To paint the rainbow's varying hues.
Unless to mortal it were given
To dip his brush in dyes of heaven? [ Scott ]

Once taken is better than twice given. [ Proverb ]

The love of liberty with life is given. [ Dryden ]

True love's the gift which God has given
To man alone beneath the heaven;
It is not fantasy's hot fire,
Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly;
It liveth not in fierce desire,
With dead desire it doth not die;
It is the secret sympathy.
The silver link, the silken tie.
Which heart to heart, and mind to mind,
In body and in soul can bind. [ Walter Scott ]

'Tis heaven alone that is given away,
'Tis only God may be had for the asking. [ Lowell ]

A gift much expected is paid, not given. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

One gift well given recovers many losses. [ Proverb ]

She thought our good-night kiss was given.
And like a lily her life did close;
Angels uncurtain'd that repose,
And the next waking dawn'd in heaven. [ Gerald Massey ]

All foreign wisdom doth amount to this,
To take all that is given, whether wealth,
Or love, or language; nothing comes amiss;
A good digestion turneth all to health. [ Herbert ]

Vinegar given is better than honey bought. [ Arab. Proverb ]

A gift long waited for is sold, not given. [ Proverb ]

Good advice may be given, but manners not. [ Turkish Proverb ]

Nothing costs so much as what is given us. [ Proverb ]

Sweet is true love though given in vain,
And sweet is death that puts an end to pain. [ Alfred Tennyson ]

Lord, Lord, how this world is given to lying! [ William Shakespeare ]

Love lent me wings; my path was like a stair;
A lamp unto my feet, that sun was given;
And death was safety and great joy to find;
But dying now, I shall not climb to Heaven. [ Michael Angelo ]

Lo! the poor Indian, whose untutor'd mind
Sees God in clouds, or hears Him in the wind;
His soul proud science never taught to stray
Far as the solar walk or milky way;
Yet simple nature to his hope has given,
Behind the cloud-topt hills, a humbler heaven. [ Pope ]

Only once is it given us to live in the world. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

The learned is happy nature to explore,
The fool is happy that he knows no more;
The rich is happy in the plenty given.
The poor contents him with the care of Heaven. [ Pope ]

The promise is no sooner given than fulfilled. [ Ovid ]

A little given seasonably excuses a great gift. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

What matter though the scorn of fools be given,
If the path follow'd lead us on to heaven! [ Mrs. Hale ]

The charm of eloquence - the skill
To wake each secret string,
And from the bosom's chords at will
Life's mournful music bring;
The overmastering strength of mind, which sways
The haughty and the free,
Whose might earth's mightiest ones obey
This charm was given to thee. [ Mrs. Embury ]

Wife and children are hostages given to fortune. [ Proverb ]

Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals. [ Tacitus ]

Different good, by art or nature given,
To different nations, makes their blessings even. [ Goldsmith ]

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better. [ William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act III. Sc.1 ]

An apple may happen to be better given than eaten. [ Proverb ]

Cast no dirt into the well that hath given you water. [ Proverb ]

Speech has been given to man to disguise his thoughts. [ Talleyrand ]

Our esteem is apt to be given where we know the least. [ Michelet ]

Good advice can be given, a good name cannot be given. [ Turk. Proverb ]

While you look at what is given, look also at the giver. [ Seneca ]

Act well your given part; the choice rests not with you. [ Epictetus ]

Woman is the sweetest present that God has given to man. [ Guyard ]

Sympathising and selfish people are alike given to tears. [ Leigh Hunt ]

We easily hate those whom we have given cause to hate us. [ Mme. de Lussan ]

In love, what we take has greater price than what is given. [ J. Petit-Senn ]

When you have given me roast meat you beat me with the spit. [ Proverb ]

Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life. [ Pliny the Elder ]

God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another. [ William Shakespeare ]

A man's own heart must ever be given to gain that of another. [ Goldsmith ]

God has given to us eternal life; and this life is in His Son.

