transcription, транскрипция: [ grɑ:nt, grænt ]
( grants, granting, granted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A grant is an amount of money that a government or other institution gives to an individual or to an organization for a particular purpose such as education or home improvements.
They’d got a special grant to encourage research...
Unfortunately, my application for a grant was rejected.
N-COUNT
2.
If someone in authority grants you something, or if something is granted to you, you are allowed to have it. ( FORMAL )
France has agreed to grant him political asylum...
It was a Labour government which granted independence to India and Pakistan...
Permission was granted a few weeks ago.
= give
VERB : V n n , V n to n , be V-ed
3.
If you grant that something is true, you accept that it is true, even though your opinion about it does not change.
The magistrates granted that the charity was justified in bringing the action.
VERB : V that
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You use ‘ I grant you ’ or ‘ I’ll grant you ’ to say that you accept something is true, even though your opinion about it does not change.
He took a risk, I’ll grant you. But when you think about it, the risk was pretty small...
PHRASE : oft PHR that
4.
If you say that someone takes you for granted , you are complaining that they benefit from your help, efforts, or presence without showing that they are grateful.
The officials felt taken for granted and grumbled loudly.
PHRASE : take inflects
5.
If you take something for granted , you believe that it is true or accept it as normal without thinking about it.
I was amazed that virtually all the things I took for granted up north just didn’t happen in London.
PHRASE : take inflects
6.
If you take it for granted that something is the case, you believe that it is true or you accept it as normal without thinking about it.
He seemed to take it for granted that he should speak as a representative.
PHRASE : take inflects , PHR that