grant
part of speech
verb (grant, grants, granted, granting); noun (a grant, grants); name (Grant)
meaning for a pupil
1) To grant means to give or allow something that someone asked for: «grant a wish». tree →
2) To grant (that) means to agree that something is true: «I grant that it's hard.» tree →
3) A grant is money given by a government or organisation for a special purpose, which does not have to be paid back. tree →
4) To take something for granted means to expect it without thanking or noticing. tree →
sense in the lessons
In fairy tales genies grant wishes. In everyday life schools get grants for new equipment; maths problems share a grant. Phrases: «grant a wish», «take for granted», «granted, ...», «a research grant».
examples
- The genie granted him three wishes. tree →
- The school got a grant of 2,000 pounds for new books. tree →
- Don't take your parents for granted. tree →
- Granted, the test was hard, but you did well. tree →
- Permission was granted to leave early. tree →
- A grant of 900 dollars is shared by 3 clubs; how much each? tree →
- Will you grant it to me?" tree →
note
Regular verb. Countable noun. «Take for granted» is a common phrase. Grant is also a name. Maths: a grant is a sum of money to share or spend.
In the corpora
- Peter and Rosemary Grant watched the finches' beaks change within just a few years after a drought.
- In the 1970s Peter and Rosemary Grant measured finch beaks changing in just a few years after a drought.
- Peter and Rosemary Grant measured finch beaks on the Galapagos for about 40 years.
- Lexi's auntie gets a letter: «Kinship Care Order granted.
- And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «grant» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.