Definition of "taken for granted" []

• Evident without proof or argument (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "At one point in the argument between them, Bethmann-Hollweg asked Admiral Bachmann what concessions could safely be offered to the United States, adding that “it must be taken for granted that some concession must be made to America, for Germany, if neutral, would not tolerate that a ship with 1,500 German passengers on board should be sunk without warning.”"
• "One picked it up at random to chuckle over its wicked insights, its barbed phrases, and its corrosive view of society in which elements of ridiculousness, cruelty, and barbarousness nestled in close juxtaposition with things taken for granted and worn smooth with custom and careless handling."
• "Heating and cooling the small interior of an RV is relatively easy compared to heating and cooling a two-thousand-square-foot house, But it requires energy management taken for granted at home."