grant
/grɑ:nt/
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Definition
Verb:
- To agree to give or allow (something requested): To formally or officially agree to provide something that has been asked for.
- To admit or concede (that something is true): To accept, often reluctantly, that a statement or fact is true.
- (Law) To transfer (property or a right) by a legal deed: To formally convey ownership or a legal right.
Noun:
- A sum of money given by an organization, especially a government, for a particular purpose: A financial award provided to fund a project or activity.
- The act of granting something: The formal action of giving or allowing something.
- A legal transfer of property: A conveyance of property by deed.
Usage Examples
Verb:
- The foundation will grant funds for the new research project.
- I grant that your idea has some merit, but I still have concerns.
- The land was granted to the family by the king centuries ago.
Noun:
- She received a grant to study renewable energy technologies.
- The grant of asylum is a serious diplomatic decision.
- The property was transferred via a fee simple grant.
Advanced Usage
"To take for granted": To assume something is true or will happen without questioning it; to fail to appreciate something properly.
- We often take clean water for granted.
- He took her loyalty for granted and was shocked when she left.
"Granted that..." / "Granting that...": Used to introduce a statement that you admit is true, often before making a contrasting point.
- Granted that he is inexperienced, he is still a very quick learner.
- Granting that the plan is risky, the potential rewards are enormous.
Variants and Related Words
Grantor (n): A person or institution that makes a grant, especially of property or a right.
- The grantor signed the deed to transfer the land.
Grantee (n): A person or institution that receives a grant.
- The grantee is responsible for using the funds as outlined in the agreement.
Grant-aided (adj): Receiving financial help from a grant.
- The grant-aided museum offers free admission.
Synonyms
- Verb (to give): Award, bestow, allocate, provide.
- Verb (to admit): Concede, acknowledge, accept, allow.
- Noun: Subsidy, endowment, allocation, contribution.
Related Phrasal Verbs
(Note: "Grant" is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. Its meanings are typically expressed directly.)
Related Idioms
Take something as granted: A variant of "take for granted."
- You shouldn't take their support as granted.
God grant...: An old-fashioned or literary expression expressing a wish or prayer.
- God grant you a safe journey.
Noun
- a right or privilege that has been granted
- a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
- he got the beer concession at the ball park
- 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
- United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)
- Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)
- (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
- the act of providing a subsidy
- any monetary aid
Verb
- transfer by deed
- grant land
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- bestow, especially officially
- grant a degree
- give a divorce
- This bill grants us new rights
- allow to have
- grant a privilege
- be willing to concede
- I grant you this much
- give as judged due or on the basis of merit
- the referee awarded a free kick to the team
- the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff
- Funds are granted to qualified researchers
- let have
- grant permission
- Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison