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We often take for granted that our lights will come on when we flip the light switch, but the reality is that our reliability standards and the current state of the transmission grid leave us all vulnerable to blackouts.
Richard Burr

Meaning of "take for granted" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TAKE FOR GRANTED

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WHAT DOES TAKE FOR GRANTED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of take for granted in the English dictionary

The definition of take for granted in the dictionary is to accept or assume without question. Other definition of take for granted is to fail to appreciate the value, merit, etc, of.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAKE FOR GRANTED

take chances
take cognizance of
take cover
take down
take effect
take exception
take five
take flight
take for
take for a ride
take fright
take guard
take heart
take holy orders
take in
take in good part
take in hand
take into consideration
take issue
take it

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAKE FOR GRANTED

appointed
disappointed
disenchanted
enchanted
granted
haunted
hunted
mounted
painted
pointed
printed
talented
uncovenanted
unenchanted
unplanted
untenanted
unwanted
unwarranted
wanted
warranted

Synonyms and antonyms of take for granted in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «take for granted» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAKE FOR GRANTED

Find out the translation of take for granted to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of take for granted from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «take for granted» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

认为是理所当然的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

darlo por sentado
570 millions of speakers

English

take for granted
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

महत्व नहीं समझना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مفروغا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

принять как должное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tomar como certo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মঞ্জুর করে নাও
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prendre pour acquis
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

mengambil mudah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

etw. als gegeben annehmen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

当たり前
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

당연
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Njupuk kanggo diwenehake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đưa cho các cấp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வழங்குவதற்கு எடுத்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गृहीत धरणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hafife almak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dare per scontato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

za oczywiste
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прийняти як належне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ia pentru a acordat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θεωρούμε δεδομένο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vanselfsprekend aanvaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ta för givet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ta for gitt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of take for granted

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAKE FOR GRANTED»

The term «take for granted» is very widely used and occupies the 4.502 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAKE FOR GRANTED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «take for granted» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «take for granted» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about take for granted

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10 QUOTES WITH «TAKE FOR GRANTED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word take for granted.
1
Sayed Badreya
I love this country because I didn't always have it. Freedom, food, water that is clean, Constitution - these are not things I take for granted.
2
J. G. Ballard
I take for granted that for the imaginative writer, the exercise of the imagination is part of the basic process of coping with reality, just as actors need to act all the time to make up for some deficiency in their sense of themselves.
3
Mamata Banerjee
Few states, they have the international borders, state borders; in India, there is so much diversity in system. Unity in diversity is our system, so therefore, you cannot take for granted, whatever you do.
4
Jose Manuel Barroso
Let us not forget that the European Community started as a project for peace after the terrible Second World War. And today people take for granted the freedom to travel, to study, to work abroad. And the citizens of one country have almost exactly the same rights as another country.
5
Ginny Brown-Waite
As is the case with many Middle Eastern nations, women are nowhere near equal to men when it comes to basic freedoms and rights that we take for granted every day.
6
Sam Brownback
Today, as we look back on the history of our nation and take note of how far we have come as a people, we are reminded that we owe a great debt to those who fought valiantly for the freedoms that we easily take for granted.
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Quentin Bryce
The thing we often forget to talk about, or perhaps we take for granted, is our country's dazzling beauty. Our natural environment is so much a part of Australia's art, writing, music and culture, both indigenous and non indigenous.
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Richard Burr
We often take for granted that our lights will come on when we flip the light switch, but the reality is that our reliability standards and the current state of the transmission grid leave us all vulnerable to blackouts.
9
Richard Chizmar
To be publishing Stephen King, to be a friend to Stephen, when he is absolutely what got me into this business, is a really neat thing and something I don't take for granted.
10
Paul Coffey
Sight is something you take for granted until you think you might lose it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAKE FOR GRANTED»

