grant

See also Grant

English

Alternative forms

• graunt (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ɡɹɑːnt/, SAMPA: /gr\A:nt/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ɡɹænt/, SAMPA: /gr\{nt/

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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. To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.
2. To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
   • 1668 July 3ʳᵈ, 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.

3. To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
4. To assent; to consent.

Translations

To give over

Finnish: myöntää (fi), suoda (fi) Japanese: 授与する (じゅよする, juyo-suru) Norwegian: tildele (no), overgi (no)

Turkish: vermek (tr), bağışlamak (tr), bahşetmek (tr) Yiddish: שענקען (yi) (shenken)

To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request

Dutch: verlenen (nl) Finnish: myöntää (fi), suoda (fi) Japanese: 叶える(かなえる, kanaeru)

Norwegian: innvilge (no) Turkish: bahşetmek (tr), ihsan etmek (tr)

To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede

Dutch: toegeven (nl) Finnish: myöntää (fi), suoda (fi)

Japanese: 認める(みとめる, mitomeru) Norwegian: innrømme (no)

To assent; to consent

Finnish: suostua (fi), myöntyä (fi)

Noun

grant (plural grants)

1. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
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; as, a grant of land or of money; also, the deed or writing by which the transfer is made.

Translations

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

Finnish: myöntyminen, suostuminen Japanese: 授与(じゅよ, juyo)

Norwegian: tildeling (no) Portuguese: concessão (pt) f.

The yielding or admission of something in dispute

Finnish: myöntyminen Japanese: 認可(にんか, ninka)

Norwegian: innrømmelse (no) m.

The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon

Czech: grant (cs) m. Norwegian: tildeling (no), donasjon (no) m.

Spanish: beca (es) f.

A transfer of property by deed or writing

Finnish: apuraha (fi), avustus (fi) Japanese: 譲渡(じょうと, jōto)

Norwegian: overføring (no)

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Anglo-Norman

Etymology

From Latin grandis

Adjective

grant

1. big, large

Declension

  Declension of grant  

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	granz	grant (later grande)	grant
	Oblique	grant	grant (later grande)	grant
Plural	Subject	grant	granz (later grandes)	grant
	Oblique	granz	granz (later grandes)	grant

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Czech

Noun

grant m.

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

   dotace a granty z evropských fondů

   požádat o a získat grant od grantové agentury

Derived terms

• grantový

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin grandis

Adjective

grant

1. big, large

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin grandis

Adjective

grant

1. big, large

Declension

  Declension of grant  

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	granz	grant (later grande)	grant
	Oblique	grant	grant (later grande)	grant
Plural	Subject	grant	granz (later grandes)	grant
	Oblique	granz	granz (later grandes)	grant

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Swedish

Adjective

grant

1. absolute indefinite neuter form of grann.