/ɡɹɑːnt/, /ɡɹænt/, /ɡɹɒnt/
OriginFrom 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.
- ditransitiveTo give (permission or wish).
“He was granted permission to attend the meeting.”
“The genie granted him three wishes”
- ditransitiveTo give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request).
“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 conſe”
“c. 1930, Serenity Prayer
God, grant me the serenity[…]”
“In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]”
- transitiveTo agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
“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.”
“"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 Egypt”
- intransitiveTo assent; to consent.
“Before I would have granted to that act.
But thou preferr'st thy life before thine honor.”
- The act of granting or giving
“the grant of permission for a project”
- 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.”
- A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.
“a grant of land or of money”
- The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.
- informalAn application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).
- US, slangA United States fifty-dollar bill.
“He could open that footlocker once in awhile^([sic]) and look at actual cash, loads of bills, tens, twenties, eagles, Grants, Lincolns, Washingtons.”
“How much money would you have if you had […] 7 Grants? […] 20 Jeffersons and 3 Grants?”
“Presidents: Cash money, folding bills, the green stuff, cabbage, lettuce, bucks, dough, i.e., Washingtons ($1), Jeffersons ($2), Lincolns ($5), Jacksons ($20), Grants ($50), McKinleys ($500), Clevelan”
- countable, uncountableAn English surname transferred from the nickname and a Scottish clan name, from a nickname meaning "large".
- countable, uncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.
- countable, uncountableA town in Marshall County, Alabama.
- countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in Inyo County, California.
- countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado.
- countable, uncountableA small city in Montgomery County, Iowa.
- countable, uncountableA small city in Newaygo County, Michigan.
- countable, uncountableA city in Washington County, Minnesota.
- countable, uncountableA small city, the county seat of Perkins County, Nebraska.
- countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in Hardin County, Ohio.
- countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in Mason County, Washington.
- countable, uncountableA town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
- countable, uncountableA town in Dunn County, Wisconsin.
- countable, uncountableA town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
- countable, uncountableA town in Portage County, Wisconsin.
- countable, uncountableA town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
- countable, uncountableA town in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
- countable, uncountableA large number of townships in the United States, listed under Grant Township.
- countable, uncountableA rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Grant No. 372.
- countable, uncountableA former rural locality in Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia.
- countable, uncountableA village in Tolmin, Slovenia.
- abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountableEllipsis of Grant City.
- abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountableEllipsis of Grant County.
- abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountableEllipsis of Grant Parish.
- abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountableEllipsis of Grant Town.
- abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountableEllipsis of Grant Township.
Formsgrants(present, singular, third-person) · granting(participle, present) · granted(participle, past) · granted(past) · grant(infinitive) · grant(first-person, present, singular) · granted(first-person, past, singular) · grant(present, second-person, singular) · grantest(archaic, present, second-person, singular) · granted(past, second-person, singular) · grantedst(archaic, past, second-person, singular) · granteth(archaic, present, singular, third-person) · granted(past, singular, third-person) · grant(plural, present) · granted(past, plural) · grant(present, subjunctive) · granted(past, subjunctive) · grant(imperative, present) · -(imperative, past) · graunt(alternative, obsolete)