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• grant
  grant

  verb (used with object)

  to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act.
• Grant
  Grant

  noun

  Cary Archibald Leach, 1904–86, U.S. actor, born in England.

grant

¹ American  

[grant, grahnt] / grænt, grɑnt /

verb (used with object)

• grants,
  present (3rd person singular)
• granted,
  past participle,  past
• granting
  present participle

1. to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act.

   to grant a charter.

   Synonyms:

   vouchsafe, award

   Antonyms:

   receive

2. to give or accord.

   to grant permission.

   Antonyms:

   receive

3. to agree or accede to.

   to grant a request.

4. to admit or concede; accept for the sake of argument.

   I grant that point.

5. to transfer or convey, especially by deed or writing.

   to grant property.

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noun

1. something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land.

   Several major foundations made large grants to fund the research project.

   Synonyms:

   bequest, concession

2. the act of granting.

   Synonyms:

   conveyance, bequest, concession

3. Law. a transfer of property.

4. a geographical unit in Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire, originally a grant of land to a person or group of people.

idioms

1. take for granted,

   1. to accept without question or objection; assume.

      Your loyalty to the cause is taken for granted.

   2. to use, accept, or treat in a careless or indifferent manner.

      A marriage can be headed for trouble if either spouse begins to take the other for granted.

Grant ² American  

[grant, grahnt] / grænt, grɑnt /

noun

1. Cary Archibald Leach, 1904–86, U.S. actor, born in England.

2. Heber Jedediah 1856–1945, U.S. president of the Mormon Church 1918–45.

3. Ulysses S(impson) 1822–85, 18th president of the U.S. 1869–77: Union general in the Civil War.

4. a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “large, great.”

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grant ¹ British  

/ ɡrɑːnt /

verb

1. to consent to perform or fulfil

   to grant a wish

2. (may take a clause as object) to permit as a favour, indulgence, etc

   to grant an interview

3. (may take a clause as object) to acknowledge the validity of; concede

   I grant what you say is true

4. to bestow, esp in a formal manner

5. to transfer (property) to another, esp by deed; convey

6. 1. to accept or assume without question

      one takes certain amenities for granted

   2. to fail to appreciate the value, merit, etc, of (a person)

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noun

1. a sum of money provided by a government, local authority, or public fund to finance educational study, overseas aid, building repairs, etc

2. a privilege, right, etc, that has been granted

3. the act of granting

4. a transfer of property by deed or other written instrument; conveyance

5. a territorial unit in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, originally granted to an individual or organization

Grant ² British  

/ ɡrɑːnt /

noun

1. Cary, real name Alexander Archibald Leach. 1904–86, US film actor, born in England. His many films include Bringing up Baby (1938), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), and Mr Blandings Builds his Dream House (1948)

2. Duncan ( James Corrowr ). 1885–1978, British painter and designer

3. Ulysses S ( impson ), real name Hiram Ulysses Grant. 1822–85, 18th president of the US (1869–77); commander in chief of Union forces in the American Civil War (1864–65)

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Synonym Usage

See give.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• granter
  noun
• supergrant
  noun
• regrant
  verb (used with object)
• grantable
  adjective
• ungrantable
  adjective
• grantedly
  adverb

Inflected Forms

Participles

• granting
  present
• granted
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• grant
  simple
• grants
  simple
• have granted
  perfect
• has granted
  perfect
• am granting
  progressive
• are granting
  progressive
• is granting
  progressive
• have been granting
  perfect progressive
• has been granting
  perfect progressive

Past

• granted
  simple
• had granted
  perfect
• was granting
  progressive
• were granting
  progressive
• had been granting
  perfect progressive

Future

• will grant
  simple
• will have granted
  perfect
• will be granting
  progressive
• will have been granting
  perfect progressive

