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present participle of grant.

granting

ADJECTIVE

permitting

Synonyms

STRONG

allowing authorizing letting licensing sanctioning tolerating

WEAK

lenient permissive

CONJUNCTION

although

Synonyms

WEAK

admitting albeit despite despite the fact even if even supposing granting all this in spite of much as notwithstanding still supposing though when whereas while yet

NOUN

agreement

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accord arrangement compliance compromise concession mediation reconciliation understanding

STRONG

accession accommodation accordance adjustment affiliation affinity alliance amity approving arbitration assenting bargaining compatibility concert concord concordance conformity congruity consistency correspondence harmony similarity suitableness sympathy union unison verification

WEAK

acceding acknowledging authorizing complying concurring endorsing ratifying verifying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

denial difference disagreement dissension dissent fight refusal

STRONG

discord disharmony dislike dissimilarity disunity divorce hatred hostility incompatibility separation

NOUN

giving

Synonyms

STRONGEST

offering

STRONG

allowing awarding bequeathing ceding conferring contributing conveying dispensing distributing donating endowing expending furnishing imparting permitting presenting remitting supplying transferring yielding

WEAK

doling out handing out passing out

Antonyms

WEAK

appropriating getting taking

NOUN

issue

Synonyms

STRONG

circulation delivery dispersion dissemination issuance issuing publication supply supplying

WEAK

sending out

Antonyms

WEAK

cause origin parent source

Example Sentences

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Granting stock to employees over time is also a retention tool.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

Granting urban status to 200 million rural migrants, meanwhile, could raise the consumption-to-GDP ratio by another 0.6 percentage points.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Granting the ability would also dramatically shorten the timeline for South Korea to produce a nuclear weapon—if Seoul ever chose to go down that route.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Granting the pair permission to buy the freehold, the judge said the case was "extraordinary", adding that Assethold "haven't even bothered to turn up" to give its version of events.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

Granting them authority over newly defined regions would help in two ways.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby

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