be given

Questions about be given

What does be given mean?

be given means "have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined".

What is another word for be given?

Close synonyms include tend, lean, incline, run. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is be given a common word?

be given is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.