Meaning of grant in English

1. Pronunciation

   /ɡrænt/

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1. Verb

   grant

   Etymology

   Middle English: from Old French granter‘consent to support’, variant of creanter‘to guarantee’, based on Latin credere‘entrust’

   Definitions

   1. let have

   Examples

   • « grant permission »
   • « Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison »

   Antonyms

   • deny
   • refuse
2. 2. give on the basis of merit

   Examples

   • « Funds are granted to qualified researchers »
3. 3. be willing to concede

   Examples

   • « I grant you this much »
4. 4. allow to have

   Examples

   • « grant a privilege »
5. 5. bestow, especially officially

   Examples

   • « grant a degree »
   • « give a divorce »
   • « This bill grants us new rights »
6. 6. give over

   Examples

   • « surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another »
7. 7. transfer by deed

   Examples

   • « grant land »

8. Noun

   grant

   Definitions

   1. any monetary aid
9. 2. the act of providing a subsidy
10. 3. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
11. 4. Scottish painter

    Examples

    • « cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978) »
12. 5. United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)
13. 6. 18th President of the United States

    Examples

    • « commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) »
14. 7. a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business

    Examples

    • « he got the beer concession at the ball park »
15. 8. a right or privilege that has been granted