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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

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