Well for him to whom God has given enough with a sparing hand. [ Horace ]

Silence has been given to woman to better express her thoughts. [ Desnoyers ]

The generous man pays for nothing so much as what is given him. [ Proverb ]

Finesse has been given to woman to compensate the force of man. [ Laclos ]

Loving souls are like paupers. They live on what is given them. [ Madame Swetchine ]

I pray not for the world, but for them which Thou hast given me. [ Bible ]

Nature has given us the seeds of knowledge, not knowledge itself. [ Seneca ]

When a lover gives, he demands - and much more than he has given. [ Parny ]

If what must be given is given willingly the kindness is doubled. [ Syrus ]

Whatever is given to the poor, is laid out of the reach of fortune. [ Proverb ]

Love is a beggar, who still begs when one has given him everything. [ Rochepedre ]

When a pig is given you, run presently for a string to lead it home. [ Proverb ]

We use up in the passions the stuff that was given us for happiness. [ Joubert ]

The curiosity of knowing things has been given to man for a scourge. [ Bible ]

O beautiful, awful summer day, what hast thou given, what taken away? [ Longfellow ]

Habits leave their impress upon the mind, even after they are given up. [ Spurgeon ]

How many have died without having given even one kiss to their chimera! [ T. Gautier ]

Friendship is given us by nature, , not to favor vice, but to aid virtue. [ Cicero ]

I thought I had given her rope enough, said Petley when he hanged his mare. [ Proverb ]

I have given suck, and know how tender it is to love the babe that milks me. [ William Shakespeare ]

If I had given four-pence for that advice, I had bought it a groat too dear. [ Proverb ]

One of the marks of a mediocrity of intellect is to be given to story-telling. [ La Bruyère ]

Land should be given to those who can use it, and tools to those who can use them. [ John Ruskin ]

All other goods by fortune's hand are given; a wife is the peculiar gift of heaven. [ Pope ]

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty. [ Seneca ]

Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life. [ Francois M. A. de Voltaire ]

Don't contend with words against wordy people; speech is given to all, wisdom to few. [ Cato ]

The weaknesses of women have been given them by nature to exercise the virtues of men. [ Mme. Necker ]

No sadder proof can be given by man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men. [ Carlyle ]

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men. [ Carlyle ]

Every man stamps his value on himself; the price we challenge for ourselves is given us. [ Johann C. F. Von Schiller ]

Let no man presume to give advice to others, that has not first given counsel to himself. [ Seneca ]

A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. [ Seneca ]

Children of wealth or want, to each is given One spot of green, and all the blue of heaven! [ O. W. Holmes ]

The censure of those that are opposed to us is the nicest commendation that can be given us. [ St. Evremond ]

The promise given was a necessity of the past; the word broken is a necessity of the present. [ Macchiavelli ]

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. [ Jesus ]

Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men. [ Schiller ]

Time has been given only for us to exchange each year of our life with the remembrance of truth. [ St. Martin ]

Sweet is the breath of praise when given by those whose own high merit claims the praise they give. [ Hannah More ]

Life may be given in many ways, and loyalty to truth be sealed as bravely in the closet as the field. [ Lowell ]

Had I not sinned, what had there been for thee to pardon? My fate has given thee the matter for mercy. [ Ovid ]

Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great if it be given with affection. [ Pindar ]

Commonsense has given to words their ordinary signification, and commonsense is the genius of mankind. [ Guizot ]

It is rare that, after having given the key of her heart, a woman does not change the lock the day after. [ Sainte-Beuve ]

The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinions of its young men under five-and-twenty. [ Goethe ]

We cannot fashion our children after our fancy. We must have them and love them as God has given them to us. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

In giving, a man receives more than he gives; and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given. [ George MacDonald ]

When malice is joined to envy, there is given forth poisonous and feculent matter, as ink from the cuttle-fish. [ Plutarch ]

Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment. [ Bishop Hall ]

Have a purpose is life, and having it, throw into your work such strength of mind and muscle as God has given you. [ Carlyle ]

Poetry has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and the beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me. [ Coleridge ]

Thou hast not what others have, and others want what has been given thee; out of such defect springs good-fellowship. [ Gellert ]

