Dictionary Entry
grant
grant is a 5-letter English word with 23 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 23 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.
- 2transitive verb
To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
- 3transitive verb
To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
- 4intransitive verb
To assent; to consent.
- 5transitive verb
The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
- 6transitive verb
The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
- 7transitive verb
The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
- 8transitive verb
A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, au appropriation or conveyance made by the government; as, a grant of land or of money; also, the deed or writing by which the transfer is made.
- 9noun
the act of providing a subsidy
Synonyms
- 10noun
a right or privilege that has been granted
- 11noun
a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
"he got the beer concession at the ball park"
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- 12noun
18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
- 13noun
United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)
- 14noun
Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)
- 15noun
(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
Synonyms
- 16noun
any monetary aid
- 17verb
be willing to concede
"I grant you this much"
- 18verb
allow to have
"grant a privilege"
- 19verb
let have
"grant permission"
"Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"
Synonyms
- 20verb
transfer by deed
"grant land"
- 21verb
give as judged due or on the basis of merit
"the referee awarded a free kick to the team"
"the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff"
Synonyms
- 22verb
give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- 23verb
bestow, especially officially
"grant a degree"
"give a divorce"
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