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

Meaning:

Any monetary aid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

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

aid; assistance; economic aid; economic assistance; financial aid; financial assistance (gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause)

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

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

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

Derivation:

grant (give as judged due or on the basis of merit)

Sense 2

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

Meaning:

(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

assignment; grant

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))

Derivation:

grant (transfer by deed)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Duncan Grant; Duncan James Corrow 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

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

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:

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

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

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)

Derivation:

grant (allow to have)

grant (let have)

• GRANT (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Let have

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

allow; grant

Context example:

Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison

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

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

Verb group:

allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)

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

Derivation:

grant (a right or privilege that has been granted)

granter (a person who grants or gives something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Give as judged due or on the basis of merit

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

award; grant

Context example:

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

Derivation:

grant (any monetary aid)

grantee (a recipient of a grant)

Sense 3

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

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

Derivation:

grant (a right or privilege that has been granted)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Bestow, especially officially

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

give; grant

Context example:

This bill grants us new rights

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

grantee (a recipient of a grant)

granter (a person who grants or gives something)

Sense 6

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

cede; concede; grant; yield

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

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

Derivation:

grant ((law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance)

grantee (a recipient of a grant)

grantor (a person who makes a grant in legal form)

 Context examples 

Will you grant me time—any length of time?

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Oversight and management of grants or contracts

(Academic Grants and Contracts Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

Grant me my life; what do you want with such a slender little fellow as I? you would not feel me between your teeth.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

God grant that no such time may ever come to you to break the sunshine of your life; but if it should ever come, promise me that you will let me know.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

"If you wish it you'll have it, for your wishes are always granted—mine never."

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

A research project that is in an active grant funding cycle.

(Active Funded Research Project, NCI Thesaurus)

But it is no fault of yours, I grant.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

At the end of the P20 grant cycle, the organization should be prepared to submit a CCSG application.

(Cancer Center Planning Grant, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called P30 Cancer Center Support Grant.

(CCSG, NCI Dictionary)

The Association supports basic and clinical research through training and 'seed' grants for researchers who are at the early stage of their careers.

(American Lung Association, NCI Thesaurus)