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grant

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What does grant mean?

verb

  1. To give (permission or wish).
  2. To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request).
  3. To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
More meanings (34)

verb

  1. 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).
  7. (slang) A United States fifty-dollar bill.

proper noun

  1. An English surname transferred from the nickname and a Scottish clan name, from a nickname meaning "large".
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A town in Marshall County, Alabama.
  4. An unincorporated community in Inyo County, California.
  5. An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado.
  6. A small city in Montgomery County, Iowa.
  7. A small city in Newaygo County, Michigan.
  8. A city in Washington County, Minnesota.
  9. A small city, the county seat of Perkins County, Nebraska.
  10. An unincorporated community in Hardin County, Ohio.
  11. An unincorporated community in Mason County, Washington.
  12. A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
  13. A town in Dunn County, Wisconsin.
  14. A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
  15. A town in Portage County, Wisconsin.
  16. A town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
  17. A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
  18. A large number of townships in the United States, listed under Grant Township.
  19. A rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Grant No. 372.
  20. A former rural locality in Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia.
  21. A village in Tolmin, Slovenia.
  22. Ellipsis of Grant City.
  23. Ellipsis of Grant County.
  24. Ellipsis of Grant Parish.
  25. Ellipsis of Grant Town.
  26. Ellipsis of Grant Township.
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IPA pronunciation

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In the pages of books

See this word in context.

If you grant that one man’s conscience doesn’t know right from wrong, it is an admission that there are others like it.
Mark TwainWhat Is Man? and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #70
So soon as I had completed my sketches I wrote to Daniel Grant and informed him of the result of my journey.
James NasmythJames Nasmyth, Engineer: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #476
More book examples (3)
They grant that we have laid the foundation in Christ, but claim that we have failed to go through with the building.
Martin LutherCommentary on the Epistle to the GalatiansTranslated by Theodore GraebnerProject Gutenberg ebook #1549
And if Destiny didn’t grant it, I am pretty confident that I should get drunk and forget it as often as possible.
Jack LondonThe People of the AbyssProject Gutenberg ebook #1688
O God, grant that in his presence I may rather see my own vileness, and behave so that he too may benefit.
Leo, graf TolstoyWar and PeaceTranslated by Aylmer Maude; Louise MaudeProject Gutenberg ebook #2600