granted

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granted

/ˈɡɹæntɪd/ US
/ˈɡɹɑːntɪd/ UK

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of grant He was granted a patent on his invention.

adverb

not comparable 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. 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.
Similar: admittedly, true

adjective

not comparable used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argument Granted that he has done nothing wrong, he should be set free.
Similar: given

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: given, acknowledged, planned, directed, obvious, foregone, focused, recognized, self-evident, credited, established, agreed, enabled, learned, allowable, applied

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adv used to concede a point

Deutsch	zugegebenermaßen, freilich
Русский	пра́вда právda, действи́тельно dejstvítelʹno, согла́сен soglásen

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@misc{granted_2026,
  title = {granted},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/granted},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}