granted

Verb

• let have
• give as judged due or on the basis of merit
  • "Funds are granted to qualified researchers"
• be willing to concede
• allow to have
• bestow, especially officially
• give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
• transfer by deed
• simple past and past participle of grant

Adjective Satellite

• acknowledged as a supposition

Adv

• Used to concede a point or to express acknowledgment or awareness, often before stating some contrasting or competing information; used as an expression of respect to the point in question.

Adj

• used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argument

Examples

• "You haven't been a very good father." "Granted."
• Granted that he has done nothing wrong, he should be set free.
• Granted the lack of evidence, we can make no such conclusion.
• He was granted a patent on his invention.
• He's a good student and usually does well. Granted, he did fail that one test, but I think there were good reasons for that.

Synonyms

accord, allot, allow, award, cede, concede, deed over, give, given, grant, yield, admittedly, true

Antonyms

deny

Related Words

aforegranted, foregranted, grantedly, take for granted, ungranted

Anagrams of granted