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granted

[grant, grahnt]

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verb (used with object)

to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.

to give or accord: to grant permission.

to agree or accede to: to grant a request.

to admit or concede; accept for the sake of argument: I grant that point.

to transfer or convey, especially by deed or writing: to grant property.

noun

something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land: Several major foundations made large grants to fund the research project.

the act of granting.

Law. a transfer of property.

a geographical unit in Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire, originally a grant of land to a person or group of people.

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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

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Idiom

10.

take for granted,

to accept without question or objection; assume: Your loyalty to the cause is taken for granted.

to use, accept, or treat in a careless or indifferent manner: A marriage can be headed for trouble if either spouse begins to take the other for granted.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English gra(u)nten < Old French graunter, variant of crëanter < Vulgar Latin *credentāre, verbal derivative of Latin crēdent-, stem of crēdēns, present participle of crēdere to believe

Related forms

grant·a·ble, adjective

grant·ed·ly, adverb

grant·er, noun

re·grant, verb (used with object), noun

su·per·grant, noun

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un·grant·a·ble, adjective

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Synonyms
1. award, vouchsafe. 2. See give. 6, 7. concession, bequest. 7. conveyance.

Antonyms
1, 2. receive.

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Example Sentences

Such extensions are also part of a global trend in which aging plants have been granted longer lives.

Bishop had been granted tenure, she might have murdered when not promoted to full professor, or to department chair.

The simplest way to measure a region's potential for innovation is to look at the number of patents granted to its residents.

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Such extensions are also part of a global trend in which aging plants have been granted longer lives.

Bishop had been granted tenure, she might have murdered when not promoted to full professor, or to department chair.

The simplest way to measure a region's potential for innovation is to look at the number of patents granted to its residents.

As part of this agreement the south was granted a six-year period of autonomy to be followed by a referendum on final status.

Many of them are not able to get all the optimization that you, a first world country person, clearly takes for granted.

As development of natural resources is weighed against environmental protection, dams can no longer be taken for granted.

Our hearts' dreams for this trip had been more than granted.

Boeing was recently granted patents on a number of ideas that point to a focus on quiet airliners for the future.

Or, in town hall language, he has granted an occupancy permit.

Community colleges do not take this sustained recognition and support for granted.

Her re-election to another four-year term was taken for granted.

The dinosaur also had large, forward-facing eyes that granted it keen vision for hunting, even at night.

These projects are finding that although conservationists' optimism is sometimes borne out, synergy can't be taken for granted.

It abounds with museums, historical societies and cultural organizations, and takes nothing for granted.

There's been a slew of fascinating weapons granted patents this week.

The judge agreed and granted the board's motion for dismissal.

Yet none has hitherto been granted the ultimate go-ahead.

The spirit granted permission for them to enter-but only after a suitable offering was made of honey, tobacco, and alcohol.

Patents, they claim, have been granted on the fruits of biomedical research that should remain in the public domain.

If a genie granted me three wishes, one of them might be for a wine that wouldn't give me a migraine.

More than a dozen exemptions to that language have been granted the past decade.

He granted the professor's request for an injunction to.

Khula is a divorce granted by a judge at the wife's request.

Caches should be placed on public property where permission is granted.

We take them for granted until they are gone or require major repairs.

Oh that this younger generation could know the labors of men such as these to produce the everyday things taken for granted.

Without first the appeal from ethos, you're unlikely to be granted a hearing on logical grounds.

One of the big advantages the military has is that rights aren't granted until they are earned.

After a number of years he was granted access to photograph the monks and their art.

Fingerprints are so familiar that they are mostly taken for granted.

Granted these were fun movies but not really standard-setters.

The third is the inadequacy in an underlying process that is taken for granted.

We take the magical gift of consciousness for granted.

Jobs for life were granted partly to stop new governments sacking their predecessor's favourites.

Most people probably take it for granted that the universe is made mostly of matter and not its opposite, antimatter.

Yet low inflation expectations cannot be taken for granted.

Surprisingly, forgiveness is granted and respect is elevated.

The country was slow to build the storage and import terminals that other nations take for granted.

We take our sight for granted because it usually seems so effortless.

The number of options granted in the previous year is not correlated with share buybacks.

Yes and no, granted that space means where the orbits are.

These days, patents are granted on a national basis after close scrutiny by government patent offices.

After the outcry, a few schools were granted a temporary reprieve.

Even before it was introduced, a large majority of the visas granted had been family ones.

Options are a real economic cost, and investors take that cost into account each time options are granted.

Widener, was one of thirty-seven trainers to be granted licenses.

Separate committees granted one student permission to re-enroll and upheld the other's suspension.

Colgate seeks a scholar and teacher with the credentials to be granted tenure as a full professor.

We take it for granted that our hair dryers won't send us to the emergency room and our toothbrushes won't make us go numb.

Granted there aren't many birds with four jet engines.

McMillian, who it said was underqualified, and had also improperly granted him a paid leave.

After she had a medical operation this month, she was granted house arrest.

For the reasons stated below, the motion is granted in part and denied in part.

Some women report that they are taken less seriously and are less likely to be promoted or granted tenure if they work part time.

Granted also, revisions may well push this figure up.

Residents discover their own heritage by learning that things they take for granted may be interesting to outsiders.

We take a lot of what goes into making a new car safe for the consumer for granted.

The two women appealed, and separate faculty committees ruled that each should have been granted tenure.

The state police never granted the request, and no charges were ever filed.

The gods granted him prosperity to go with the peace.

If there is a match, the person may be granted access to the facility.

Postal does not believe he should be required even to observe in secondary schools before being granted a teaching license.

It is a world in which certain trusted notions can be taken for granted.

After i had read it, i felt that i should never take anything for granted and always be myself in any situation.

There will be neither rest nor tranquility in the world until unconditional life is granted to all its citizens.

But it has made him ponder the whole date and time arrangement people take for granted.

As a reward, the government granted him land at little or no cost, and he started building.

Some citizens worry, however, that pardons are disproportionately granted to the rich and influential.

After a lot of explaining, the chief finally granted me permission to tie a small camera to a diver's leg.

Granted that this may be due to the single example chosen by the reviewer.

Normalcy is what people call normality when they no longer take it for granted.

It is only relatively recently that it has dawned upon humans that the ocean is not something that can be taken for granted.

The ability to observe the ordinary things that everyone else takes for granted is a rare gift.

Look at the slide show and acquaint yourself with a few of them you may never take a bunny for granted again.

They simply take for granted that these devices will work at the touch of a button.

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Etymonline

Word Origin & History

grant

early 13c., "what is agreed to," from Anglo-Fr. graunter, from O.Fr. granter, variant of creanter "to promise, guarantee, confirm, authorize," from L. credentem (nom. credens), prp. of credere "to believe, to trust." The verb is first attested c.1300. To take (something) for granted (1610s) is from the

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sense of "admitted, acknowledged."

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Idioms & Phrases

granted

see take for granted.

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"No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted."

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