granting

5 definitions • 7 examples

present participle of

to give or allow someone something, usually in an official way:

[ + two objects ] They granted her an entry visa.

He was granted asylum.

formal She granted their request/wish.

to accept that something is true, often before expressing an opposite opinion:

grant that I grant that it must have been upsetting but even so I think she overreacted.

I grant you I grant you (= it is true that), it's a difficult situation but I feel sure he could have handled it more sensitively.

to believe something to be the truth without even thinking about it:

I didn't realize that Melanie hadn't been to college - I suppose I just took it for granted.

If you take situations or people for granted, you do not realize or show that you are grateful for how much you get from them:

One of the problems with relationships is that after a while you just take each other for granted.