Granted is an English word with synonyms like given or acknowledged. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Granted meaning
simple past and past participle of grant
Synonyms of Granted
Using Granted
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of grant
- Useful related words include: given, acknowledged.
- In the example corpus, granted often appears in combinations such as: was granted, for granted, granted the.
Example sentences (20)
Given this structural situation, it is hardly surprising to find governments using the powers they have been granted for the purposes for which they have been granted them.
Granted just hours before his announcement, a draft order by the North Gauteng High Court declared that Nzimande’s notice of intention was in breach of an order granted by Mr Justice Adams on 24 August 2023.
It was granted in 1758 and remains today the same charter originally granted.
King Robert III granted a charter to the community of detailing the right to fish the River Clyde as far back as 1396, with a subsequent charter, confirming the right to fish, granted by Queen Anne in 1703.
She'd taken it for granted, much like parents had taken teachers for granted until schools shut down in the pandemic.
The Steelers and Jaguars have been granted rights in the country and the Steelers have also been granted rights in Northern Ireland.
After being granted a visa, Kulle, wife Gertrud and children Ulricke and Rainer, were granted permission to enter the States.
An OPL is granted by the government to an applicant company registered for exploration and production purposes, while an OML is granted upon confirmation of potential for commercial production of petroleum from the licence.
A state Supreme Court granted the Bazdarics summary judgment on the Labor Law cause of action but then a divided Appellate Division reversed and granted the defendants summary judgment, dismissing the Labor Law cause of action.
Consent should only be granted and should be granted to migrants who benefit America.
In the list of property tax exemptions granted under the programme, Bahamas Press can confirm only 48 exemptions were granted.
It granted me something I needed to have granted by someone I respected and who I felt respected me.
There are just certain things that people take for granted in their lives that I took for granted.
They reflected on the incredible amount of trust their audience granted them in the interview process — and they didn’t take that trust for granted.
However, at the last minute, the Pakistan High Commission pruned the list of Indian delegates and visas have been granted to 39 participants only even though Pakistan’s Ministry of Interior had granted approval for visas of 100 Indian participants.
Addressing the issue of whether an extension would be granted, Finnish prime minister Mr Rinnie said: “Something must happen that extra time can be granted.
Discussing Nawaz’s bail, he said the Lahore High Court had granted him bail on medical grounds while the Islamabad High Court had granted him interim bail.
Granted, granted, that’s a bad poll for Harris and a good one for Gabbard.
The court, which had last month cancelled the anticipatory bail granted to Kapoor in the money-laundering case, passed the order after Rana submitted that Kapoor was misusing the bail granted by the court.
In an interview she granted in 2017, the actress said: “In the midst of all this crisis, I have never granted any interview and I have never for once come out to say my husband didn’t beat me.
Common combinations with granted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- was granted 27×
- for granted 21×
- granted the 21×
- be granted 20×
- were granted 19×
- been granted 17×
- granted by 15×
- granted to 13×
- granted bail 11×
- granted in 9×