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BE GIVEN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
Example:
He inclined to corpulence
Synonyms:
be given; incline; lean; run; tend
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "be given" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "be given"):
take kindly to (be willing or inclined to accept)
suffer (be given to)
gravitate (move toward)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Context examples:
In the first place, no reason could be given why the young man should have fastened the door upon the inside.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I confess that I delighted in this beating Leach was giving to Thomas Mugridge, though it was as terrible, almost, as the one Mugridge had caused to be given to Johnson.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Chemotherapy or radiation therapy may be given before surgery to shrink the tumor or after surgery to kill any cancer cells that remain.
(Curative surgery, NCI Dictionary)
Oxygen may also be given to help the patient breathe and drugs that relieve pain may be given at the same time.
(Deep sedation, NCI Dictionary)
This allows higher doses of paclitaxel to be given.
(Paclitaxel-loaded polymeric micelle, NCI Dictionary)
It may be given through a nose tube, a mask, or a tent.
(Oxygen Therapy, NCI Dictionary)
It may also be given through a small tube that is put into the stomach or intestinal tract through an opening made on the outside of the abdomen.
(Nutritional Supplement Drink, NCI Dictionary)
It may be used to kill cancer cells directly, or it may be given as a cancer vaccine to stimulate the body’s immune system.
(NDV, NCI Dictionary)
Partial-breast irradiation may be given using internal or external sources of radiation.
(Partial-breast irradiation, NCI Dictionary)
During active surveillance, patients will be given certain exams and tests done on a regular schedule.
(Patient Observation, NCI Dictionary)
