grant

• graunt (obsolete)

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”). More at guarantee, credit.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gränt IPA^(key): /ɡɹɑːnt/
• (General American) enPR: grănt IPA^(key): /ɡɹænt/
• (Mid-Atlantic) enPR: grŏnt IPA^(key): /ɡɹɒnt/

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• Rhymes: -ænt, -ɑːnt

grant (third-person singular simple present grants, present participle granting, simple past and past participle granted)

1. (ditransitive) to give (permission or wish)

   He was granted permission to attend the meeting.

   The genie granted him three wishes

   Antonym: deny

2. (ditransitive) To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request)
   • 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.

   • c. 1930, Serenity Prayer

     God, grant me the serenity […]

   • 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly‎, volume 188, number 23, page 19:

     In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]

3. (transitive) To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.

   Synonyms: concur, concede, allow

   • 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.

   • 1897, Marie Corelli, “Chapter I”, in Ziska: The Problem of a Wicked Soul, New York: Stone & Kimball, pages 23–24:

     "They are tall, certainly," said Sir Chetwynd... "I grant you they are tall. That is, the majority of them are. But I have seen short men among them. The Khedive is not taller than I am. And the Egyptian face is very deceptive. The features are often fine,—occasionally classic,—but intelligent expression is totally lacking."

4. (intransitive) To assent; to consent.[1]
   • c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     Before I would have granted to that act.
     But thou preferr'st thy life before thine honor.

grant (plural grants)

1. The act of granting or giving

   Synonyms: concession, allowance

   the grant of permission for a project

2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.[1]
3. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.[1]

   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.[1]

   a grant of land or of money

5. The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.[1]
6. (informal) An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).

• Trang

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡrant]

grant m inan

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

   dotace a granty z evropských fondů ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   požádat o a získat grant od grantové agentury ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• See krédo

• grant in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• grant in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

• grand (ORB)

Inherited from Latin grandis.

grant (feminine singular granta or grant, masculine plural grants, feminine plural grants or grantes) (ORB)

1. large

• grand in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• grant in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

• grand (alternative orthography)

From Latin grandis, grandem.

grant

1. big, large

grant m or f (plural grans)

1. (early Middle French) Alternative form of grand

grant

1. neuter singular of grann

From Latin grandis, grandem.

grant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular grant or grande, comparative maior, superlative grandisme)

1. big, large
   • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 168, line 2021:

     plaint sa mesaise e sa grant peine

     she lamented her suffering and her great pain

• grandur

• Middle French: grand
  • French: grand
  • Norman: grand
  • Picard: grand
  • → English: grand

• grand (alternative spelling)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾant/

grant m or f (plural grandes)

1. Apocopic form of grande; great; big; large.
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 18r:

     Fue el dia t̃cero al alba dela man. ⁊ vinẏerõ truenos ⁊ relãpagos ⁊ nuf grȧt ſobrel mõt.

     On the morning of the third day there came thunder and flashes of lightning and a great cloud upon the mountain.

• Spanish: gran

Borrowed from English grant.

• IPA^(key): /ɡrant/

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• Rhymes: -ant
• Syllabification: grant
• Homophone: grand

grant m inan (related adjective grantowy)

1. (law) grant (fund given by a person or organisation, often a public body, charitable foundation, a specialised grant-making institution, or in some cases a business with a corporate social responsibility mission, to an individual or another entity, usually, a non-profit organisation, sometimes a business or a local government body, for a specific purpose linked to public benefit)

   Coordinate terms: dofinansowanie, dotacja, subsydium, subwencja

2. research, artistic, or social project that is funded by a grant obtained through a competition

• grant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• grant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

grant

1. indefinite neuter singular of grann