As his wife has been given to man as his best half, so night is the half of life, and by far the better part of life. [ Goethe ]

In matters of fact, they say there is some credit to be given to the testimony of men, but not in matters of judgment. [ Hooker ]

Literature happens to be the only occupation in which wages are not given in proportion to the goodness of the work done. [ Froude ]

Men live best upon a little; Nature has given to all the privilege of being happy, if they but knew how to use their gifts. [ Claudianus ]

Wealth hath never given happiness, but often hastened misery; enough hath never caused misery but often quickened happiness. [ Tupper ]

The Stomach is a slave that must accept everything that is given to it, but which avenges wrongs as slyly as the slave does. [ E. Souvestre ]

Were wisdom given me with this reservation, that I should keep it shut up within myself and not impart it, I would spurn it. [ Seneca ]

Happy the man to whom Heaven has given a morsel of bread without his being obliged to thank any other for it than Heaven itself. [ Cervantes ]

God hath given to mankind a common library, His creatures; to every man a proper book, himself being an abridgment of all others. [ T. Fuller ]

Where much is given, much shall be required. There are never privileges to enjoy without corresponding duties to fulfil in return. [ Phiiups Brooks ]

In honest truth, a name given to a man is no better than a skin given to him; what is not natively his own falls off and comes to nothing. [ Landor ]

Nature has given to women fortitude enough to resist a certain time, but not enough to resist completely the inclination which they cherish. [ Dorat ]

What is man but a symbol of God, and all that he does, if not symbolical, a revelation to sense of the mystic God-given force that is in him? [ Carlyle ]

Time is given us that we may take care for eternity; and eternity will not be too long to regret the loss of our time if we have misspent it. [ Fenelon ]

It is to teach us early in life how to think, and to excite our infantile imagination, that prudent Nature has given to women so much chit-chat. [ La Bruyere ]

Some decent, regulated pre-eminence, some preference (not exclusive appropriation) given to birth, is neither unnatural nor unjust nor impolitic. [ Burke ]

Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for defence, and for defence only; it is the safeguard of justice, and the security of innocence. [ Adam Smith ]

Given the books of a man, it is not difficult. I think, to detect therein the personality of the man, and the station in life to which he was born. [ Stoddard ]

Admiration must be continued by that novelty which first produces it; and how much soever is given, there must always be reason to imagine that more remains. [ Johnson ]

It is a characteristic of old age to find the progress of time accelerated. The less one accomplishes in a given time, the shorter does the retrospect appear. [ Wilhelm von Humboldt ]

Mathematics is the science which investigates the consequences which are logically deducible from any given or admitted relations between magnitudes or numbers. [ T. Galloway ]

Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me. [ S. T. Coleridge ]

Music is the art of the prophets, the only art that can calm the agitation of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us. [ M. Luther ]

If the deepest and best affections which God has given us sometimes brood over the heart like doves of peace, - they sometimes suck out our life-blood like vampires. [ Mrs. Jameson ]

Who in the same given time can produce more than many others, has vigor; who can produce more and better, has talents; who can produce what none else can, has genius. [ Lavater ]

When I think back on all the blessings I have been given in my life, I can't think of a single one, unless you count that rattlesnake that granted me all those wishes. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

God has given us wit and flavour, and brightness and laughter, and perfumes to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to charm his pained steps over the burning marl. [ Sydney Smith ]

Nature has given to each one all that as a man he needs, which it is the business of education to develop, if, as most frequently happens, it does not develop better of itself. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

The last word should be the last word. It is like a finishing touch given to color; there is nothing more to add. But what precaution is needed in order not to put the last word first [ Joubert ]

He was given to flights of oratory that way - a very dangerous thing, for often the wings which take one into clouds of oratorical enthusiasm are wax and melt up there, and down you come. [ Mark Twain, Educations and Citizenship ]

There is a species of ferocity in rejecting indiscriminately all kinds of praises; we should be accessible to those which are given to us by good people, who praise in us sincerely praiseworthy things. [ Bruyere ]

