Meaning of grant in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Definitions

  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 »

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  2. 2. give on the basis of merit

    Examples

    • « Funds are granted to qualified researchers »

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  3. 3. be willing to concede

    Examples

    • « I grant you this much »

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  4. 4. allow to have

    Examples

    • « grant a privilege »

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  5. 5. bestow, especially officially

    Examples

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

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  6. 6. give over

    Examples

    • « surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another »

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  7. 7. transfer by deed

    Examples

    • « grant land »

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  8. Noun

    grant

    Definitions

    1. any monetary aid

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  9. 2. the act of providing a subsidy

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  10. 3. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

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  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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Famous quotes

  • « God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. »
    Reinhold Niebuhr
  • « With acknowledgement of residues, we can be more easily prepared to grant the unit of science, the overlapping of disciplines, and the total coherence of all facts. »
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  • « I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me in many ways. It helped me because, in general, they've made me hopeful. I just figure things will eventually work out for me. But nobody is like any Tom Hanks character. Nobody is Hugh Grant. No one is Meg Ryan! »
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  • « Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request. »
    Lord Chesterfield
  • « I decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me and I find important. It was in the 10 years of the MacArthur grant that I began working on my first book... and I began putting more work into environmental history. »
    Jared Diamond

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