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Definition of Take for granted
1. Verb. Take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof. "I assume his train was late"
Specialized synonyms: Presuppose, Suppose
Generic synonyms: Anticipate, Expect
Derivative terms: Assumption, Assumption, Assumption, Assumptive, Presumption, Presumption, Presumption, Presumptive, Presumptive
Definition of Take for granted
1. Verb. (transitive) To assume something to be true without verification or proof. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive idiomatic especially of a person) To give little attention to or to underestimate the value of, to fail to appreciate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Take For Granted
Literary usage of Take for granted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"WD mu»t not be deceived bjr appearances, or take for granted that things and
persona are what they seem to be. " Tbey should be good шеи ; their ..."
2. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1817)
"... in the ordinary course of your recreation, take for granted?—It is a coffee-house
I very seldom go to. You went, I suppose, to the coffee-house How came ..."
3. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1845)
"... who they appear to take for granted would be certain to go only their own way,
notwithstanding all the advice that could be given. ..."
4. Trials for High Treason, in Scotland: Under a Special Commission, Held at by Scotland Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery, Charles John Green (1825)
"I take for granted your Lordships must hold, that if all that had been done by
the statute of Anne, was to declare that what was treason in England should ..."
5. The Church Cyclopædia: A Dictionary of Church Doctrine, History by Angelo Ames Benton (1884)
"It would not be safe to take for granted that an Ecclesiastical Court would carry
its penal discipline beyond the two specifications here made. ..."
6. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1880)
"That she would acquire a thorough knowledge of the best art of cookery, I take
for granted; that she •would acquire a good knowledge in choosing foods in ..."
7. What Can I Know?: An Inquiry Into Truth, Its Nature, the Means of Its by George Trumbull Ladd (1914)
"... take for granted? 'HENEVER the human mind assumes the critical attitude toward
its own faculties, a curious circle in the argument inevitably results. ..."
8. Letters Illustrative of the Reign of William III, from 1696 to 1708 by James Vernon (1841)
"I take for granted there will be no room there for Mr. Hill at present. He had
desired to carry the King's compliment to Turin upon the birth of the young ..."
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