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Etymology

Origin of grant

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English gra(u)nten, from Old French graunter, variant of crëanter, from Vulgar Latin credentāre (unrecorded), derivative of Latin crēdent-, stem of crēdēns “believing,” present participle of crēdere “to believe, entrust”; cf. credible ( def. )

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Explanation

You can grant anything from a permanent restraining order to a request for time off, or, if you’re a genie, seven wishes. When you grant something you are letting someone have or do something that they are asking for. When you grant something, you’re typically fulfilling a request that is not an automatic entitlement. For example, if you order a plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce in a restaurant, when the meal arrives, you wouldn’t say that the chef has been kind enough to grant you the meal; it’s an order that’s been fulfilled. If you ask the chef to make it a vegan dish that doesn’t include chicken stock, however, then you’re making a request that it’s up to the chef to grant — or not.

Example Sentences

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grant Grant grants granted granting

Tronieri disclosed receiving an investigator-initiated grant from Novo Nordisk on behalf of the University of Pennsylvania, along with consulting fees from Currax Pharmaceuticals, LLC.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

The Welsh government is considering whether it will take over the planning process for the facility - meaning Cardiff Council is unable to grant planning permission in the meantime.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Reporting for this article was supported with a grant by the Fund for Investigative Journalism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

"As part of a separate $7 million U.S. Department of Agriculture grant involving Penn State, University of Delaware and UF/IFAS, we are developing advanced diagnostics and sustainable solutions to strengthen mushroom farms nationwide."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

“And now, I shall grant his freedom, yes, and for no price! However...”

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

Grant and Marston speak of being influenced by passionate social media creators who celebrate books, wanting to build a community as much as an event space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

"Helen was well respected. She was diligent and hard working," Grant told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Alexander Grant, 51, said: "My main worry is the situation with the Heath hospital with regards to the staff and the patients."

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Researchers used an innovative technique called 'transmission strings', developed by Bristol astrophysicists Dr. David Grant and Dr. Hannah Wakeford, to investigate the planet's atmospheric structure in unprecedented detail.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Its editor, Jim Grant, had been prophesying doom ever since the great debt cycle began, in the mid-1980s.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

His latest slew of AI videos included one showing an elderly Palestinian man sitting in the rubble of Gaza before a genie in the form of Ben Gvir grants his wish to move to Paris.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Applications for grants come in from social workers, health visitors, teachers, doctors, nurses and other frontline professionals and are considered individually by the charity's Directors.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The president has also unveiled debt relief for small businesses, new university grants and measures to ease fuel costs, while proposing free weekend public transport.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Los Angeles County’s Department of Arts and Culture is building its 2028 effort around existing grants, youth programs, public art and neighborhood partnerships, Director Kristin Sakoda said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

In this domain, the prize for efficacy goes to the Cantonese dialect of Chinese, whose brevity grants residents of Hong Kong a rocketing memory span of about 10 digits.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

Finland's government has granted an operating licence for the world's first permanent repository for radioactive spent nuclear fuel, waste management company Posiva said Thursday, 22 years after construction began on the site.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

On Thursday, he was granted $10,000 bail, ordered not to contact or post about his accuser, and to surrender his passport.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

One time this guy came up on stage ... and granted — I don’t know what they’re gonna tell me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Refused a berth in Cuba, the U.S. and Canada, the St. Louis returned to Europe and docked in Belgium, where Leon was granted entry to Britain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

But later historians have naturally turned the phrase ‘Whig history’ back against Butterfield himself, accusing him of taking for granted the superiority of modern science over all that went before.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The relationship with Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital was covered in detail, asking why an agreement granting exclusivity to the company was signed without prior consultation of the Fifa Council.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Better AI may be our best defense against its granting the wrong wishes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

But she said the federal government already has tools “to identify fraud, both in the granting of the visa and then also tracking the person through the Department of Homeland Security.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

I wrote a piece for the Atlantic in which I said, “The original sin of AI is granting chatbots the use of the first person.”

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

In 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified, granting African American men the right to vote.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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