granted
granted Lexical Profile
granted Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To agree to give or allow something requested or desired to someone (past tense and past participle of 'grant').
"The committee granted her a full scholarship to pursue graduate studies abroad."
To agree or admit to someone that something is true (past tense and past participle of 'grant').
"He granted that the initial proposal had several flaws requiring revision."
• adverb
Used to admit or concede that something is true before introducing a contrasting point or qualification.
"Granted, the new software takes some time to learn, but it significantly improves our workflow."
• adjective
Assumed to be true, real, or expected without question (used especially in the phrase 'take for granted').
"Clean drinking water is a luxury that many people in developed nations take as a granted part of daily life."
• conjunction
Even assuming that; although it is true that (often followed by 'that').
"Granted that the budget is tight, we still need to invest in essential safety equipment."
Word Nuance & Usage
The idiom 'take for granted' (to fail to appreciate or to assume as true) is frequently misspelled as 'take for granite' due to phonetic similarity.
• Rhymes for granted
Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the past participle of the verb 'grant', which entered Middle English via Old French 'granter' (a variant of 'creanter', meaning to promise or assure), ultimately from Vulgar Latin 'credentare' and Latin 'credere' (to believe or trust).