Add
Add verb - To join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase.
Grant
Grant verb - To accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Female outfits and robes often (among other things) Bare Your Midriff, add a Cleavage Window, or grant a Leotardof Power.
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Orochi's Project Odyssey is trying to find something they can add to their robots that will grant them access to Agartha, so they create pseudo-cyborgs using tissues harvested from their captive.
Source: Video Game / The Secret World -
One of the easiest ways to get around this is a separate add on, that can be used to grant the new powers, simply by attaching it to the existing robot.
Source: Mecha Expansion Pack
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Grant and Add. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/add/grant
Add & Grant. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/add/grant>.
Grant or Add. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/add/grant.
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