grant

1. 1.

   let have

   “grant permission”

   “Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison”

   Synonymsallow

   Broadergive

   Narrowervouchsafeallowance
2. 2.

   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”

   Synonymsaward

   Broadergive

   Narrowerpension
3. 3.

   be willing to concede

   “I grant you this much”

   Synonymsconcedeyield

   Broaderagree

   Narrowerforgive
4. 4.

   allow to have

   “grant a privilege”

   Synonymsaccordallot

   Broadergive

   Narrowergiveenfranchise
5. 5.

   bestow, especially officially

   “grant a degree”

   “give a divorce”

   “This bill grants us new rights”

   Synonymsgive
6. 6.

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

   Synonymsconcedeyieldcede

   Broadergive
7. 7.

   transfer by deed

   “grant land”

   Synonymsdeed over

   Broadergive

Other forms of grant

plural

grants·

past tense

granted·

present participle

granting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about grant

What does grant mean?

grant means "any monetary aid". That is the primary sense; the word has 15 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in grant?

grant has 1 syllable: grant. In IPA it is /ˈɡɹænt/.

What is another word for grant?

Close synonyms include subsidization, subsidisation, assignment, Duncan Grant, Duncan James Corrow Grant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grant a common word?

grant is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.