grant

English

Alternative forms

• graunt (obsolete)

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”). More at guarantee, credit.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɹɑːnt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɹænt/
• (Mid-Atlantic Accent) IPA^(key): /ɡɹɒnt/

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• Rhymes: -ænt, -ɑːnt

Verb

grant (third-person singular simple present grants, present participle granting, simple past and past participle granted)

1. (ditransitive) to give (permission or wish)

   He was granted permission to attend the meeting.

   The genie granted him three wishes

2. (ditransitive) To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
   • 1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:

     He Suſpends on theſe Reaſons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Diſcharge to Adam Muſhet, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Diſcharged Muſhet, and conſequently Houstoun his Partner.

   • 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly‎^[1], volume 188, number 23, page 19:

     In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]

   • Bestow definition

     To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow or place; to put (something) somewhere. (1 of 7 bestow definitions)
3. (transitive) To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.

   Synonyms: concur, concede, allow

   • a. 1921, George Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah, Preface ("The Infidel Half Century"), section "In Quest of the First Cause":

     The universe exists, said the father: somebody must have made it. If that somebody exists, said I, somebody must have made him. I grant that for the sake of argument, said the Oratorian.

   • 1897, Corelli, Marie, “Chapter I”, in Ziska: The Problem of a Wicked Soul, New York: Stone & Kimball, pages 23–24:

     "They are tall, certainly," said Sir Chetwynd... "I grant you they are tall. That is, the majority of them are. But I have seen short men among them. The Khedive is not taller than I am. And the Egyptian face is very deceptive. The features are often fine,—occasionally classic,—but intelligent expression is totally lacking."

   • Agree definition

     To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people. (1 of 8 agree definitions)

   • Accept definition

     To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval. (1 of 10 accept definitions)

   • Sake definition

     cause, interest or account (1 of 4 sake definitions)

   • Argument definition

     A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason. (1 of 19 argument definitions)

   • Admit definition

     To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration (1 of 6 admit definitions)

   • True definition

     Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct. (1 of 11 true definitions)

   • Concur definition

     To agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond. (1 of 4 concur definitions)

   • Concede definition

     To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant (1 of 6 concede definitions)

   • Allow definition

     To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have. (1 of 10 allow definitions)
4. (intransitive) To assent; to consent.
   • c. 1591–1592, William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]:

     Before I would have granted to that act.
     But thou preferr'st thy life before thine honor.

   • Assent definition

     To agree to a proposal.

   • Consent definition

     To express willingness, to give permission. (1 of 4 consent definitions)

Translations

Noun

grant (plural grants)

1. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.

   • Confer definition

     To grant as a possession; to bestow. (1 of 5 confer definitions)

   • Concession definition

     The act of conceding. (1 of 21 concession definitions)

   • Allowance definition

     Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting (1 of 11 allowance definitions)

   • Permission definition

     authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority) (1 of 3 permission definitions)
2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
3. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.

   I got a grant from the government to study archeology in Egypt.

4. (law) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.

   a grant of land or of money

   • Law definition

     The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities. (1 of 20 law definitions)

   • Property definition

     Something that is owned. (1 of 10 property definitions)

   • Deed definition

     An action or act; something that is done. (1 of 4 deed definitions)

   • Conveyance definition

     An act or instance of conveying.

     1. A manner of conveying one's thoughts, a style of communication.

     (1 of 4 conveyance definitions)
5. The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.
6. (informal) An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).

   • Application definition

     The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense (1 of 11 application definitions)

Translations

Anagrams

• Trang

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡrant]

Noun

grant m inan

1. grant (the thing or property granted; a gift; a boon)

   dotace a granty z evropských fondů ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   požádat o a získat grant od grantové agentury ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • Grant definition

     to give (permission or wish) (1 of 4 grant definitions)

Derived terms

• grantový

Related terms

• See krédo

Further reading

• grant in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• grant in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

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Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• grand

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grant m (feminine singular grant or granta, masculine plural grants, feminine plural grants or grantes)

1. big, large

   • Big definition

     Of great size, large. (1 of 14 big definitions)

   • Large definition

     Of considerable or relatively great size or extent. (1 of 7 large definitions)

Derived terms

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Friulian

Alternative forms

• grand (alternative orthography)

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grant

1. big, large

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Middle French

Adjective

grant m or f (plural grans)

1. (early Middle French) Alternative form of grand

   • Grand definition

     Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional

     1. Of a large size or extent; great. (1 of 7 grand definitions)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

grant

1. neuter singular of grann

   • Grann definition

     spruce, a conifer of the genus Picea

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular grant or grande)

1. big, large
   • circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 168 (of the Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, line 2021:

     plaint sa mesaise e sa grant peine

     she lamented her suffering and her great pain

Declension

Descendants

• Middle French: grand
  • French: grand
• Norman: grand
• Picard: grand
• → English: grand

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Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• grand (alternative spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡran(t)/

Adjective

grant m or f (plural grandes)

1. Apocopic form of grande; great; big; large.
   • c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 18r.

     Fue el dia ṫcero al alba dela man. ¬ vinẏerȯ truenos ¬ relȧpagos ¬ nuf grȧt ſobrel mȯt.

     On the morning of the third day there came thunder and flashes of lightning and a great cloud upon the mountain.

   • Grande definition

     Of a cup of coffee: smaller than venti but larger than tall, usually 16 ounces (~ 455 ml).

   • Great definition

     Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional

     1. Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i.e. having many parts or members) or duration (i.e. relatively long); very big. (1 of 17 great definitions)

Descendants

• Spanish: grande, gran

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Swedish

Adjective

grant

1. absolute indefinite neuter singular of grann.

   • Absolute definition

     Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.

     1. Unrestricted by laws, a constitution, or parliamentary or judicial or other checks; (legally) unlimited in power, especially if despotic.
        1. Characteristic of an absolutist ruler: domineering, peremptory.

     (1 of 25 absolute definitions)