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- Dictionarygrant/ɡrɑːnt/
verb
- 1. agree to give or allow (something requested) to: "they were granted a meeting" Similar Opposite
- 2. agree or admit to (someone) that (something) is true: "he hasn't made much progress, I'll grant you that" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a sum of money given by a government or other organization for a particular purpose: "a research grant"
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an amount of money that is given to a person or an organization for a special purpose, especially by a government: a grant from sb/sth The research laboratory was set up with a grant from the Department of Health. a grant for sth The company received a $10,000 grant for software development.
The meaning of GRANT is to consent to carry out for a person : allow fulfillment of. How to use grant in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Grant.
Grant definition: to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act. See examples of GRANT used in a sentence.
Definition of grant verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A grant is an amount of money that a government or other institution gives to an individual or to an organization for a particular purpose such as education or home improvements. They'd got a special grant to encourage research.
When you grant something, you’re typically fulfilling a request that is not an automatic entitlement. For example, if you order a plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce in a restaurant, when the meal arrives, you wouldn’t say that the chef has been kind enough to grant you the meal; it’s an order that’s been fulfilled.
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.