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# grant

«grant» in Mova's school dictionary: **to give or allow something that someone asked for: «grant…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grant/#m1)

2) To grant (that) means to agree that something is true: «I grant that it's hard.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grant/#m2)

3) A grant is money given by a government or organisation for a special purpose, which does not have to be paid back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grant/#m3)

4) To take something for granted means to expect it without thanking or noticing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grant/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grant/#x1)
- The school got a grant of 2,000 pounds for new books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grant/#x2)
- Don't take your parents for granted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grant/#x3)
- Granted, the test was hard, but you did well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grant/#x4)
- Permission was granted to leave early. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grant/#x5)
- A grant of 900 dollars is shared by 3 clubs; how much each? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grant/#x6)
- Will you grant it to me?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grant/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/180-the-galapagos-giant-tortoises-sea-iguanas-darwins-finches-and-tame-sea-lions/8/)
- [In the 1970s Peter and Rosemary Grant measured finch beaks changing in just a few years after a drought.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/264-how-scientists-find-out-naturalists-darwin-the-microscope-and-wildlife-filming/9/)
- [Peter and Rosemary Grant measured finch beaks on the Galapagos for about 40 years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants/7/)
- [Lexi's auntie gets a letter: «Kinship Care Order granted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/523-kinship-care-living-with-gran-or-an-aunt/36/)
- [And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.757/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «grant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.