B1
an amount of money given especially by the government to a person or organization for a special purpose:
a local authority/government grant
[ + to infinitive ] They gave/awarded her a grant to study abroad for one year.
award a grant to The government is awarding small grants to single mothers who are starting their own businesses.
give a grant to The grants were given to several local non-profit organizations.
- presentThe coat was a birthday present from my sister.
- giftI have a small gift for you.
- donationAfter the earthquake, donations poured in from all over the world.
- grantStudents receive a grant equal to £250 per month.
- contributionShe wanted to make a financial contribution to the family.
grant
verb
uk
/ɡrɑːnt/ us
/ɡrænt/grant verb (GIVE)
[ + two objects ] They granted her an entry visa.
He was granted asylum.
- Judges only grant marriage annulments in exceptional circumstances.
- The new government is to grant a free pardon to all political prisoners.
- Because of a previous conviction, the judge refused to grant bail.
- Management have granted a 10% pay rise in response to union pressure.
- Planners are committed to developing the city's brownfield sites before granting permission to build on the rural outskirts.
- accommodate
- accommodate someone with something
- administer
- administration
- afford
- arm someone with something
- be good for something idiom
- dish
- go around phrasal verb
- go round phrasal verb
- hand something around phrasal verb
- hand something back phrasal verb
- outfit
- provider
- provision
- purvey
- purveyor
- put something on phrasal verb
- re-equip
- render
தலைப்புகளில் தொடர்புடைய சொற்கள், சொற்றொடர்கள் மற்றும் ஒத்த சொற்களையும் நீங்கள் காணலாம்:
grant verb (ACCEPT)
grant that I grant that it must have been upsetting, but even so I think she overreacted.
I grant you I grant you (= it is true that), it's a difficult situation, but I feel sure he could have handled it more sensitively.
take something or someone for granted
B2
If you take situations or people for granted, you do not realize or show that you are grateful for how much you get from them:
One of the problems with relationships is that after a while you just take each other for granted.
- He refused to grant that miracles occur.
- Many scientists are willing to grant that apes are able to develop linguistic skills.
- She refuses to grant the possibility that she might be wrong.
- He granted that there would be no way of ever knowing the full facts.
- The article grants that not all of its claims can be verified.
- accept someone’s invitation
- accepting
- accommodation
- accreditation
- agree to something phrasal verb
- arrive
- compact
- conclusion
- daresay
- formal
- formalize
- grumble
- occupy the middle ground
- on the nod idiom
- out of alignment
- peace accord
- pounce
- pounce on something phrasal verb
- strike a chord idiom
- take/pick up the gauntlet idiom