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TAKE FOR GRANTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does take for granted mean?
• TAKE FOR GRANTED (verb)
The verb TAKE FOR GRANTED has 1 sense:
1. take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
Familiarity information: TAKE FOR GRANTED used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
assume; presume; take for granted
Context example:
I assume his train was late
Hypernyms (to "take for granted" is one way to...):
anticipate; expect (regard something as probable or likely)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take for granted"):
presuppose; suppose (take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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