pregiven adjective 3noun 1forms 2 adjective3 •Provided beforehand; present at the start.For Schmitt, such a conception is contradictory, since he believes that in democracy such a will has to be pregiven at the outset and cannot be the product of discussion. — 2002 •Existing in the world, as opposed to arising from human apprehension.We therefore arrive at the realization that Aristotle conceived of the truth of a-synthetic wholes as pregiven in the same sense; they, as such, are therefore always actual. — 2012 •Naturally occurring, as opposed to being socially constructed. noun1 •That which is actual, as opposed to our concepts or apprehension of the world.We live and are conscious against a background of the pregiven. — 2006 formsmore pregiven · most pregiven
