How native speakers pronounce “given”

is our animals are all blissfully unaware of the thousands of eyes on them at any given time. Not being open to the public means that our animals are less stressed

The Wildlife Sanctuary You Can Visit from Anywhere | Maya Higa | TED · TED

And in pretty much every system, too, there's a hierarchy within the arts. Art and music are normally given a higher status in schools than drama and dance.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

some of the most successful musical theater productions in history, she's given pleasure to millions, and she's a multimillionaire.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

I made it just in time, but they had given away my seat to someone else, so I got stuck in the back of the plane, next to the bathrooms,

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

most found it hard when given the option almost half found it so hard that they chose to

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But I lacked the courage to bolt. I decided that given the circumstances, the only thing I could do

The Love of My Life (and Why I Need to Share It with You) | Ann Patchett | TED · TED

your computer or phone is a single thread. At any given moment, you are holding countless threads which range in quality

The Love of My Life (and Why I Need to Share It with You) | Ann Patchett | TED · TED

as a TED prize recipient, given a chance to make a wish big enough to change the world. So what was that wish?

We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | Sylvia A. Earle | TED · TED

was the protocol that the chemotherapy doctors had given her that day. She had memorized it.

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

a 70% reduction in one district. Now, given these tremendous benefits, you might think, well, this is a no brainer, right?

What lack of sleep does to the teenage brain - Wendy Troxel

Honestly, this is my first time using PowerPoint. I've given hundreds of speeches -- (Laughter)

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

and then the opportunity to thrive. And this opportunity was given to us by people who believe in humanity, people who never gave up on human values, even against all odds,

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

I mean, a few decades ago. And today we are given the opportunity to give that contribution for peace.

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

because resilience oftentimes is not just about surviving. It's also about thriving after you're given the chance to survive. And this is the story of Kosovo.

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

at the Vatican, which was an award previously given to Pope John Paul II. What does that tell us about what's still possible?

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

the King asked him one last question. "Given your prophetic abilities, tell me, how long will you live?" Not missing a beat, the astrologer replied,

Beware the Power of Prediction | Carissa Véliz | TED · TED

it’s not due to increased stress. And given the opportunity, they can sleep comfortably on their own delayed schedule.

What causes insomnia? - Dan Kwartler

Milner's findings, along with work by Eric Kandel in the 90's, have given us our current model of how this consolidation process works. Sensory data is initially transcribed

The benefits of a good night's sleep - Shai Marcu

Look at my friend Warren Buffett. He's already given more away, in today's dollars, than he still has.

The Problem with Billionaires — and the Debut of True Net Worth | Randall Lane | TED · TED

Next, let's advocate for policies that support a family of one. Sweden's social safety net is given to all citizens individually. Universal health care,

Stop Telling Single People to Get Married | Peter McGraw | TED · TED

What if I told you that's because we've been given the wrong advice our whole lives? What if I told you there's another way,

What Successful Negotiators Do Differently | Kathryn Valentine | TED · TED

Some of the friends that I spoke to had this friendship occupy the space that's conventionally given to a romantic partner. Some had this kind of friendship and a romantic partner.

Why Friendship Can Be Just As Meaningful as Romantic Love | Rhaina Cohen | TED · TED

She spent so much time with her friend's kids that she was given car seats for them. She's also divorced and tried to find a new spouse

Why Friendship Can Be Just As Meaningful as Romantic Love | Rhaina Cohen | TED · TED

Here's the way I think about this. At any given moment, we humans have two choices or two spirals that are available to us.

The Benefits of Not Being a Jerk to Yourself | Dan Harris | TED · TED

Marriage was an economic institution in which you were given a partnership for life in terms of children and social status

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

Give me predictability, give me surprise. And we think it's a given, and toys and lingerie are going to save us with that.

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

in a remote environment or at all? So here's the advice I would have given 22-year-old me who was fumbling to make connections.

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

long-term weight maintenance may simply be unattainable given the current treatments available. Although individual health behaviors

Olivia Affuso: 3 ways community creates a healthy life | TED · TED

Now I wouldn't necessarily ask for more stressful experiences in my life, but this science has given me a whole new appreciation for stress. Stress gives us access to our hearts.

How to Make Stress Your Friend | Kelly McGonigal | TED · TED

of assumption, particularly given the circumstance that I'm in right now in my career. Which is -- you know, like check it out,

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

But also you have three small children. And those three small children haven't given you a moment alone in quite some time.

How to Do Laundry When You're Depressed | KC Davis | TED · TED

it will also make you tired and sleepy. But given this precise synchronization between internal or biological time and external time or environmental time,

Why Daylight Is the Secret to Great Sleep | Christine Blume | TED · TED

you will subconsciously change your posture once the horse has given the correct 18 taps. So Hans couldn't do math,

How to Get Inside the "Brain" of AI | Alona Fyshe | TED · TED

But there's a catch. Your entire legacy of evolution is given to you through your DNA, and your DNA is only about 700 megabytes,

Can AI Match the Human Brain? | Surya Ganguli | TED · TED

For example, what are the fundamental limits on the speed and accuracy of any given computation, given an energy budget?

