grant
To give (permission or wish).
Verb 4 meanings
To give (permission or wish).
“He was granted permission to attend the meeting.”
To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request).
To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
To assent; to consent.
Noun 4 meanings
The act of granting or giving
“the grant of permission for a project”
The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
“I got a grant from the government to study archeology in Egypt.”
A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.
“a grant of land or of money”
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”).
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GRANT at a glance
GRANT has 5 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (G 2 + R 1 + A 1 + N 1 + T 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,103 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with grant
All rhymes- WANT7
- IMPORTANT13
- SIGNIFICANT17
- MEANT7
- PLANT7
- ASSISTANT9
- RESTAURANT10
- GIANT6
- RELEVANT11
- PREGNANT11
- BRILLIANT11
- CONSTANT10
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