Meaning & use
granted
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Meanings
conjunction
Used to admit that a point is true before introducing a contrasting or limiting statement.
Grammar: Often followed by a clause and then 'but' or 'yet': Granted, it's cheap, but it breaks easily.
Patterns
- granted, ... but ...
- granted that ...
Granted, the plan is risky, but we have no better option.
Granted, she works hard, yet she still misses deadlines.
Granted that he is talented, he still needs more practice.
adjectivenot comparable
Given or allowed, especially officially or as a favor.
Grammar: Used after a verb, often in the passive: The permit was granted. It is not used before a noun.
Patterns
- be granted
- take something for granted
The visa was granted after a long wait.
She took her good health for granted until she got sick.
Funding was granted to three research teams.
Common combinations
- take for granted
- We often take clean water for granted.
- granted that
- Granted that the weather was bad, the event still went well.
- granted permission
- The city granted permission for the parade.
- granted asylum
- The family was granted asylum last year.
Synonyms and how they differ
- admittedly
- Similar in conceding a point, but it is an adverb and often starts a sentence without a following 'but'.
- true
- Can also concede, as in 'True, it's expensive', but it is less formal and does not combine with 'that'.
Word family
Commonly confused: granted or grounded?
granted vs grounded
Grounded means 'sensible' or 'kept on the ground'; granted means 'given' or 'admitted as true'. They sound similar but are not related.
Practice
Choose the correct sentence:
Choose one answer.
The conjunction 'granted' concedes a point and is typically followed by a contrasting clause with 'but' or 'yet'. The other options use conjunctions that do not express contrast.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “granted”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.