givenness
givenness · givennesses
The fact of being given or posited in an argument, hypothesis etcThe fact of being given or posited in an argument, hypothesis etc.
US/ɡˈɪvənəs/
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The fact of being given or posited in an argument, hypothesis etc.
(countable, uncountable)The quality of being given; existence.
More definitions
- the quality of being granted as a supposition; of being acknowledged or assumed
Origin
From given + -ness.From given + -ness.
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Forms
plural: givennesses| Singular | givenness |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedgiven
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.