grant
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See also: Grant
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- graunt (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English granten, graunten, grantien, grauntien, from Borrowing 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 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[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɹɑːnt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɹænt/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ænt, -ɑːnt
Verb[edit]
grant (third-person singular simple present grants, present participle granting, simple past and past participle granted)
- To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
- 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.
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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. […]
- 1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:
- To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
- 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.
- a. 1921, George Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah, Preface ("The Infidel Half Century"), section "In Quest of the First Cause":
- To assent; to consent.
Translations[edit]
To give over
To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request
To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede
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To assent; to consent
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Noun[edit]
grant (plural grants)
- The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
- The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
- The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
- I got a grant from the government to study archeology in Egypt.
- (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.
- (informal) An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).
Translations[edit]
The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission
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The yielding or admission of something in dispute
The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon
A transfer of property by deed or writing
Informal: application for money
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Czech[edit]
Noun[edit]
grant m
- 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[edit]
Friulian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- grand (alternative orthography)
Etymology[edit]
From Latin grandis, grandem.
Adjective[edit]
grant
Middle French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
grant m, f (plural grans)
- (early Middle French) Alternative form of grand
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin grandis, grandem.
Adjective[edit]
grant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular grant or grande)
- big, large
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circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 168 (of the Champion Classiques edition, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), line 2021:
- plaint sa mesaise e sa grant peine
- she lamented her suffering and her great pain
- plaint sa mesaise e sa grant peine
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Declension[edit]
Declension of grant
Descendants[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
grant
- absolute indefinite neuter form of grann.
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