grant

🇺🇸 /ɡrænt/ 🇬🇧 /ɡrɑːnt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-B1
verb
B2

to give someone what they ask for, especially official permission

The school will grant permission for the field trip if parents agree.

R

to admit that something is true, even if you don't like it

I grant that the plan has some good points, but it's too expensive.

noun
R

money given by the government or an organization for a specific purpose

The university received a large grant to study climate change.

translation

v. to give someone what they ask for, especially official permission; to admit that something is true, even if you don't like it
n. money given by the government or an organization for a specific purpose

Word Forms

3rd Present grants
Progressive granting
Past granted
Perfect granted
Plural grants