(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is an amount of money that a government or other institution gives to an individual or to an organization for a particular purpose such as education or home improvements.
They’d got a special ~ to encourage research...
Unfortunately, my application for a ~ was rejected.
N-COUNT
2.
If someone in authority ~s you something, or if something is ~ed to you, you are allowed to have it. (FORMAL)
France has agreed to ~ him political asylum...
It was a Labour government which ~ed independence to India and Pakistan...
Permission was ~ed a few weeks ago.
= give
VERB: V n n, V n to n, be V-ed
3.
If you ~ that something is true, you accept that it is true, even though your opinion about it does not change.
The magistrates ~ed that the charity was justified in bringing the action.
VERB: V that
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You use ‘I ~ you’ or ‘I’ll ~ you’ to say that you accept something is true, even though your opinion about it does not change.
He took a risk, I’ll ~ you. But when you think about it, the risk was pretty small...
PHRASE: oft PHR that
4.
If you say that someone takes you for ~ed, you are complaining that they benefit from your help, efforts, or presence without showing that they are grateful.
The officials felt taken for ~ed and grumbled loudly.
PHRASE: take inflects
5.
If you take something for ~ed, you believe that it is true or accept it as normal without thinking about it.
I was amazed that virtually all the things I took for ~ed up north just didn’t happen in London.
PHRASE: take inflects
6.
If you take it for ~ed that something is the case, you believe that it is true or you accept it as normal without thinking about it.
He seemed to take it for ~ed that he should speak as a representative.
PHRASE: take inflects, PHR that