different between allowed vs granted

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??la?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d
• Homophone: aloud
• Hyphenation: al?lowed

Verb

allowed

1. simple past tense and past participle of allow

Adjective

allowed (comparative more allowed, superlative most allowed)

1. (now rare) Allotted. [from 15th c.]
2. (now rare) Acknowledged; admitted to be true. [from 15th c.]
   • 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 68:

     With respect to the culture of the heart, it is unanimously allowed that sex is out of the question […].

3. Permitted, authorized. [from 16th c.]

Antonyms

• forbidden
• prohibited

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???ænt?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?????nt?d/

Verb

granted

1. simple past tense and past participle of grant

   He was granted a patent on his invention.

Adverb

granted (not comparable)

1. 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."

Synonyms

• admittedly

Translations

Adjective

granted (not comparable)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• (used to mark the premise of an argument): given

Translations

See also

• take for granted

Anagrams

• drag-net, dragnet