Adjacent Words

Granted definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GR`ANTED, pp. Admitted as true; conceded; yielded; bestowed; conveyed.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: acknowledged as a supposition; "given the engine's condition, it is a wonder that it started" [syn: given, granted]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Grant Grant, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Granted; p. pr. & vb. n. Granting.] [OE. graunten, granten, OF. graanter, craanter, creanter, to promise, yield, LL. creantare to promise, assure, for (assumed LL.) credentare to make believe, fr. L. credens, p. pr. of credere to believe. See Creed, Credit.] 1. To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition. Grant me the place of this threshing floor. --1 Chrcn. xxi. 22. 2. To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give. Wherefore did God grant me my request. --Milton. 3. To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede. Grant that the Fates have firmed by their decree. --Dryden. Syn: Syn.-- To give; confer; bestow; convey; transfer; admit; allow; concede. See Give.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

You use granted or granted that at the beginning of a clause to say that something is true, before you make a comment on it. Granted that the firm has not broken the law, is the law what it should be? CONJ • Granted is also an adverb. Granted, he doesn't look too bad for his age, but I don't fancy him. ADV: ADV with cl

Moby Thesaurus

God-given, accepted, accorded, accounted as, acknowledged, admitted, affirmed, alleged, allowed, approved, assumed, assumptive, authenticated, avowed, bestowed, certified, conceded, confessed, confirmed, conjectured, countersigned, deemed, endorsed, given, gratuitous, inferred, notarized, postulated, postulational, premised, presumed, presumptive, professed, providential, putative, ratified, received, recognized, reputed, sealed, signed, stamped, supposed, suppositional, supposititious, suppositive, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, taken for granted, understood, underwritten, validated, vouchsafed, warranted