grant

grant
grant [grα:nt]
1. transitive verb
   a. [+ favour, permission] accorder ; [+ wish] exaucer ; [+ request] accéder à
• to grant sb permission to do sth accorder à qn l'autorisation de faire qch
• they were granted an extension of three weeks on leur a accordé un délai de trois semaines
   b. ( = admit) admettre
• to grant a proposition admettre la vérité d'une proposition
• it must be granted that ... il faut admettre que ...
• I grant you that je vous l'accorde
• I grant that he is honest je reconnais qu'il est honnête
   c. ► to take sb/sth for granted
• he takes her for granted pour lui, elle fait partie des meubles
• stop taking me for granted! aie un peu plus d'égards pour moi !
• to take details/sb's agreement for granted considérer les détails/l'accord de qn comme allant de soi
• we can take it for granted that he will come nous pouvons partir du principe qu'il va venir
• he takes it for granted that ... il trouve tout naturel que ... + subj
2. noun
( = sum of money) subvention f ; (British) ( = scholarship) bourse f
• they have a government grant to aid research ils ont une subvention gouvernementale d'aide à la recherche
• to be on a grant [student] avoir une bourse
3. compounds
► grant-aided adjective subventionné par l'État
► grant-maintained school noun (British) établissement scolaire financé par l'État et non par une collectivité locale
* * *
[grɑːnt], US [grænt] 1.
noun (from government, local authority) subvention f (for pour; to do pour faire); (for study) School, University bourse f

research grant — subvention f de recherche

2.
transitive verb
1) sout (allow) accorder [permission]; accéder à [request]

permission granted! — permission accordée!

2) (give)

to grant somebody something —

to grant something to somebody — accorder quelque chose à quelqu'un [interview, leave, visa]; concéder quelque chose à quelqu'un [citizenship]

3) (concede)

to grant that — reconnaître que

I grant you that he's gifted — je vous accorde qu'il est doué

granted that —

granting that — en admettant que (+ subj)

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to take something for granted — considérer quelque chose comme allant de soi

he takes his mother for granted — il croit que sa mère est à son service


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