granted

[granted]

If something is taken for granted, it's a given. You can count on it. In fact, you are already counting on it. Most Americans take for granted the right to vote.

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Adjective S.
acknowledged as a supposition; "given the engine''s condition, it is a wonder that it started"

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


imp. & p. p.
of Grant


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Usage Examples

I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.

Education is important because, first of all, people need to know that discrimination still exists. It is still real in the workplace, and we should not take that for granted.

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.

I do support artists standing by their beliefs and walking with integrity. We have to find a better way to commercially exploit music while giving artists their proper respect. This cannot be done while taking their contributions for granted or trying to control the scope of their growth and power through threats and fear tactics.

Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces.

Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom.

I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.

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Other Usage Examples

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.

How quickly we forget God's great deliverances in our lives. How easily we take for granted the miracles he performed in our past.

I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.

Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life.

Everybody gets everything handed to them. The rich inherit it. I don't mean just inheritance of money. I mean what people take for granted among the middle and upper classes, which is nepotism, the old-boy network.

A significant piece of the wealth that the NFL owners garner is a result of the enormous TV revenues they get - and those revenues are supported by a legislatively granted exemption from the antitrust laws that has been made applicable to sports leagues, primarily the NFL.

All I ever wanted really, and continue to want out of life, is to give 100 percent to whatever I'm doing and to be committed to whatever I'm doing and then let the results speak for themselves. Also to never take myself or people for granted and always be thankful and grateful to the people who helped me.

And I highly recommend for all the women in the world, even if they're 71, you can never take for granted that he loves you. It's always good to flirt with him. It's a great sport.

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