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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

Los Angeles County has agreed to take over the annual homeless count and federal grant application duties from the struggling Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Funding was provided by the National Institutes of Health through grant HL148004.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Washington has said it would grant him a US visa.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

“Can we grant them some empathy, a moment of our attention and respect, as we learn what we can of their circumstances and how they dealt with them?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

“We will convene in twenty-one days, to grant you full-fledged Witch status, or for your punishment, which, according to the Oracle...”

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

Brydon, who grew up in Baglan, Port Talbot, is often seen engaging in competitive mimicry of famous actors, such as Michael Caine, Al Pacino and Hugh Grant, in the programme.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

“People are craving more than dinner,” Grant says.

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

“I’m really not fazed by a lot of things that come out,” Grant, 39, said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Among the witnesses were cabinet members, some senators and congressmen, and former Presidents Hayes and Grant.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

“They’re more likely to take out grants, or if they have to take out loans, they are more educated on what type of loans to take that have less risk.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

The research was supported by the Sky Foundation and National Institutes of Health grants P30CA016087 and R01CA245005.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Cities and states, including California, have long offered such programs to low- and middle-income homeowners, either in the form of loans or grants, and there are reportedly more than 2,700 such programs across the country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

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

I told him that while most of my tuition was covered by grants and loans and scholarships, the school expected me to contribute two thousand dollars a year.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

Work to clear and make the site safe began in December 2023, and planning permission for construction was granted in October 2024.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Annemarie, a nurse anesthetist and former cast member of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” was granted the order as well as full custody of their children.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The FDA recently granted accelerated approval to elamipretide, a medication designed to help stabilize cardiolipin, for Barth syndrome, a rare inherited disorder.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Along with this “absolute immunity,” the justices also granted “at least presumptive immunity” for other official acts.

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026

The boy had attached himself to us of his own accord and now both of us took it for granted he would remain.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

On the other hand, skeptics might believe that granting AI systems moral consideration disempowers humans and wastes resources.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 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

It would need to be a more fundamental issue with the granting of the warrants for the police to be required to return the material from a search, he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 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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