English Explanatory Dictionary

grant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To give (permission or wish).
  2. To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request).
  3. To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
  4. To assent; to consent.
noun
  1. The act of granting or giving
  2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
  3. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
  4. A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.
  5. The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.
  6. An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).
name
  1. An English surname transferred from the nickname and a Scottish clan name, from a nickname meaning "large".
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A placename
  4. A number of places in the United States:
  5. A town in Marshall County, Alabama.
  6. An unincorporated community in Inyo County, California.
  7. An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado.
  8. A small city in Montgomery County, Iowa.
  9. A small city in Newaygo County, Michigan.
  10. A city in Washington County, Minnesota.
  11. A small city, the county seat of Perkins County, Nebraska.
  12. An unincorporated community in Hardin County, Ohio.
noun
  1. A United States fifty-dollar bill.

Pronunciation

gränt /ɡɹɑːnt/ grănt /ɡɹænt/ grŏnt /ɡɹɒnt/ en-us-grant.ogg En-us-Grant.oga

Word forms

grant grants granting granted no-table-tags glossary grantest grantedst granteth graunt

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

concur concede allow concession allowance Ulysses Grant Ulysses S. Grant U.S. Grant

Antonyms

deny

Derived words

grantable regrant ungrant block grant capital grant demogrant direct grant grammar school foregrant grant-back grant-forward grant-in-aid grant-in-kind grant in kind grantless grantmaker grantmaking grantsman land-grant land grant microgrant revenue sharing grant subgrant Grant City Grant County Grantown Grantown-on-Spey Grant Parish Grants Beach Grants Pass Grantsville Grant Town Grant Township Grantville Joe Grant Cay
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