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Antonyms for granted

Grammar : Adv
Spell : grant, grahnt
Phonetic Transcription : grænt, grɑnt

Definition of granted

Origin :
  • c.1200, "allowance, consent, permission," from Anglo-French graunter, from Old French granter, collateral variant of creanter "to promise, guarantee, confirm, authorize," from Latin credentem (nominative credens), present participle of credere "to believe, to trust" (see credo).
  • adv allowed, accepted
Example sentences :
  • Our Government has no power except that granted it by the people.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • I know not, Bella, that I ever asked any thing unfit to be granted.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • In general we take our good things for granted, complaining that they are not better.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Such a student cannot assume that Paul ever took anything for granted.
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
  • The boys, like Dunk, had simply made the mistake of taking too much for granted.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • Why had he been taking it so for granted that this was out of the question?
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • It should have come when the right to vote was granted to women in the Church.
  • Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 7. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
  • But I was not trying to do him harm, and so he granted me the same tolerance.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • It seemed to me as if I had been heard, and that my impious prayers were about to be granted.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • But why should you take it for granted that she cannot be happy with you?
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Synonyms for granted

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