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grant
English
Alternative forms
- graunt (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English granten, graunten, grantien, grauntien, from Anglo-Norman granter, graunter, from Old French granter, graunter, graanter, greanter (“to promise, assure, guarantee, confirm, ratify”), from a merger of Old French garantir, guarantir (“to guarantee, assure, vouch for”) (see English guarantee) and earlier cranter, craanter, creanter (“to allow, permit”), from an assumed Medieval Latin *credent?re, from Latin credere (“to believe, trust”). More at guarantee, credit.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??ænt/
- (Mid-Atlantic Accent) IPA(key): /???nt/
- Rhymes: -ænt, -??nt
Verb
grant (third-person singular simple present grants, present participle granting, simple past and past participle granted)
- (ditransitive) to give (permission or wish)
- (ditransitive) To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
- 1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Hou?toun” in The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:
- He Su?pends on the?e Rea?ons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Di?charge to Adam Mu?het, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Di?charged Mu?het, and con?equently Houstoun his Partner.
- 1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Hou?toun” in The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:
- (transitive) To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
- Synonyms: concur, concede, allow
- a. 1921, George Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah, Preface ("The Infidel Half Century"), section "In Quest of the First Cause":
- The universe exists, said the father: somebody must have made it. If that somebody exists, said I, somebody must have made him. I grant that for the sake of argument, said the Oratorian.
- (intransitive) To assent; to consent.
Translations
Noun
grant (plural grants)
- The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
- The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
- The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
- (law) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.
- The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.
- (informal) An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).
Translations
Anagrams
- Trang
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??rant]
Noun
grant m
- grant (the thing or property granted; a gift; a boon)
Derived terms
- grantový
Related terms
- See krédo
Further reading
- grant in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- grant in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Franco-Provençal
Alternative forms
- grand
Etymology
From Latin grandis, grandem.
Adjective
grant m (feminine singular grant or granta, masculine plural grants, feminine plural grants or grantes)
- big, large
Derived terms
Friulian
Alternative forms
- grand (alternative orthography)
Etymology
From Latin grandis, grandem.
Adjective
grant
- big, large
Middle French
Adjective
grant m or f (plural grans)
- (early Middle French) Alternative form of grand
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
grant
- neuter singular of grann
Old French
Etymology
From Latin grandis, grandem.
Adjective
grant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular grant or grande)
- big, large
Declension
Descendants
- Middle French: grand
- French: grand
- Norman: grand
- Picard: grand
- ? English: grand
Old Spanish
Alternative forms
- grand (alternative spelling)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??ãnt], [??ãn]
Adjective
grant m or f (plural grandes)
- Apocopic form of grande; great; big; large.
- c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 18r.
- Fue el dia ?cero al alba dela man. ¬ vin?er? truenos ¬ rel?pagos ¬ nuf gr?t ?obrel m?t.
- On the morning of the third day there came thunder and flashes of lightning and a great cloud upon the mountain.
- Fue el dia ?cero al alba dela man. ¬ vin?er? truenos ¬ rel?pagos ¬ nuf gr?t ?obrel m?t.
- c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 18r.
Descendants
- Spanish: gran
Swedish
Adjective
grant
- absolute indefinite neuter form of grann.
grant From the web:
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- what grants do i qualify for
- what grants can i apply for
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exhibit
English
Etymology
From Latin exhibitus, perfect passive participle of exhibe? (“I hold forth, present, show, display”), from ex (“out of, from”) + habe? (“I have, hold”); see habit.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???z?b?t/, /??-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???z?b?t/, /??-/
- Rhymes: -?b?t
- Hyphenation: ex?hib?it
Verb
exhibit (third-person singular simple present exhibits, present participle exhibiting, simple past and past participle exhibited)
- (transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
- (transitive) To demonstrate.
- (transitive, law) To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.
- (intransitive) To put on a public display.
- (medicine) To administer as a remedy.
Synonyms
- (display or show (something) for others to see): display, show, show off
- (demonstrate): demonstrate, show
- (present for inspection):
Related terms
- exhibition
- exhibitionist
- exhibitor
- Exhibit A
- inhibit
- prohibit
Translations
Noun
exhibit (plural exhibits)
- An instance of exhibiting.
- That which is exhibited.
- A public showing; an exhibition.
- The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd.
- (law) An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.
- Exhibit A is this photograph of the corpse.
Synonyms
- (instance of exhibiting): showing
- (public showing): exhibition, exposition, show
Translations
Further reading
- exhibit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- exhibit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /??.zi?bit/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /e?.zi?bit/
- Rhymes: -it
Verb
exhibit m (feminine exhibida, masculine plural exhibits, feminine plural exhibides)
- past participle of exhibir
exhibit From the web:
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- what exhibits are open at the bronx zoo
- what exhibits the tyndall effect
- what exhibits hydrogen bonding
- what exhibits the highest phagocytic activity
- what exhibits parabolic motion
- what exhibits are open in las vegas
- what exhibits dipole-dipole intermolecular forces
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