granted

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/ˈɡɹæntɪd/

adv 1adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

good

He took his good health for granted until he got sick last year.

VERB + GRANTED

oil, take, taken, took

We took his help for granted until he moved away and we missed him.

GRANTED + NOUN

liberty, privilege, professor, slaves, students, television

The students were granted permission to leave class early on Friday afternoon.

ADV.

usually

She usually takes her parents for granted, even though they help her every single day.

Definitions

adv

Used to concede a point or to express acknowledgment or awareness, often before stating some contrasting or competing information; used as an expression of respect to the point in question.

He's a good student and usually does well. Granted, he did fail that one test, but I think there were good reasons for that.

"You haven't been a very good father." "Granted."

adj

used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argument

Granted that he has done nothing wrong, he should be set free.

Granted the lack of evidence, we can make no such conclusion.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — acknowledged as a supposition

given

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

take for granted

To assume something to be true without verification or proof.

Let it be considered a delicate intimation on the part of the historian that he is going back to the town in which Oliver Twist was born; the reader taking it for granted that ther

Example Bank

He's a good student and usually does well. Granted, he did fail that one test, but I think there were good reasons for that.

Wiktionary

"You haven't been a very good father." "Granted."

Wiktionary

Granted that he has done nothing wrong, he should be set free.

Wiktionary

Granted the lack of evidence, we can make no such conclusion.

Wiktionary

I take it for granted that you will join.

Tatoeba · #15883

I took it for granted that you were on my side.

Tatoeba · #15884

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