Can AI Match the Human Brain? | Surya Ganguli | TED · TED

on the speed and accuracy of any given computation, given an energy budget? And what kinds of electrochemical computers can achieve

Can AI Match the Human Brain? | Surya Ganguli | TED · TED

Well, we developed methods, explainable AI methods, to take any given stimulus that causes a neuron to fire, and we carve out the essential subcircuit responsible for that firing,

Can AI Match the Human Brain? | Surya Ganguli | TED · TED

and a funniness score from over a million judgments is given for all the captions. Now overall, I’m against mob rule,

Can AI Master the Art of Humor? | Bob Mankoff | TED · TED

And in fact, companies will oftentimes consider 15, 20 or even 30 diseases for a given drug, but they have to pick the one or two to focus on.

How Nearly Dying Helped Me Discover My Own Cure (and Many More) | David Fajgenbaum | TED · TED

we could witness their extinction in our lifetime. Because of this, many people have already given up. They see the problem as just too big and the progress too slow.

A New Lifeline for the World’s Coral Reefs | Theresa Fyffe | TED · TED

They see the problem as just too big and the progress too slow. But I haven't given up. And I'm here to tell you why you shouldn't give up either.

A New Lifeline for the World’s Coral Reefs | Theresa Fyffe | TED · TED

there is still time. These corals haven't given up. They are still resilient.

A New Lifeline for the World’s Coral Reefs | Theresa Fyffe | TED · TED

They can regenerate. So if the corals haven't given up, how can we?

A New Lifeline for the World’s Coral Reefs | Theresa Fyffe | TED · TED

ES: I will not be able to catch you. And I've given you the tools to reinvent the world and in particular, destroy me.

The AI Revolution Is Underhyped | Eric Schmidt | TED · TED

why it's important, and given you a glimpse of how it might work. But first I need to set the scene.

How to Stop AI from Killing Your Critical Thinking | Advait Sarkar | TED · TED

We experience something that's valuable to us. Something is given to us that's valuable to us. And it's really given.

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

Something is given to us that's valuable to us. And it's really given. These two things have to come together.

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

You haven't traded it in. You haven't worked for it. It's just given to you. And when these two things come together,

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

And when these two things come together, something that's really valuable to me and I realize it's freely given, then gratefulness spontaneously rises in my heart,

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

By experiencing, by becoming aware that every moment is a given moment, as we say. It's a gift. You haven't earned it.

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

You have no way of assuring that there will be another moment given to you, and yet, that's the most valuable thing that can ever be given to us,

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

that there will be another moment given to you, and yet, that's the most valuable thing that can ever be given to us, this moment, with all the opportunity that it contains.

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

and this moment is a gift. It's a given moment, as we say. Now, we say the gift within this gift is really the opportunity.

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

What you are really grateful for is the opportunity, not the thing that is given to you, because if that thing were somewhere else

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

and if you miss the opportunity of this moment, another moment is given to us, and another moment. We can avail ourselves of this opportunity,

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

But I didn't say we can be grateful for everything. I said we can be grateful in every given moment for the opportunity,

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

we can rise to this occasion and respond to the opportunity that is given to us. It isn't as bad as it might seem.

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

you find that most of the time, what is given to us is the opportunity to enjoy, and we only miss it because we are rushing through life

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

But once in a while, something very difficult is given to us, and when this difficult thing occurs to us,

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

It may be to stand up for your opinion, to stand up for your conviction. That's an opportunity that is given to us. To learn, to suffer, to stand up,

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

To learn, to suffer, to stand up, all these opportunities are given to us, but they are opportunities,

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

You open all your senses for this wonderful richness that is given to us. There is no end to it, and that is what life is all about,

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

There is no end to it, and that is what life is all about, to enjoy, to enjoy what is given to us. And then we can also open our hearts,

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

that you don't know anyone who's actively dying. But given the times we're in, that may well not be the case. No matter what,

The Profound Power of Gratitude and "Living Eulogies" | Andrea Driessen | TED · TED

your dreams, your aspirations. And given what the world has been throwing at you, that might be a good time to refresh your knowledge.

How to Set the Right Goals and Stay Motivated | Ayelet Fishbach | TED · TED

And until this point, I had given approximately zero thought to coffee cup lids. But I loved talking to this inventor, Doug Fleming,

My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | A.J. Jacobs

And Sally says, "I've given my life to writing novels. I don't know whether they are good" --

The Case for Making Art When the World Is on Fire | Amie McNee | TED · TED

I liked the way things were before." CA: But in principle, you can calculate from any given prompt how much ... there should be some way of being able to calculate

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

you know, magic moment of, “We finished.” But given that what looks like is going to happen is that the models are just going to get smarter and more capable

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

SA: I do. CA: "Sam, given that you're helping create technology that could reshape the destiny of our entire species,

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

Which is, with our new image model, we've given users much more freedom on what we would traditionally think about as speech harms.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

So one thing that we learned is loving, thriving relationships is not unconditional or a given. When was the last time that you went out of your way for your partner?

