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[grant, grahnt]

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verb (used with object)

to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.

to give or accord: to grant permission.

to agree or accede to: to grant a request.

to admit or concede; accept for the sake of argument: I grant that point.

to transfer or convey, especially by deed or writing: to grant property.

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noun

something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land: Several major foundations made large grants to fund the research project.

the act of granting.

Law. a transfer of property.

a geographical unit in Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire, originally a grant of land to a person or group of people.

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Grant is always a great word to know.

So is summons. Does it mean:

the power of the state to take private property for public use with payment of compensation to the owner

a call or citation by authority to appear before a court or a judicial officer

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Idiom

10.

take for granted,

to accept without question or objection; assume: Your loyalty to the cause is taken for granted.

to use, accept, or treat in a careless or indifferent manner: A marriage can be headed for trouble if either spouse begins to take the other for granted.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English gra(u)nten < Old French graunter, variant of crëanter < Vulgar Latin *credentāre, verbal derivative of Latin crēdent-, stem of crēdēns, present participle of crēdere to believe

Related forms

grant·a·ble, adjective

grant·ed·ly, adverb

grant·er, noun

re·grant, verb (used with object), noun

su·per·grant, noun

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un·grant·a·ble, adjective

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Synonyms
1. award, vouchsafe. 2. See give. 6, 7. concession, bequest. 7. conveyance.

Antonyms
1, 2. receive.

Example Sentences

Grant a brief burial service was conducted yesterday morning.

Depending on whether you are an optimist or a pessimist, the grant is a significant boost or a drop in the ocean.

The site gives information on grant programs with potential for cultural-heritage tourism.

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Grant a brief burial service was conducted yesterday morning.

Depending on whether you are an optimist or a pessimist, the grant is a significant boost or a drop in the ocean.

The site gives information on grant programs with potential for cultural-heritage tourism.

Our government here exists to protect our rights, not grant them.

For example, listing child care in a grant budget would be a way to give women more opportunity.

The jury will consider each entry on its own merits and is empowered to grant as many awards as the submissions justify.

Zerhouni also said he would work to increase diversity of grant recipients and understand why minorities do not stay in the field.

Just a little point you grant as a concessionary tactic in a debate.

It is time to put an end to monoculture and the government grant aid that causes it.

It may be tough to get a grant through to test any of this stuff.

The publication of research is the bedrock of scientific careers and the foundation of grant applications.

But in fact, scientific research grant proposals are highly scrutinized.

The pressure of getting the next grant is too much to resist for many.

Matter of fact, you think the trillion dollar fossil fuel industry is a victim of grant greedy geophysicist.

Grant was particularly proud and fond of his stud of horses.

Financial pressures have shifted grant writing to the forefront of skills that graduate students need to survive academic life.

Grant started out a failure and a drunk, but triumphed in the end.

Grant that the universe is filled with atomic-size.

But this is not a world-renowned researcher at a prestigious university floating in grant money.

I've been asked to review for a grant scheme that a former student applied for, with my detailled hand-holding.

It refused to grant bail to the first suspect charged.

One scientist tells of a research grant application to study marijuana's potential medical benefits.

Your good idea must also be well positioned, or review panels for grant agencies are unlikely to approve.

London may well agree-if the province gives up some of its central-government grant in exchange.

Grant people control over their own medical information.

If you rub the bottle, the egg will reemerge and grant you three wishes.

Scientific expertise alone won't get you a research grant.

But with fewer customers for their beer-selling or shoe-mending businesses, grant recipients often grow poorer.

I'll grant you perhaps the western or industrialized world.

His few policy statements have focused on reviewing contracts that grant tax breaks to foreign mining companies.

Published means notoriety which translates into job opportunities and grant money.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun

Cary (Archibald Leach), 1904–86, U.S. actor, born in England.

He·ber Jed·e·di·ah

[hee-ber jed-i-dahy-uh] , 1856–1945, U.S. president of the Mormon Church 1918–45.

Ulysses S(impson) 1822–85, 18th president of the U.S. 1869–77: Union general in the Civil War.

a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “large, great.”

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World English Dictionary

grant (ɡrɑːnt)

—vb
1.	to consent to perform or fulfil: to grant a wish
2.	(may take a clause as object) to permit as a favour, indulgence, etc: to grant an interview
3.	(may take a clause as object) to acknowledge the validity of; concede: I grant what you say is true
4.	to bestow, esp in a formal manner
5.	to transfer (property) to another, esp by deed; convey
6.	take for granted
	a. to accept or assume without question: one takes certain amenities for granted
	b. to fail to appreciate the value, merit, etc, of (a person)

—n
7.	a sum of money provided by a government, local authority, or public fund to finance educational study, overseas aid, building repairs, etc
8.	a privilege, right, etc, that has been granted
9.	the act of granting
10.	a transfer of property by deed or other written instrument; conveyance
11.	(US) a territorial unit in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, originally granted to an individual or organization

[C13: from Old French graunter, from Vulgar Latin credentāre (unattested), from Latin crēdere to believe]

'grantable

—*adj*

'granter

—n

Grant (ɡrɑːnt)

—n
1.	Cary, real name Alexander Archibald Leach. 1904--86, US film actor, born in England. His many films include Bringing up Baby (1938), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), and Mr Blandings Builds his Dream House (1948)
2.	Duncan (James Corrowr). 1885--1978, British painter and designer
3.	Ulysses S(impson), real name Hiram Ulysses Grant. 1822--85, 18th president of the US (1869--77); commander in chief of Union forces in the American Civil War (1864--65)

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Word Origin & History

grant

early 13c., "what is agreed to," from Anglo-Fr. graunter, from O.Fr. granter, variant of creanter "to promise, guarantee, confirm, authorize," from L. credentem (nom. credens), prp. of credere "to believe, to trust." The verb is first attested c.1300. To take (something) for granted (1610s) is from the

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sense of "admitted, acknowledged."

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