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5-letter words (1 found)

GRANT,

4-letter words (10 found)

GANT,GART,GNAR,GNAT,GRAN,GRAT,RANG,RANT,TANG,TARN,

3-letter words (13 found)

ANT,ART,GAN,GAR,GAT,NAG,NAT,RAG,RAN,RAT,TAG,TAN,TAR,

2-letter words (6 found)

AG,AN,AR,AT,NA,TA,

You can make 30 words from grant according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of grant

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Definitions and meaning of grant

grant

Alternative forms

  • graunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English granten, graunten, grantien, grauntien, from Anglo-Norman granter, graunter, from Old French granter, graunter, graanter, greanter (“to promise, assure, guarantee, confirm, ratify”), from a merger of Old French garantir, guarantir (“to guarantee, assure, vouch for”) (see English guarantee) and earlier cranter, craanter, creanter (“to allow, permit”), from an assumed Medieval Latin *credentāre, from Latin credere (“to believe, trust”). More at guarantee, credit.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gränt IPA(key): /ɡɹɑːnt/
  • (General American) enPR: grănt IPA(key): /ɡɹænt/
  • (Mid-Atlantic) enPR: grŏnt IPA(key): /ɡɹɒnt/
  • Rhymes: -ænt, -ɑːnt

Verb

grant (third-person singular simple present grants, present participle granting, simple past and past participle granted)

  1. (ditransitive) to give (permission or wish)
    Antonym: deny
  2. (ditransitive) To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request)
    • 1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:
      He Suſpends on theſe Reaſons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Diſcharge to Adam Muſhet, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Diſcharged Muſhet, and conſequently Houstoun his Partner.
    • c. 1930, Serenity Prayer
  3. (transitive) To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
    Synonyms: concur, concede, allow
    • a. 1921, George Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah, Preface ("The Infidel Half Century"), section "In Quest of the First Cause":
      The universe exists, said the father: somebody must have made it. If that somebody exists, said I, somebody must have made him. I grant that for the sake of argument, said the Oratorian.
  4. (intransitive) To assent; to consent.

Translations

Noun

grant (plural grants)

  1. The act of granting or giving
    Synonyms: concession, allowance
  2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
  3. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
  4. (law) 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).

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Translations

References

Anagrams

  • Trang

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡrant]

Noun

grant m inan

  1. grant (the thing or property granted; a gift; a boon)
    dotace a granty z evropských fondů ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    požádat o a získat grant od grantové agentury ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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Related terms

  • See krédo

Further reading

  • grant in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • grant in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

  • grand

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grant m (feminine singular granta, masculine plural grants, feminine plural grantes)

  1. big, large

Derived terms

Friulian

Alternative forms

  • grand (alternative orthography)

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grant

  1. big, large

Middle French

Adjective

grant m or f (plural grans)

  1. (early Middle French) Alternative form of grand

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

grant

  1. neuter singular of grann

Old French

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular grant or grande, comparative maior, superlative grandisme)

  1. big, large

Declension

Derived terms

  • grandur

Descendants

  • Middle French: grand
    • French: grand
    • Norman: grand
    • Picard: grand
    • → English: grand

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

  • grand (alternative spelling)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾant/

Adjective

grant m or f (plural grandes)

  1. Apocopic form of grande; great; big; large.

Descendants

  • Spanish: gran

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English grant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrant/
  • Rhymes: -ant
  • Syllabification: grant
  • Homophone: grand

Noun

grant m inan (related adjective grantowy)

  1. (law) grant (fund given by a person or organisation, often a public body, charitable foundation, a specialised grant-making institution, or in some cases a business with a corporate social responsibility mission, to an individual or another entity, usually, a non-profit organisation, sometimes a business or a local government body, for a specific purpose linked to public benefit)
    Coordinate terms: dofinansowanie, dotacja, subsydium, subwencja
  2. research, artistic, or social project that is funded by a grant obtained through a competition

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • grant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • grant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Adjective

grant

  1. indefinite neuter singular of grann

Source: wiktionary.org