granted Definition

grant
verb granted, granting

1. To give, allow or fulfil.

Thesaurus: bestow, give, confer, award, donate, provide, allocate, apportion, vouchsafe; Antonym: withhold.
2. To admit something to be true.

Thesaurus: admit, concede, accede, acknowledge, acquiesce, consent, accord; Antonym: deny.

noun

1. Something granted, especially an amount of money from a public fund for a specific purpose.

Thesaurus: donation, award, endowment, gift, scholarship, subsidy, benefaction, annuity, honorarium.
2. law.
The transfer of property by deed.

Etymology: 13c: from French granter or greanter, variant of creanter to promise.

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granted
verb

1. Past participle of grant (used as a sentence substitute) an admission that something is true or valid.

Example: She's a good writer. ―
Example: Granted. But rather limited

conj

1. Though it is admitted that.

Example: granted you gave it back later

prep

1. Though (a specified thing) is admitted.

Example: Granted his arrogance, still he gets results

Idiom: take someone for granted

To treat them casually and without appreciation.

Idiom: take something for granted

To assume it to be true or valid; to accept it without question.