granted
Given as requested
Granted functions mainly in two expressions.
To take something for granted is to assume it without question, or to fail to appreciate what you have: We take clean water for granted.
As a sentence opener, granted concedes a point before pivoting: Granted, it's expensive, but it's worth it.
The past tense of grant appears in phrases like granted permission or wish granted.
Given as recognition
- conferredFormally granted or discussed
- givenAccepted as fact
- bestowedGave formally as gift
- allocatedDesignated for distribution
issued · approved · authorized · sanctioned · permitted · licensed · entitled · vested
Confessed or granted entry
- allowedGranted permission to proceed
- acknowledgedAccepted as true
- acceptedFormally agreed to
- concededAdmitted defeat formally
agreed · yielded · recognized · acceded · permitted · approved · endorsed · confirmed
Believed without certainty
- givenAccepted as fact
- acceptedFormally agreed to
- understoodGrasped the meaning
- expectedRegarded as likely
acknowledged · implicit · baseline · default · unquestioned · assumed · obvious · axiomatic
Having rightful claim
- advantagedHaving benefits others lack
- eliteSuperior select group
- favoredShown special preference
- exemptNot subject to
immune · exclusive · VIP · access · beneficiary · dispensation · special · preferential
awarded
Given as recognition
allocated · issued · approved · authorized · sanctioned · permitted · licensed · entitled · vested · accorded
admitted
Confessed or granted entry
- allowedGranted permission to proceed
- acknowledgedAccepted as true
- acceptedFormally agreed to
conceded · agreed · yielded · recognized · acceded · permitted · approved · endorsed · confirmed · surrendered
presumed
Believed without certainty
- givenAccepted as fact
- acceptedFormally agreed to
- understoodGrasped the meaning
expected · acknowledged · implicit · baseline · default · unquestioned · assumed · obvious · axiomatic · self-evident
entitled
Having rightful claim
- advantagedHaving benefits others lack
- eliteSuperior select group
- favoredShown special preference
exempt · immune · exclusive · VIP · access · beneficiary · dispensation · special · preferential · protected
- permissionallowed, permitted, authorization, consent, assent
- agreement wordsyes, okay, agree, agreed, accord
- affirmativesyes, yeah, yep, yup, absolutely
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- wish themesgenie, lamp, magic lamp, wish, wishing well
- establishedestablished, recognized, accepted, acknowledged, confirmed
granteddenied
Refused or disavowed
refused · rejected · declined · prohibited · banned
granteddisputed
Argued over, unresolved
contested · denied · challenged · unacknowledged · questioned
- taken for grantedAssumed present, never thanked
- funding grantsMoney awarded for purposes
- government grantPublic money awarded freely
- Cary Grant
- permission grantedOfficial approval to proceed
- research grantFunds awarded for investigation
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