Grant and Return

Grant

Grant noun - A sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action.

Return and grant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Return" instead the word "Grant" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: granted, granting, grantee, grantor

Return

Return noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

Grant and return are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grant" instead the word "Return" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

How words are described

old old grant old return
good good grant good return
alien alien grant alien return
initial initial grant initial return
Other adjectives: real, big, possible, last.

Common collocations

ability grant ability return ability
power grant power return power
life grant life return life
people grant people return people
Other words: favor, point, control, amount, rest, death, time, damage, items, powers.

Both words in one sentence

  • After realising what she has done, she nearly commits suicide - until learning of a magical fire that can grant her eternal life, which she uses to wait for him to return, reincarnated.
  • The Quisling Each Chaos God promises power in return for loyalty and worship, although the power they grant you is often at a high cost, and most don't survive it.
    Source: The Quisling
  • Calypso's ending in Twisted Metal 4 has him demand the return of the ring that holds the power to grant wishes, and implicitly, the competition itself.
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