grant
[ grant, grahnt ]
/ grænt, grɑnt /
verb (used with object)
noun
Idioms for grant
- to accept without question or objection; assume: Your loyalty to the cause is taken for granted.
- to use, accept, or treat in a careless or indifferent manner: A marriage can be headed for trouble if either spouse begins to take the other for granted.
take for granted,
Origin of grant
1175–1225; Middle English
gra(u)nten < Old French
graunter, variant of
crëanter < Vulgar Latin
*credentāre, verbal derivative of Latin
crēdent-, stem of
crēdēns, present participle of
crēdere to believe
SYNONYMS FOR grant
synonym study for grant
2. See
give.
OTHER WORDS FROM grant
Words nearby grant
British Dictionary definitions for take for granted (1 of 2)
grant
/ (ɡrɑːnt) /
verb (tr)
noun
Derived forms of grant
grantable, adjective granter, nounWord Origin for grant
C13: from Old French
graunter, from Vulgar Latin
credentāre (unattested), from Latin
crēdere to believe
British Dictionary definitions for take for granted (2 of 2)
Grant
/ (ɡrɑːnt) /
noun
Cary, real name Alexander Archibald Leach. 1904–86, US film actor, born in England. His many films include Bringing up Baby (1938), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), and Mr Blandings Builds his Dream House (1948)
Duncan (James Corrowr). 1885–1978, British painter and designer
Ulysses S (impson), real name Hiram Ulysses Grant. 1822–85, 18th president of the US (1869–77); commander in chief of Union forces in the American Civil War (1864–65)
Idioms and Phrases with take for granted
take for granted
Consider as true or real, anticipate correctly, as in I took it for granted that they'd offer to pay for their share but I was wrong. [c. 1600]
Underestimate the value of, become used to, as in The editors felt that the publisher was taking them for granted.