Past tense of grant
regular verb
The past tense of grant is granted. The past participle is also granted.
Forms of grant
| Base form (V1) | grant /ɡɹɑːnt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | granted /ˈɡɹæntɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | granted /ˈɡɹæntɪd/ |
| Present participle | granting |
| Third person singular | grants /ɡɹænts/ |
Granted in a sentence
- He was granted permission to attend the meeting.
- The genie granted him three wishes
- The older boy won, even though his opponent had been granted a handicap of five meters.From the entry handicap
- The applicant now seeks leave to appeal and, if leave be granted, to appeal against these sentences.From the entry leave
- In Greek mythology, Tithonus was granted immortality but not eternal youth.From the entry immortality
Meaning of grant
- verb To give (permission or wish).
- verb To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request).
- verb To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
Questions about the past tense of grant
- What is the past tense of grant?
- The past tense of grant is granted.
- What is the past participle of grant?
- The past participle of grant is granted.
- Is grant a regular or irregular verb?
- Grant is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: grant (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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