Definition of GRANT

grant

Plural: grants

Noun

  • any monetary aid
  • the act of providing a subsidy
  • (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
  • Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)
  • United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)
  • 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
  • a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
  • a right or privilege that has been granted
  • The act of granting or giving
  • The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
  • The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
  • A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.
  • The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.
  • An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).

Verb

Verb Forms: granted, granting, grants

  • To agree to give or allow something requested.
  • let have
    • "grant permission"
  • give as judged due or on the basis of merit
    • "Funds are granted to qualified researchers"
  • be willing to concede
    • "I grant you this much"
  • allow to have
    • "grant a privilege"
  • bestow, especially officially
    • "grant a degree"
    • "This bill grants us new rights"
  • give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
  • transfer by deed
    • "grant land"
  • To give (permission or wish).
  • To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request).
  • To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
  • To assent; to consent.

Examples

  • a grant of land or of money
  • He was granted permission to attend the meeting.
  • I got a grant from the government to study archeology in Egypt.
  • The game dictionary will grant the validity of a well-played word like GRANT.
  • The genie granted him three wishes
  • the grant of permission for a project

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English granten, graunten, grantien, grauntien, from Anglo-Norman granter, graunter, from Old French granter, graunter, graanter, greanter (“to promise, assure, guarantee, confirm, ratify”), from a merger of Old French garantir, guarantir (“to guarantee, assure, vouch for”) (see English guarantee) and earlier cranter, craanter, creanter (“to allow, permit”), from an assumed Medieval Latin *credentāre, from Latin credere (“to believe, trust”). Alternatively, a regular reflex of Medieval Latin *credentāre with regular voicing of /k/ before a liquid plus low vowel. More at guarantee, credit.

Synonyms

accord, allot, allow, assignment, award, Cary Grant, cede, concede, concession, deed over, Duncan Grant, Duncan James Corrow Grant, give, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant, subsidisation, subsidization, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, yield, allowance, concur

Antonyms

deny

Scrabble Score: 6

grant: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
grant: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
grant: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

grant: valid Words With Friends Word