grantgrantgrantsgrantedgranting1verb (grants, granting, granted) (formal)to give somebody what they have asked for: They granted him a visa to leave the country.take somebody or something for grantedto be so used to somebody or something that you forget you are lucky to have them: We tend to take our comfortable lives for granted.grantgrantgrants2nounmoney that you are given for a special reason: a student grant (= to help pay for study at university)