grant

v.承认;v.授予;v.允许

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
grant (verb)
transitive verb
1.
a) to consent to carry out for a person allow fulfillment of - grant a request
b) to permit as a right, privilege, or favor - luggage allowances granted to passengers
2.
to bestow or transfer formally - grant a scholarship to a student , specifically to give the possession or title of by a deed
3.
a) to be willing to concede
b) to assume to be true - granting that you are correct
grant (noun)
1.
the act of - granting
2.
something - granted , especially a gift (as of land or money) for a particular purpose
3.
a) a transfer of property by deed or writing
b) the instrument by which such a transfer is made , also the property so transferred
4.
a minor territorial division of Maine, New Hampshire, or Vermont originally granted by the state to an individual or institution
Grant (biographical name)
Cary 1904–1986 originally Am. (Brit.-born) actor - Archibald Alexander Leach
Grant (biographical name)
Ulysses S. 1822–1885 originally Am. gen.; 18th pres. of the United States (1869–77) - Hiram Ulysses Grant
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
grant (noun)
a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action
SYNONYMS:
allocation, allotment, annuity, entitlement, grant, subsidy, subvention
RELATED WORDS:
aid, assistance, block grant, grant-in-aid, set-aside; foreign aid, relief, state aid; advance, allowance, benefit, bequest, endowment, fund, legacy, stipend, trust, trust fund
grant (verb)
1.
to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly
SYNONYMS:
acknowledge, agree, allow, concede, confess, fess (up), grant, own (up to)
RELATED WORDS:
disburden, unburden, unload; affirm, avow, confirm, profess; accept, recognize, yield; announce, break, broadcast, communicate, declare, disclose, divulge, impart, proclaim, publish, reveal, spill, tell, unveil; betray, blab, expose, give away, inform, leak, rat, squeal, talk, tattle, tip (off), warn, wise (up); breathe, say, whisper
NEAR ANTONYMS:
disallow, disavow, disclaim, disown; contradict, dispute, gainsay, negate, negative; rebut, refute, reject, repudiate; conceal, cover (up), hide, obscure, veil; kid (oneself)
deny
grant (verb)
2.
to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly
SYNONYMS:
accord, award, grant, vest
RELATED WORDS:
bestow, contribute, donate, give, present, show; furnish, provide, supply; extend, offer, proffer; allocate, appropriate, assign; appoint, designate, dub, fix, name, set
NEAR ANTONYMS:
abort, call, call off, drop, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke; abrogate, annul, invalidate, nullify, void, write off; recant, retract, take back, withdraw
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