Granted Definition

verb

Simple past tense and past participle of grant.

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Given, awarded.

He was granted a patent on his invention.

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adverb

Used to concede a point, often before stating some contrasting information.

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.

"You haven't been a very good father." "Granted."

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preposition

Used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argument.

Granted that he has done nothing wrong, he should be set free.

Granted the lack of evidence, we can make no such conclusion.

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