GRANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Grant mean? 

• GRANT (noun)
  The noun GRANT has 8 senses:

1. any monetary aid
2. the act of providing a subsidy
3. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
4. Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)
5. United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)
6. 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
7. a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
8. a right or privilege that has been granted

  Familiarity information: GRANT used as a noun is common.

• GRANT (verb)
  The verb GRANT has 7 senses:

1. let have
2. give as judged due or on the basis of merit
3. be willing to concede
4. allow to have
5. bestow, especially officially
6. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
7. transfer by deed

  Familiarity information: GRANT used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRANT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any monetary aid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("grant" is a kind of...):

aid; economic aid (a gift of money to support a worthy person or cause)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grant"):

grant-in-aid (a grant to a person or school for some educational project)

subsidy (a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The act of providing a subsidy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

grant; subsidisation; subsidization

Hypernyms ("grant" is a kind of...):

allocation; allotment; apportioning; apportionment; assignation; parceling; parcelling (the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grant"):

award; awarding (a grant made by a law court)

block grant (a grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs)

grant-in-aid (a grant from a central government to a local government)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

grant; assignment

Hypernyms ("grant" is a kind of...):

transferred possession; transferred property (a possession whose ownership changes or lapses)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grant"):

apanage; appanage (a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family)

land grant (a grant of public land (as to a railway or college))

Sense 4

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Meaning:

Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Duncan James Corrow Grant; Duncan Grant; Grant

Instance hypernyms:

painter (an artist who paints)

Holonyms ("Grant" is a member of...):

Bloomsbury Group (an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles)

Sense 5

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Meaning:

United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Cary Grant; Grant

Instance hypernyms:

actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)

Sense 6

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Meaning:

18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Ulysses Simpson Grant; Ulysses S. Grant; Ulysses Grant; President Grant; Hiram Ulysses Grant; Grant

Instance hypernyms:

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

Chief Executive; President; President of the United States; United States President (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government)

Sense 7

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Meaning:

A contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

concession; grant

Context example:

he got the beer concession at the ball park

Hypernyms ("grant" is a kind of...):

contract (a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grant"):

franchise (an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place)

Sense 8

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Meaning:

A right or privilege that has been granted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("grant" is a kind of...):

right (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature)

• GRANT (verb)

Sense 1

grant [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Let have

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

grant; allow

Context examples:

grant permission / Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison

Hypernyms (to "grant" is one way to...):

give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grant"):

vouchsafe (grant in a condescending manner)

allowance (put on a fixed allowance, as of food)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody something

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Give as judged due or on the basis of merit

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

award; grant

Context examples:

the referee awarded a free kick to the team / the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff / Funds are granted to qualified researchers

Hypernyms (to "grant" is one way to...):

give (cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grant"):

pension; pension off (grant a pension to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sentence examples:

They grant the money to them
They grant them the money

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Be willing to concede

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

concede; grant; yield

Context example:

I grant you this much

Hypernyms (to "grant" is one way to...):

agree; concord; concur; hold (be in accord; be in agreement)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grant"):

forgive (stop blaming or grant forgiveness)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody

Sense 4

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Meaning:

Allow to have

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

accord; allot; grant

Context example:

grant a privilege

Hypernyms (to "grant" is one way to...):

give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grant"):

give (accord by verdict)

enfranchise (grant voting rights)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sense 5

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Meaning:

Bestow, especially officially

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

grant; give

Context examples:

grant a degree / give a divorce / This bill grants us new rights

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sense 6

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Meaning:

Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

cede; concede; yield; grant

Hypernyms (to "grant" is one way to...):

give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sense 7

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Meaning:

Transfer by deed

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

deed over; grant

Context example:

grant land

Hypernyms (to "grant" is one way to...):

gift; give; present (give as a present; make a gift of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody