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TAKE FOR GRANTED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof

Example:

I assume his train was late

Synonyms:

assume; presume; take for granted

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "take for granted" is one way to...):

anticipate; expect (regard something as probable or likely)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take for granted"):

presuppose; suppose (take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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