Meaning

1 senses

  1. (US, slang)A United States fifty-dollar bill.

    18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)

Examples

416 sentences

  1. We take air and water for granted.

    Ми приймаємо повітря і воду за належне. — triantafillou

    deWir halten Luft und Wasser für selbstverständlich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. We must not take anything for granted.

    Ми не повинні приймати будь-що за належне. — deniko

    ruМы не должны ничего принимать как должное. — marafon

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  3. My wish was granted.

    Моє бажання було задоволене. — deniko

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  4. She takes everything for granted.

    Вона все приймає за належне. — deniko

    ruОна всё считает само собой разумеющимся. — marafon

    deFür sie ist alles selbstverständlich. — raggione

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  5. I can't grant that request.

    Я не можу задовільнити це прохання. — deniko

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Origin

From Scottish Gaelic Grannd, from Anglo-Norman graunt (“big, large”), from Old French gran

From Scottish Gaelic Grannd, from Anglo-Norman graunt (“big, large”), from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grand. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Ulysses S. Grant featured on it.

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Forms

plural: Grants
SingularGrant
PluralGrants

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Ulysses GrantUlysses S. GrantU.S. Grant
Close in meaning
  • the act of providing a subsidy:subsidizationsubsidisation
  • 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885):Ulysses GrantUlysses S. GrantUlysses Simpson GrantHiram Ulysses GrantPresident Grant
  • United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986):Cary Grant
  • Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978):Duncan GrantDuncan James Corrow Grant
  • (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance:assignment
  • a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business:concession

Collocations

7 patterns
  • for granted granted
  • granted granted
  • granted granted that
  • was granted granted
  • anything for granted
  • taken for granted
  • that for granted

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
grannyA2granolagrantedgranulargranule

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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