Some persons will tell you, with an air of the miraculous, that they recovered although they were given over; whereas they might with more reason have said, they recovered because they were given over. [ Colton ]

There is a burden of care in getting riches, fear in keeping them, temptation in using them, guilt in abusing them, sorrow in losing them, and a burden of account at last to be given up concerning them. [ Matthew Henry ]

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindnesses and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart, and secure comfort. [ Sir Humphry Davy ]

Men and communities in this world are often in the position of Arctic explorers, who are making great speed in a given direction, while the ice-floe beneath them is making greater speed in the opposite. [ John Burroughs ]

People seldom read a book which is given to them; and few are given. The way to spread a work is to sell it at a low price. No man will send to buy a thing that costs even sixpence without an intention to read it. [ Johnson ]

A talisman that shall turn base metal into precious, Nature acknowledges not; but a talisman to turn base souls into noble, Nature has given us; and that is a philosopher's stone, but it is a stone which the builders refuse. [ John Ruskin ]

Ideas are, like matter, infinitely divisible. It is not given to us to get down, so to speak, to their final atoms, but to their molecular groupings the way is never ending, and the progress infinitely delightful and profitable. [ Bovee ]

Try for yourselves what you can read in half-an-hour, ... and consider what treasures you might have laid by at the end of the year; and what happiness, fortitude and wisdom they would have given you during all the days of your life. [ John Morley ]

To one given to day-dreaming, and fond of losing himself in reveries, a sea-voyage is full of subjects for meditation; but then they are the wonders of the deep and of the air, and rather tend to abstract the mind from worldly themes. [ W. Irving ]

Every man stamps his value on himself. The price we challenge for ourselves is given us. There does not live on earth the man, be his station what it may, that I despise myself compared with him. Man is made great or little by his own will. [ Schiller ]

Music is God's best gift to man, the only art of heaven given to earth, the only art of earth that we take to heaven. But music, like all our gifts, is given us in the germ. It is for us to unfold and develop it by instruction and cultivation. [ Charles W. Landon ]

He that gives all, though but little, gives much; because God looks not to the quantity of the gift, but to the quality of the givers; he that desires to give more than he can hath equaled his gift to his desire, and hath given more than he hath. [ Quarles ]

Let him speak of his own deeds, and not of those of his forefathers. High birth is mere accident, and not a virtue; for if reason had controlled birth, and given empire only to the worthy, perhaps Arbaces would have been Xerxes, and Xerxes Arbaces. [ Metastasio ]

A man takes contradiction and advice much more easily than people think, only he will not bear it when violently given, even though it be well founded. Hearts are flowers; they remain open to the softly falling dew, but shut up in the violent downpour of rain. [ Richter ]

Heaven may have happiness as utterly unknown to us as the gift of perfect vision would be to a man born blind. If we consider the inlets of pleasure from five senses only, we may be sure that the same Being who created us could have given us five hundred, if He had pleased. [ Colton ]

To act with commonsense, according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know; and the best philosophy, to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot, bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it whatever it is, and despise affectation. [ Horace Walpole ]

Was man made to disdain the gifts of nature? Was he placed on earth but to gather bitter fruits? For whom are the flowers the gods cause to bloom at the feet of mortals? It pleases Providence when we abandon ourselves to the different inclinations that He has given us: our duties come from His laws, and our desires from His inspirations.

Often a nosegay of wild flowers, which was to us, as village children, a grove of pleasure, has in after years of manhood, and in the town, given us by its old perfume, an indescribable transport back into godlike childhood; and how, like a flower goddess, it has raised us into the first embracing Aurora clouds of our first dim feelings! [ Richter ]

Vulgar habit people have nowadays of asking one, after one has given them an idea, whether one is serious or not. Nothing is serious except passion. The intellect is an instrument on which one plays, that is all. The only serious form of intellect is the British intellect. And on the British form of intellect the illiterates play the drum. [ Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance ]

The maxim of Cleobulus, Mediocrity is best, has been long considered a universal principle, extending through the whole compass of life and nature. The experience of every age seems to have given it new confirmation, and to show that nothing, however specious or alluring, is pursued with propriety or enjoyed with safety beyond certain limits. [ Dr. Johnson ]

