grant

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English

Alternative forms

• graunt (obsolete)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

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

   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
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.
4. (intransitive) To assent; to consent.

Translations

Noun

grant (plural grants)

1. The act of granting or giving

   Synonyms: concession, allowance

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

4. (law) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.

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

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Trang

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡrant]

Noun

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)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• See krédo

Further reading

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

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• grand
• grànt (ORB, narrow)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin grandis.

Adjective

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

1. large

   Antonyms: pègno, petiôt, petit

Derived terms

References

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

Friulian

Alternative forms

• grand (alternative orthography)

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grant

1. big, large

Middle French

Adjective

grant m or f (plural grans)

1. (early Middle French) Alternative form of grand

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

grant

1. neuter singular of grann

Old French

Alternative forms

• graunt (late Anglo-Norman spelling)

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

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

1. big, large

Declension

Derived terms

• grandur

Descendants

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

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• grand (alternative spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾant/

Adjective

grant m or f (plural grandes)

1. Apocopic form of grande; great; big; large.

Descendants

• Spanish: gran

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English grant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrant/
• Rhymes: -ant
• Syllabification: grant
• Homophone: grand

Noun

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

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Swedish

Adjective

grant

1. indefinite neuter singular of grann