take for granted

English

Verb

take for granted

1. (transitive) To assume something to be true without verification or proof.
   • 1839, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, ch. 17,

     Let it be considered a delicate intimation on the part of the historian that he is going back to the town in which Oliver Twist was born; the reader taking it for granted that there are good and substantial reasons for making the journey.

2. (transitive, idiomatic, especially of a person) To give little attention to or to underestimate the value of, to fail to appreciate.
   • 1946, "Posthumous Portrait," Time, 25 Nov.,

     He had fiercely championed loveless ladies entering frustrated middle age, the married woman whose husband took her for granted and seldom into his arms.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:suppose

Translations

assume something to be true without verification or proof

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 想當然 (cmn), 想当然 (cmn) (xiǎng dāngrán)

• Finnish: pitää itsestään selvänä
• French: considérer comme allant de soi (fr), prendre pour acquis (fr)
• German: für selbstverständlich halten (de)
• Hungarian: készpénznek vesz (hu), természetesnek vesz (hu), magától értetődőnek érez
• Italian: dare per scontato (it)

• Japanese: 当たり前のことと思う (ja) (atarimae-no koto-to omou)
• Norwegian: ta for gitt (no)
• Portuguese: aceitar suposição
• Russian: принимать без доказательств (ru) (prinimatʹ bez dokazatelʹstv), принимать на веру (ru) (prinimatʹ na veru)
• Spanish: dar por supuesto (es), dar por sentado (es)
• Swedish: ta för givet (sv)
• Turkish: doğal karşılamak (tr)

give little attention to or to underestimate the value of

• Dutch: voor lief nemen (nl)
• Finnish: pitää (fi) itsestäänselvyytenä (fi)
• French: prendre pour acquis (fr)
• Italian: dare per scontato (it)
• Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Russian: считать само собой разумеющимся (ru) (sčitát' samó sobój razuméjuščimsja), воспринимать как должное (ru) (vosprinimát' kak dólžnoje)
• Serbo-Croatian: zdravo za gotovo (sh)
• Swedish: ta för given