Who is there who has not experienced that often a nosegay of wild flowers, which was to us as village children a grove of pleasure, has in after years of manhood, and in the town, given us. by its old perfume an indescribable transport back into godlike childhood; and how, like a flower-goddess, it has raised us into the first embracing Aurora-clouds of our first dim feelings? [ Richter ]

Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such: it is an accident, not a property, of a man; like light, it can give little or nothing, but at most may show what is given; often it is but a false glare, dazzling the eyes of the vulgar, lending, by casual extrinsic splendour, the brightness and manifold glance of the diamond to pebbles of no value. [ Carlyle ]

A woman at middle age retains nothing of the pettiness of youth; she is a friend who gives you all the feminine delicacies, who displays all the graces, all the prepossessions which Nature has given to woman to please man, but who no longer sells these qualities. She is hateful or lovable, according to her pretensions to youth, whether they exist under the epidermis or whether they are dead. [ Balzac ]

O God, whom the world misjudges, and whom everything declares! listen to the last words that my lips pronounce! If I have wandered, it was in seeking Thy law. My heart may go astray, but it is full of Thee! I see, without alarm, eternity appear; and I can not think that a God who has given me life, that a God who has poured so many blessings on my days, will, now that my days are done, torment me for ever! [ The last prayer of Voltaire ]

Do you wish to become rich? You may become rich, that is, if you desire it in no half way, but thoroughly. A miser sacrifices all to his single passion; hoards farthings and dies possessed of wealth. Do you wish to master any science or accomplishment? Give yourself to it and it lies beneath your feet. Time and pains will do anything. This world is given as the prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world is truer still of the world to come. [ F. W. Robertson ]

Greatness is not a teachable nor gainable thing, but the expression of the mind of a God-made man: teach, or preach, or labour as you will, everlasting difference is set between one man's capacity and another's; and this God-given supremacy is the priceless thing, always just as rare in the world at one time as another.... And nearly the best thing that men can generally do is to set themselves, not to the attainment, but the discovery of this: learning to know gold, when we see it, from iron-glance, and diamond from flint-sand, being for most of us a more profitable employment than trying to make diamonds of our own charcoal. [ John Ruskin ]

given in Scrabble®

The word given is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters given:

VEIN
(33)
GIVEN
(33)
VINE
(33)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word given

GIVEN
(33)
GIVEN
(30)
GIVEN
(30)
GIVEN
(30)
GIVEN
(27)
GIVEN
(27)
GIVEN
(27)
GIVEN
(26)
GIVEN
(22)
GIVEN
(22)
GIVEN
(22)
GIVEN
(20)
GIVEN
(20)
GIVEN
(18)
GIVEN
(18)
GIVEN
(18)
GIVEN
(18)
GIVEN
(18)
GIVEN
(17)
GIVEN
(15)
GIVEN
(15)
GIVEN
(14)
GIVEN
(13)
GIVEN
(12)
GIVEN
(11)
GIVEN
(11)
GIVEN
(11)
GIVEN
(10)
GIVEN
(10)
GIVEN
(9)

