| query | If you g____ that something is true, you accept that it is true, even though your opinion about it does not change.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. |
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| word | grant |
| full-definition | noun 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. verb If someone in authority grants you something, or if something is granted to you, you are allowed to have it. 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. 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. |
| inflections | grantsgrantinggranted |
| cefr-level | B2 |
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