grand
[ grand ]
/ grænd /
adjective, grand·er, grand·est.
noun, plural grands for 13, grand for 14.
Informal. an amount equal to a thousand dollars: The cops found most of the loot, but they're still missing about five grand.
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Origin of grand
1350–1400; 1920–25 for def. 14; Middle English gra(u)nd, gra(u)nt<Old French grant, grand<Latin grand- (stem of grandis) great, large full-grown
SYNONYMS FOR grand
ANTONYMS FOR grand
OTHER WORDS FROM grand
grandly, adverbgrandness, nounun·grand, adjectiveDefinition for grand (2 of 2)
grand-
a combining form used in genealogical terminology meaning “one generation more remote”: grandfather; grandnephew.
Origin of grand-
special use of grand
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British Dictionary definitions for grand (1 of 2)
Derived forms of grand
grandly, adverbgrandness, nounWord Origin for grand
C16: from Old French, from Latin grandis
British Dictionary definitions for grand (2 of 2)
grand-
prefix
(in designations of kinship) one generation removed in ascent or descentgrandson; grandfather
Word Origin for grand-
from French grand-, on the model of Latin magnus in such phrases as avunculus magnus great-uncle
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