grant
verb/ɡrɑːnt/
/ɡrænt/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they grant | /ɡrɑːnt/ /ɡrænt/ |
| he / she / it grants | /ɡrɑːnts/ /ɡrænts/ |
| past simple granted | /ˈɡrɑːntɪd/ /ˈɡræntɪd/ |
| past participle granted | /ˈɡrɑːntɪd/ /ˈɡræntɪd/ |
| -ing form granting | /ˈɡrɑːntɪŋ/ /ˈɡræntɪŋ/ |
- [often passive] to agree to give somebody what they ask for, especially formal or legal permission to do something
- grant something My request was granted.
- the rights expressly granted by the terms of the lease
- The judge granted an injunction preventing the newspaper from printing the names.
- grant somebody something I was granted permission to visit the palace.
- She was granted a divorce.
- The court granted him leave to appeal.
- He was granted a licence to mine in the area.
- The bank finally granted me a £500 loan.
- grant something to somebody/something The bank finally granted a £500 loan to me.
- These lands had been granted to the family in perpetuity.
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justiceb2- Permission is hereby granted to reproduce this material.
- Planning permission was finally granted in October.
- The judge refused to grant him bail.
- The law effectively grants the company immunity from prosecution.
- Her wish was granted.
- Planning permission for the development was granted last week.
- The contract was granted to an Australian company.
- The government granted an amnesty to all political prisoners.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- expressly
- specifically
- automatically
- …
- agree to
- decide to
- refuse to
- …
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- to admit to somebody that something is true, although you may not like or agree with it
- grant somebody She's a smart woman, I grant you, but she's no genius.
- grant (somebody) (that)… I grant you (that) it looks good, but it’s not exactly practical.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- expressly
- specifically
- automatically
- …
- agree to
- decide to
- refuse to
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French granter ‘consent to support’, variant of creanter ‘to guarantee’, based on Latin credere ‘entrust’.
Idioms
See grant in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee grant in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishtake somebody/something for granted
- to be so used to somebody/something that you do not recognize their true value any more and do not show that you are grateful
- Her husband was always there and she just took him for granted.
- We take having an endless supply of clean water for granted.
take it for granted (that…)
- to believe something is true without first making sure that it is
- I just took it for granted that he'd always be around.
- She seemed to take it for granted that I would go with her to New York.
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