grant

Meaning

Verb

1. (ditransitive) To give (permission or wish).
2. (ditransitive) To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request).
3. (transitive) To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
4. (intransitive) To assent; to consent.

Noun

1. The act of granting or giving
2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
3. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
4. 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).

Opposite of

deny

Synonyms

give

bestow

allow

confer

award

yield

accord

concede

present

permit

admit

cede

scholarship

donation

assign

allowance

subsidy

donate

gift

🎁

let

stipend

give way

agree

endowment

allot

accommodate

offer

endow

consent

approve

provide

supply

accept

🉑

authorize

support

impart

assignment

acknowledge

afford

bestowal

administer

provision

render

resign

submit

leave

contribution

assume

concession

comply

Translations

accorder

subvention

concedere

conceder

otorgar

subvención

toegeven

gewähren

bewilligen

concedir

conceder

verlenen

ceder

cedir

atorgar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹɑːnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: granten

Cognate with Old French: garantir

Cognate with English: guarantee

In summary

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”). Alternatively, a regular reflex of Medieval Latin *credentāre with regular voicing of /k/ before a liquid plus low vowel. More at guarantee, credit.