Pronunciation of grant: G R AE1 N T (grænt)
Number of syllables of grant: 1
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Definition of grant
- (n): Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)
- (n): (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
- (n): any monetary aid
- (v): be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"
- (v): allow to have; "grant a privilege"
- (v): let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"
- (v): transfer by deed; "grant land"
- (v): give on the basis of merit; "Funds are granted to qualified researchers"
- (v): give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- (v): bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights"
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Examples of grant
- Psychology professors receive grant to study group creativity.
- He is the son of grant tinker.
- The first installment of the grant was sent in 2001.
- The festival mascot is Grant the Gnome.
- Grant wellness to those who work, largess to those employing.
- The grant was released and the fundraiser never held.
- God, grant us the gifts of prophecy, sagacity, clairvoyance in dreaming.
- What does the picture of the hug grant us
- But, they should grant hospitality.
- The scheme was attractive to most of the direct grant schools.
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Poems containing the word "grant"