1. Word finder
  2. Word definitions
  3. granted

Find the word definition

What is "granted"

Crossword clues for granted

granted
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
granted
adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
apply for/seek/be granted asylum
▪ He has been granted asylum in France.
be granted membership (=be accepted as a member)
▪ Montenegro was granted membership of the UN in 2006.
be granted/given bail
▪ Magistrates adjourned the case until June 9 and Smith was granted bail.
granted an amnesty
▪ The government granted an amnesty for all former terrorists.
granted immunity
▪ They were granted immunity from prosecution.
granted...exemptions
▪ The commission granted temporary exemptions.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
take it for granted (that)
▪ We just took it for granted that the $1000 was part of the normal fee for buying a house.
▪ But I take it for granted.
▪ He seemed to take it for granted that everyone would do what he told them.
▪ He seemed to take it for granted that she was the one to talk to.
▪ It was impossible to take it for granted.
▪ Ludens was right in a way to complain that they were now all taking it for granted.
▪ Now we took it for granted that seawater came swirling up around our feet whenever we left the cabin or cockpit baskets.
▪ She had taken it for granted that they would spend the night in Denver.
▪ Why do we take it for granted that education is a good to which everyone equally is entitled?
take sb/sth for granted
▪ But he took nothing for granted and left little to chance.
▪ Clinton can not take women for granted.
▪ For much of its course, the later novel takes all this for granted.
▪ He took it all for granted, and would never have a clue just how blessed he was.
▪ He took it for granted that people would fall in love with Eva.
▪ It does not take victory for granted.
▪ Lesley had issued her fiat with such confidence that she had taken his compliance for granted.
▪ Why do we take it for granted that education is a good to which everyone equally is entitled?
The Collaborative International Dictionary
granted

granted \granted\ adj.

  1. Given.

  2. (Logic, Rhetoric) Acknowledged or assumed as a supposition.

    Syn: given.

Related phrases:
Wiktionary
granted

adv. (non-gloss definition: Used to concede a point, often before stating some contrasting information). prep. (non-gloss definition: used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argument) vb. 1 (en-past of: grant) 2 Given, awarded.

Related phrases:
WordNet
granted

  1. adj. acknowledged as a supposition; "given the engine's condition, it is a wonder that it started" [syn: given]

  2. given as a grant; "the special funds granted for his research project"

Related phrases:
Wikipedia
Related phrases:

Usage examples of "granted".

Now the Adar of the Ildiran Solar Navy was becoming blind and deaf to a comforting foundation he had always taken for granted.

Tall, even for an elf, he looked human because of his extraordinary build and the high cheekbones his Amerind blood granted him.

The annona was the pay bonus which Roman emperors traditionally granted their troops upon assuming the throne.

Even a particular pardon, granted six years after to the earl of Arundel, was annulled by parliament, on pretence that it had been procured by surprise, and that the king was not then fully apprized of the degree of guilt incurred by that nobleman.

Though Antichrist has been granted power to work his horror throughout the world for a time, he shall come to a bitter end that has already been decided.

Oftentimes they brushed together in passing, but the apes had already taken his presence for granted, so that he was as much one of them as Akut himself.

It has been granted me by much experience in the spiritual world to know that man possesses in himself the faculty of apprehending arcana of wisdom like the angels themselves.