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grant

/ grant /

noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1

the act of providing a subsidy

Type of:

allotment apportionment apportioning

Kinds of:

award awarding block grant grant-in-aid

Derived:

subsidize subsidise

verb Sense 2

transfer by deed

"grant land"

Type of:

give gift present

Derived:

assignment grantee grantor

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

noun Sense 3

any monetary aid

Type of:

aid economic aid

Kinds of:

subsidy grant-in-aid

Derived:

award

noun Sense 4

(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

Type of:

transferred property transferred possession

Kinds of:

appanage apanage land grant

Derived:

assign deed over

Domain:

law jurisprudence

noun Sense 5

Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)

Type of:

painter

Has parts:

Bloomsbury Group

noun Sense 6

United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)

Type of:

actor histrion player

noun Sense 7

a right or privilege that has been granted

Type of:

right

Derived:

accord allot allow

verb Sense 8

bestow, especially officially

"grant a degree"

"give a divorce"

"This bill grants us new rights"

Derived:

granter grantee

Usage Patterns:

Somebody's (body part) ----s

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

noun Sense 9

18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)

Type of:

general full general President of the United States

noun Sense 10

a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business

"he got the beer concession at the ball park"

Type of:

contract

Kinds of:

franchise

verb Sense 11

give on the basis of merit

"Funds are granted to qualified researchers"

Type of:

allocate apportion

Kinds of:

pension pension off

Derived:

grantee

Usage Patterns:

Somebody's (body part) ----s

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

verb Sense 12

let have

"grant permission"

"Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"

Opposites:

deny refuse

Type of:

give

Kinds of:

vouchsafe allowance

Derived:

granter

Verb group:

permit allow let countenance

Usage Patterns:

Somebody's (body part) ----s

verb Sense 13

be willing to concede

"I grant you this much"

Type of:

agree hold concur

Kinds of:

forgive

Derived:

concession conceding yielding

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody's (body part) ----s

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Something ----s somebody

Something ----s something

verb Sense 14

allow to have

"grant a privilege"

Type of:

give

Kinds of:

give enfranchise

Derived:

accordance accordance of rights

Usage Patterns:

Somebody's (body part) ----s

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

verb Sense 15

give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

Type of:

give

Derived:

cession ceding concession conceding yielding

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

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allotment apportionment apportioning award awarding block grant grant-in-aid give gift present aid economic aid