Discover the use of take for granted in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to take for granted and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Inconspicuous Consumption: An Obsessive Look at the Stuff We ...
Collects the author's commentary on such products as breakfast cereal, potato chips, beer, sauerkraut, crayons, and Lifesaver candies
Paul Lukas, 1997
2
Treasures of the Mind: Timeless Affirmations, Creeds and ...
Timeless Affirmations, Creeds and Inspirations for a Restless Generation Nathan S. Ajoku. LITTLE THINGS WE LITTLE THINGS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED TAKE FOR GRANTED Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day ...
Nathan S. Ajoku, 2010
3
Thomas Reid and the Story of Epistemology
What we all take for granted in the living of our lives in the everyday will include things that we all believe noninferentially and justifiedly - elementary mathematical and logical propositions. But it goes well beyond that. And as we shall see, ...
Nicholas Wolterstorff, 2004
4
New Challenges for Documentary
With these images of tough, satisfying, useful work, Michelle Citron begins her new film What You Take for Granted. The images may be cliches, the stuff of TV beer commercials, but the idea of hard work and Miller Time camaraderie and ...
Alan Rosenthal, 1988
5
Harvard Business Review on Knowledge Management
Redundancy also spreads new explicit knowledge through the organization so it can be internalized by employees. what they take for granted. The organizational logic of redundancy helps explain why Japanese companies manage product ...
Peter F. Drucker, 1998
6
Taken for Granted
We are so used to not floating off into space that we take gravity for granted. This means we are so used to it happening that we don't really question it. As it turns out, gravity isn't the only thing we take for granted. Not by a long shot! It would ...
Dong Long, 2011
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Mandarin Chinese Dictionary: English-Chinese
А А TAKE... FOR GRANTED a) (suppose) expressed as think yTwéi YA.
Fred Fangyu Wang, 1971
8
Transformation of the Mind, Body & Soul
Alfreada Brown-Kelly. WE TAKE FOR GRANTED We take for granted The man of God We take for granted The blessings of God We take for granted Our many healings We take for granted The way He directs us We take for granted His ...
Alfreada Brown-Kelly, 2008
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Normal and Abnormal Behavior in Chinese Culture
The things that people take for granted, the assumptions that they make, vary, of course, from society to society. One becomes painfully aware of this when thrown into a new society, or a completely new situation. This is an occupational hazard  ...
A. Kleinman, Tsung-Yi Lin, 1981
10
Seven Wonders of the Universe That You Probably Took for Granted
The reality is, like pretty much everything else in the Universe that we take for granted, far more bizarre than you can imagine. The most glaring problem is that the relative dimensions are utterly wrong. If you want your fifth-grade niece to make ...
C. Renée James, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAKE FOR GRANTED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term take for granted is used in the context of the following news items.
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Artist paints what Iowans often take for granted for past 20 years
CEDAR RAPIDS — It's not often you hear a preference for Iowa's landscape to Colorado's rocky mountains. But if you're looking through local artist Fred ... «The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines, Jun 15»
2
The tech innovations Brits take for granted
From phones to TVs, cameras to SD cards, the brands and products you see on sale are largely the same the world over. Yet each country still has plenty of little ... «Alphr, Jun 15»
3
Sarah Sands: What foreigners marvel at, we take for granted
We take it for granted. And it is because we are a mature democracy that we take elections for granted. We also take for granted the achievements of government ... «Evening Standard, Apr 15»
4
The Things We Take for Granted: This Week in Daily Giving
This week, while thinking about the people we funded, I thought about all the things many of us take for granted. Food, light, clothing, shelter, physical safety, ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
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What Car Feature Do We Most Take For Granted?
It's safe to say that after having them be common for over a century, we tend to take cars for granted. And even within cars there are plenty of unsung heroes, little ... «Jalopnik, Apr 15»
6
He Invented Instant Replay, The TV Trick We Now Take For Granted
Decades before the DVR and years before the first Super Bowl, a young television director decided to try something that would either amaze or confuse TV ... «NPR, Jan 15»
7
Former Iranian journalist a reminder of democracy Canadians take
... Iranian journalist a reminder of democracy Canadians take for granted: Cohn .... to provincial politics, of the democracy we so often take for granted at home. «Toronto Star, Jan 15»
8
Crucial Features iPhone Users Just Take For Granted
One of the most frustrating things I've discovered when using other platforms is that there are features I take for granted as an iPhone user that don't exist, or are ... «Forbes, Dec 14»
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A Sleek New Exhibit of the Telecom Inventions We Take for Granted
Caption: Information Age is the newest permanent collection at London's Science Museum. It covers 200 years of telecommunications inventions, like the Soviet ... «Wired, Nov 14»
10
LeSean McCoy, Darren Sproles too dangerous to take for granted
They were supposed to be the Broad Street Backfield, a pairing of two of the most dynamic players in the NFL who would be able to score from any point on the ... «Newsday, Oct 14»

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