The 168 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In given

VEIN
(33)
GIVEN
(33)
VINE
(33)
GIVEN
(30)
GIVEN
(30)
GIVEN
(30)
GIVE
(30)
GIVEN
(27)
GIVE
(27)
GIVEN
(27)
GIVEN
(27)
GIVEN
(26)
NEVI
(24)
GIVE
(24)
GIVE
(24)
GIVE
(24)
GIVE
(24)
VINE
(24)
NEVI
(24)
VEIN
(24)
GIVEN
(22)
VINE
(22)
GIVEN
(22)
GIVEN
(22)
VEIN
(22)
NEVI
(21)
VINE
(21)
VEIN
(21)
NEVI
(21)
VINE
(21)
VEIN
(21)
VEIN
(21)
VEIN
(21)
VINE
(21)
NEVI
(21)
NEVI
(21)
VINE
(21)
GIVEN
(20)
GIVEN
(20)
GIVE
(20)
GIVEN
(18)
GIVEN
(18)
VIE
(18)
VIE
(18)
GIVEN
(18)
VIE
(18)
GIVEN
(18)
GIVEN
(18)
GIVE
(18)
GIVEN
(17)
NEVI
(16)
GIVE
(16)
GIVE
(16)
GIVE
(16)
GIVE
(16)
GIVE
(16)
VEIN
(16)
VINE
(16)
NEVI
(16)
VEIN
(15)
NEVI
(15)
VINE
(15)
GIVEN
(15)
GIVEN
(15)
NEVI
(14)
NEVI
(14)
VEIN
(14)
NEVI
(14)
NEVI
(14)
VINE
(14)
VEIN
(14)
VEIN
(14)
VINE
(14)
VEIN
(14)
VINE
(14)
VINE
(14)
VIE
(14)
GIVEN
(14)
GIVE
(14)
GIVEN
(13)
GIVE
(12)
GIN
(12)
VEIN
(12)
NEVI
(12)
VIE
(12)
GIN
(12)
VIE
(12)
VINE
(12)
GIN
(12)
GIVEN
(12)
GIVE
(12)
VIE
(12)
GIVEN
(11)
VEIN
(11)
NEVI
(11)
VINE
(11)
GIVEN
(11)
GIVEN
(11)
VIE
(11)
GIVE
(10)
GIVE
(10)
GIVE
(10)
GIVEN
(10)
GIVEN
(10)
GIVE
(10)
VIE
(10)
VEIN
(9)
GIVEN
(9)
VEIN
(9)
VEIN
(9)
VINE
(9)
NEVI
(9)
VEIN
(9)
VINE
(9)
VINE
(9)
GIVE
(9)
VINE
(9)
NEVI
(9)
NEVI
(9)
GIVE
(9)
NEVI
(9)
VEIN
(8)
VINE
(8)
VINE
(8)
VIE
(8)
VIE
(8)
NEVI
(8)
GIN
(8)
GIN
(8)
NEVI
(8)
GIN
(8)
NEVI
(8)
VINE
(8)
GIN
(8)
VEIN
(8)
VEIN
(8)
GIVE
(8)
GIN
(7)
VIE
(7)
NEVI
(7)
VINE
(7)
VIE
(7)
VEIN
(7)
IN
(6)
VIE
(6)
GIN
(6)
EN
(6)
EN
(6)
IN
(6)
GIN
(6)
GIN
(6)
GIN
(5)
GIN
(5)
IN
(4)
IN
(4)
GIN
(4)
IN
(4)
EN
(4)
EN
(4)
IN
(4)
EN
(4)
EN
(4)
IN
(3)
EN
(3)
IN
(3)
EN
(3)
IN
(2)
EN
(2)

given in Words With Friends™

The word given is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters given:

VEIN
(57)
VINE
(57)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word given

GIVEN
(54)
GIVEN
(48)
GIVEN
(48)
GIVEN
(42)
GIVEN
(42)
GIVEN
(36)
GIVEN
(36)
GIVEN
(36)
GIVEN
(36)
GIVEN
(32)
GIVEN
(30)
GIVEN
(28)
GIVEN
(28)
GIVEN
(26)
GIVEN
(26)
GIVEN
(26)
GIVEN
(24)
GIVEN
(24)
GIVEN
(24)
GIVEN
(24)
GIVEN
(24)
GIVEN
(22)
GIVEN
(22)
GIVEN
(20)
GIVEN
(20)
GIVEN
(19)
GIVEN
(19)
GIVEN
(17)
GIVEN
(17)
GIVEN
(16)
GIVEN
(16)
GIVEN
(15)
GIVEN
(15)
GIVEN
(14)
GIVEN
(14)
GIVEN
(14)
GIVEN
(14)
GIVEN
(13)
GIVEN
(13)
GIVEN
(12)

