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Adjective taken for granted has 2 senses
- axiomatic, self-evident, taken for granted - evident without proof or argument; "an axiomatic truth"; "we hold these truths to be self-evident"
Antonym: unobvious (indirect, via obvious)
- assumed, assumptive, taken for granted - accepted as real or true without proof; "an assumed increase in population"; "the assumed reason for his absence"; "assumptive beliefs"; "his loyalty was taken for granted"
Antonym: unacknowledged (indirect, via acknowledged)
Verb take for granted has 1 sense
- assume, presume, take for granted - take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof; "I assume his train was late"
--1 is one way to expect, anticipate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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