verb
- Let have.
- usage: "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"
- Give as judged due or on the basis of merit.
- usage: "the referee awarded a free kick to the team"; "the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff";"Funds are granted to qualified researchers"
- Be willing to concede.
- usage: "I grant you this much"
- Allow to have.
- usage: "grant a privilege"
- Bestow, especially officially.
- usage: "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights"
- Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another.
- Transfer by deed.
- usage: "grant land"
adjective
- Acknowledged as a supposition.
- usage: "given the engine's condition, it is a wonder that it started"
- synonyms: given
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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