The 192 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In given

VEIN
(57)
VINE
(57)
GIVEN
(54)
GIVEN
(48)
GIVE
(48)
GIVEN
(48)
GIVEN
(42)
GIVEN
(42)
VEIN
(39)
NEVI
(39)
GIVEN
(36)
GIVE
(36)
GIVEN
(36)
GIVEN
(36)
GIVEN
(36)
VINE
(33)
NEVI
(33)
GIVEN
(32)
GIVEN
(30)
GIVE
(30)
GIVE
(30)
GIVE
(30)
GIVE
(30)
GIVEN
(28)
GIVEN
(28)
VEIN
(28)
VINE
(28)
VINE
(27)
VEIN
(27)
NEVI
(27)
NEVI
(27)
NEVI
(27)
NEVI
(27)
VEIN
(27)
VEIN
(27)
VEIN
(27)
VINE
(27)
VINE
(27)
VINE
(27)
GIVEN
(26)
GIVE
(26)
GIVEN
(26)
GIVEN
(26)
GIVE
(26)
GIVEN
(24)
GIVEN
(24)
GIVEN
(24)
GIVEN
(24)
GIVEN
(24)
NEVI
(23)
VINE
(23)
GIVE
(22)
NEVI
(22)
VEIN
(22)
GIVEN
(22)
GIVEN
(22)
VIE
(21)
VIE
(21)
VEIN
(21)
VIE
(21)
GIVEN
(20)
GIVE
(20)
VINE
(20)
NEVI
(20)
GIVE
(20)
GIVE
(20)
GIVE
(20)
GIVE
(20)
GIVEN
(20)
VINE
(19)
GIVEN
(19)
VEIN
(19)
VIE
(19)
NEVI
(19)
GIVEN
(19)
NEVI
(18)
VEIN
(18)
GIN
(18)
VEIN
(18)
VINE
(18)
NEVI
(18)
NEVI
(18)
GIVE
(18)
VINE
(18)
VEIN
(18)
VINE
(18)
GIN
(18)
GIN
(18)
VINE
(18)
NEVI
(18)
VEIN
(18)
VIE
(17)
GIVEN
(17)
GIVEN
(17)
NEVI
(16)
GIN
(16)
VINE
(16)
VEIN
(16)
GIVE
(16)
GIVEN
(16)
GIVEN
(16)
VEIN
(15)
GIVE
(15)
VINE
(15)
VEIN
(15)
GIVEN
(15)
GIVEN
(15)
GIVEN
(14)
GIVE
(14)
VEIN
(14)
GIVEN
(14)
GIVE
(14)
VIE
(14)
GIVEN
(14)
VIE
(14)
GIVEN
(14)
VINE
(14)
NEVI
(14)
VIE
(14)
VINE
(13)
NEVI
(13)
VEIN
(13)
GIVE
(13)
VIE
(13)
GIVEN
(13)
GIVEN
(13)
NEVI
(13)
VINE
(13)
VIE
(12)
VEIN
(12)
GIVE
(12)
GIN
(12)
GIVE
(12)
GIN
(12)
GIVE
(12)
NEVI
(12)
GIN
(12)
GIN
(12)
GIVEN
(12)
NEVI
(11)
VINE
(11)
NEVI
(11)
VEIN
(11)
VEIN
(11)
VINE
(11)
GIVE
(11)
GIN
(11)
VINE
(11)
NEVI
(11)
VINE
(11)
VEIN
(11)
NEVI
(11)
GIVE
(11)
VEIN
(10)
GIN
(10)
VINE
(10)
NEVI
(10)
NEVI
(10)
GIVE
(10)
VINE
(10)
VEIN
(10)
VIE
(9)
IN
(9)
EN
(9)
EN
(9)
NEVI
(9)
VINE
(9)
VEIN
(9)
VIE
(9)
GIN
(9)
IN
(9)
GIN
(8)
GIN
(8)
VIE
(8)
VIE
(8)
GIN
(7)
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(7)
VIE
(7)
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(7)
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(6)
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(6)
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(6)
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(6)
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(6)
IN
(5)
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(5)
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(5)
EN
(5)
IN
(4)
EN
(4)
IN
(3)
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(3)

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en

give

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forgiven forgiveness

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