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grant.

To give (permission or wish).

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɡɹɑːnt/General-South-African, Received-Pronunciation, Southern-England/ɡɹɐːnt/Australia, New-Zealand, South/ɡɹænt/Canada, General-American/ɡɹant/Northern-England

  1. To give (permission or wish).

    ditransitive
    He was granted permission to attend the meeting.
    The genie granted him three wishes

  2. To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request).

    ditransitive

  3. To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.

    transitive

  4. To assent; to consent.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ɡɹɑːnt/General-South-African, Received-Pronunciation, Southern-England/ɡɹɐːnt/Australia, New-Zealand, South/ɡɹænt/Canada, General-American/ɡɹant/Northern-England

  1. The act of granting or giving

    the grant of permission for a project

  2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.

  3. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.

    I got a grant from the government to study archeology in Egypt.

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

    a grant of land or of money

  5. The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.

  6. An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).

    informal
Where this word comes from

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.

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