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Meaning grant meaning

What does grant mean?
Definitions in simple English

Grant Proper noun

— Grant is a male given name.

grant Verb

— If you grant something to something, you give it to them, usually formally. The school has granted us permission to use a classroom in the evenings. — If you grant something, you accept that it is true. Yes, I'll grant you that the data is old, but I still think it's useful.

grant Noun

— A grant is something, usually money, that is given to someone, usually by a government or institution. The professor received a research grant to study weather changes. I got a $2,000 government grant to help me go to school.

grant

— verb (= allow) let have grant permission Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison — verb (= award) give as judged due or on the basis of merit the referee awarded a free kick to the team the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff Funds are granted to qualified researchers — noun the act of providing a subsidy — noun any monetary aid — verb (= concede) be willing to concede I grant you this much — noun (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance — verb allow to have grant a privilege — verb (= give) bestow, especially officially grant a degree give a divorce This bill grants us new rights — verb transfer by deed grant land — noun a right or privilege that has been granted — noun (= concession) a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business he got the beer concession at the ball park — verb (= concede) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

Grant

— noun 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) — noun United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986) — noun Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)

Synonyms grant synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as grant?

grant English » English

give bestow allow confer award yield accord present concede permit admit cede subsidy scholarship donation assign allowance gift donate let stipend give way agree supply provide offer endowment endow consent approve allot accommodate support impart bestowal authorize assignment afford acknowledge accept vouchsafe subsidization submit resign render provision leave grant-in-aid give up deliver

Grant English » English

Ulysses Simpson Grant Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses Grant President Grant Hiram Ulysses Grant Duncan James Corrow Grant Duncan Grant Cary Grant

Topics grant topics

What do people use grant to talk about?
Work and occupation Finance Share wealth

Give, donate
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to someone in trouble

Save from trouble
Person Life Marriage

Divorce
Language and thought Think Opinion

Agree with someone
Language and thought Want Request

Agree to do something
Language and thought Want Ask permission

Give permission
Social behavior Social activity Come together, form a group Visit

Welcome, receive
Social behavior Law Punish

Pardon, release

Conjugation grant conjugation

How do you conjugate grant?

grant · verb

Examples grant examples

How do I use grant in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I will grant that you are right on this point.
I got a grant for my tuition.
If you hurry, you can grant your luggage and get into the plane.
President Grant had to give up any hope of a third term.
Grant was not worried about supplies.
Ulysses Grant was a hero.
Grant took 14,000 prisoners.
People blamed General Grant.
In fact, Grant did not agree.
President Grant had done nothing illegal.
We would like to know if you can grant us a special discount.
The embassy does not grant asylum to political refugees.
Grant was extremely popular.
Grant refused to accept defeat.
The bank refused to grant me the loan.
Did they grant Tom permission to leave?
This research was made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Movie subtitles

Elder Grant.
Come to our aid Grant us mercy!
From Samlak, King of Ethiopia To King Amenes, who sits on the throne of Amun Ra. May life grant you salvation and strength.
Come back the winner, and I'll grant you a wish.
We can not grant you a loan before your fields have been harvested.
An intelligent madman would rather serve the one who can grant him life.
I grant you, I am no beauty. but under this exterior. you'll find a very flower of man.
The most beautiful princess of all. said that if I'd go away, she'd grant me my wish.
She takes them like Grant took Richmond.
And if I decide to grant your request and choose to be the first you meet. what's the prize?
Well, you understand that obtaining a divorce in England is a very difficult thing, unless the husband agrees to grant it.
Grant's Tomb.
How did you like Grant's Tomb?
Why do you grant truce to the infidel?
Almighty and merciful Allah, did not grant me victory.
Secondly. Following the proclamation of full European-Arab equality, the Emperor shall grant French citizenship to Jews and Arabs who so desire.
In Paris, they saw fit to grant me French citizenship.
If I am not, may God grant it to me!
Is there any other wish I can grant?
It's easy to grant you almost anything.
The story related the humorous adventures of two ghosts, husband and wife, played by Cary Grant and Constance Bennett.
I grant you your preferences, if you will love me.
Catherine, before you go to your rooms, is there any wish I can grant you?
Please ask Her Highness once more. - if she will grant me an audience?
God grant you victory, Catherine.
If you will grant me the privilege. I'd like to submit your work to the Royal Academy when I get back.
We'll grant that.
I grant you, we are misrepresenting our product. And that it is a liquid totally unbeneficial to its consumers.
Is there nothing the king can grant the outlaw.. whoshowedhim his duty to his country?
Hear thee Almighty, most merciful Lord. grant us pardon, absolution and remission of our sins.
You'd done better than Grant, with far less effort.
Bring me her broomstick and I'll grant your requests.
Aside from this map, I've actually seen documents referring to the land grant. Somewhere, hidden in these rotting walls as you call them.. Along with other papers, is a deed to Colonel Jaffrey Pyncheon.
Let's see, a grant deed, yes, here it is.

News and current affairs

Turkey's refusal to grant the Americans access to military bases on its territory effectively ruled out a northern front in the war.
This scenario would grant the US three enormous advantages.
After all, it was the EU's effort to stimulate Egyptian civil society with its grant of funds to the Ibn-Khaldun Institute that incited Ibrahim's persecution.
At a minimum, they should have the rights to life, liberty, and protection from torture that we grant to all members of our own species, regardless of their intellectual abilities.
In Spain in 2008, a parliamentary resolution urged the government to grant some basic legal rights to great apes, but the Spanish government has yet to implement it.
From NATO enlargement to the grant of independence to Kosovo, we have deliberately ignored your sensitivities and your interests.
The United States Congress is about to finalize a bill that will grant resolution authority over major US financial institutions to a newly formed systemic council.
Or will they finally realize that a future of independence, sovereignty, and dignity is open to them - but only if they grant the Israelis what they rightly claim for themselves?
I would put the unused capital to productive use and increase grant-giving activities of the Bank.
So far, the West will not grant Russia the same rights of democratic self-defense.
I do worry that the government is not moving fast enough to grant the country's millions of migrant workers official residency in the cities where they work and live.
We can grant that it was not the primary intention of those who planned and authorized the attack on Damadola to kill innocent people.
Banks that grant risky loans on too little equity illustrate the analytical value of homo economicus particularly clearly.
The Bank of England has argued that there should be no replication of the banking union grant of new powers to the European Central Bank at the expense of national central banks.
Let us also grant some Mediterranean countries association status that will allow them to integrate progressively into the EU's internal market and participate in EU programs.
But last fall the government reneged, and the Global Fund issued the group an emergency grant for two years.
Many countries with histories of colonialism and other forms of tyranny, as well as countries without abundant natural resources, have chosen to educate women and grant them legal rights.
Whatever its outcome, Pinochet's case demonstrates that the amnesties tyrants grant themselves provide only limited protection.
Through Europol and Eurojust, European police forces and judicial authorities have intensified cooperation, and ministers are preparing to grant law enforcement agencies of other EU countries access to national databases of DNA and fingerprints.
If a developing country's trade deficit is offset by assistance through a grant of the new global money, its overall financial position will be secure.

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