The 6 Essential Ingredients of Loving Relationships | Sara Nasserzadeh | TED · TED

than the technological build not surprising given how extraordinary the technology is and just how much money is

The Biggest Global Risks for 2025 | TED Explains the World with Ian Bremmer · TED

because the fact is that, say, a given artist could easily be displaced by AI able to do much more -- CC: No, no, no.

Can Big Tech and Privacy Coexist? | Carole Cadwalladr and Chris Anderson | TED · TED

you kind of experience that at a closer level. So my dad was kind of given this, I would say hero role, like, you're the parent that's going to save us from --

A Filmmaker + a Therapist on People-Pleasing | TED Intersections · TED

But if you give them this old drug that was developed to be given to patients on chemotherapy, it can help to get that vitamin folate into their brain.

How Do You Turn Setbacks Into Motivation? A Doctor + A Trauma Specialist Answer | TED Intersections · TED

the kids were asked these are kids 8 to 12 um given the choice of how to hang out or play with your friends.

How to Raise Confident Kids in an Age of Anxiety | Lenore Skenazy | TED · TED

that more of us are connected to than love. Yet, given its central importance in our lives, isn't it interesting that we're never explicitly taught how to love?

The difference between healthy and unhealthy love | Katie Hood | TED · TED

As you'd expect, most of our content is pretty serious, given the subject at hand, but today I'm going to use one of our more light-hearted

The difference between healthy and unhealthy love | Katie Hood | TED · TED

Or this could look like government-issued ID cards for robots, but they're individually given permissions. This is like where they can go, what they can do,

My Year Living with a Robot | Emily Kate Genatowski | TED · TED

It's very narrow, particular words, not really general enough. CA: Given that the stakes are so high in this, what do you see actually happening out there right now?

The Urgent Risks of Runaway AI — and What to Do about Them | Gary Marcus | TED · TED

And they know that everyone else building AI also believes that. And so what's the rational thing for them to do given those facts? It’s to race as fast as possible.

Why AI Is Our Ultimate Test and Greatest Invitation | Tristan Harris | TED · TED

It's like, the sort of, breathtaking acceleration. Are you sure that given the pace at which those things are going, each next level seems to be bringing with it

Why AI Is Incredibly Smart and Shockingly Stupid | Yejin Choi | TED · TED

she never had to intervene. She had given them enough while she was here. The final act then of the truly brave

To Love Is to Be Brave | Kelly Corrigan | TED · TED

carrying the weight of roles I had dreamed of but not yet been given. My body was in agony.

The Roots of Resilience | Misty Copeland | TED · TED

that the average person can expect to live in a given place at a given time. One hundred years ago, as best as we can measure,

Steven Johnson: How humanity doubled life expectancy in a century | TED · TED

And I think we should say, given everything that's happening in the world, we should point out that, you know,

Steven Johnson: How humanity doubled life expectancy in a century | TED · TED

everything I loved about ballet, the beauty, the discipline, the stability it had given me was turned against me.

The Roots of Resilience | Misty Copeland | TED · TED

back when showing up despite setbacks felt impossible. I was given the opportunity to perform the Swan Queen, the lead role in "Swan Lake,"

The Roots of Resilience | Misty Copeland | TED · TED

was not a problem, given the existing regulations of the day. The only thing that the FDA was really interested in

Steven Johnson: How humanity doubled life expectancy in a century | TED · TED

But these are not in our balance sheets. Why haven't we given ourselves the challenge to value life? The second tool for hope

Your Inner Fire Is Your Greatest Strength | Xiye Bastida | TED · TED

And I was at a crossroads, because acting for me has been more than a career. It's given me permission to explore my fantasies. I feel like I gain another level of empathy

Let Curiosity Lead | Yara Shahidi | TED · TED

We're thinking, you know, would anyone really find that useful given that it does this and that? And we would want them to improve those things first,

How AI Is Unlocking the Secrets of Nature and the Universe | Demis Hassabis | TED · TED

This is a story that's still unfolding. Nothing should be accepted as a given. We all must choose what we create.

What Is an AI Anyway? | Mustafa Suleyman | TED · TED

The language guides our reasoning about events. Now, I've given you a few examples of how language can profoundly shape the way we think,

How Language Shapes the Way We Think | Lera Boroditsky | TED · TED

Only research done out of sheer curiosity, with no application in mind, could have given us the discovery of the electron and X-rays. Now, this tube also threw open the gates for our understanding of the universe

The case for curiosity-driven research | Suzie Sheehy

Now, what is even more interesting is that which oncRNAs I see in a given sample is not random. It's actually tied back to the type or subtype of cancer

What If a Simple Blood Test Could Detect Cancer? | Hani Goodarzi | TED · TED

and on particle physicists "being sad." Given the tone of the coverage, you'd think that we had decided to shut down the LHC and go home.

How we explore unanswered questions in physics | James Beacham

we should give to our current epoch, given how pervasive human influence has been over it. Now, it's still just a proposed epoch, but I think it's a helpful way

Nature is everywhere -- we just need to learn to see it | Emma Marris

Identity politics always works on two fronts: to give pride to people who have a given condition or characteristic, and to cause the outside world to treat such people

How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are | Andrew Solomon