grand

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/ grænd /

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adjective, grand·er, grand·est.

impressive in size, appearance, or general effect: grand mountain scenery.

stately, majestic, or dignified: In front of an audience her manner is grand and regal.

highly ambitious or idealistic: grand ideas for bettering the political situation.

magnificent or splendid: a grand palace.

noble or revered: a grand old man.

highest, or very high, in rank or official dignity: a grand potentate.

main or principal; chief: the grand ballroom.

of great importance, distinction, or pretension: a man used to entertaining grand personages.

complete or comprehensive: a grand total.

pretending to grandeur, as a result of minor success, good fortune, etc.; conceited: Jane is awfully grand since she got promoted.

first-rate; very good; splendid: to have a grand time; to feel grand.

Music. written on a large scale or for a large ensemble: a grand fugue.

noun, plural grands for 13, grand for 14.

grand piano.

Informal. an amount equal to a thousand dollars: The cops found most of the loot, but they're still missing about five grand.

OTHER WORDS FOR grand

2 princely, regal, royal, exalted.

4 great, large, palatial; brilliant, superb.

9 inclusive.

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OPPOSITES FOR grand

1 insignificant.

2 modest, unassuming.

3 small; mean.

7 minor.

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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

OTHER WORDS FROM grand

grandly, adverbgrandness, nounun·grand, adjective

Other definitions for grand (2 of 2)

grand-

a combining form used in genealogical terminology meaning “one generation more remote”: grandfather; grandnephew.

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How to use grand in a sentence

Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, and Rock Hudson all stayed at El Paisano, still the grandest hotel in town.
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Still, Horowitz faces stiff competition when it comes to becoming a man in the grandest fashion.
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But his grandest project so far has little to do with infrastructure.
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The evolution and geology of the planet, then, is intricately linked on the grandest of scales with the evolution of life.
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College football: "America's grandest monument to national hypocrisy."
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If this were not permissible, the number of the grandest creations of artistic genius would be most seriously limited.
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Joseph Guarnerius appears to have endeavoured to produce the grandest tone, combining majesty and refinement.
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“I have mixed much in English society, since I was a child,” replied Aristide, in his grandest manner.
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It aspired to rise to a knowledge of God as the supremest wisdom and grandest attainment of mortal man.
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Her touch-word, 'scissors,' spoiled his finest bon mots, and embittered his grandest entertainment—it was flame to tow.
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British Dictionary definitions for grand (1 of 2)

grand

/ (ɡrænd) /

adjective

large or impressive in size, extent, or consequencegrand mountain scenery

characterized by or attended with magnificence or display; sumptuousa grand feast

of great distinction or pretension; dignified or haughty

designed to impresshe punctuated his story with grand gestures

very good; wonderful

comprehensive; completea grand total

worthy of respect; finea grand old man

large or impressive in conception or executiongrand ideas

most important; chiefthe grand arena

noun

short for grand piano

plural grand slang a thousand pounds or dollars

Derived forms of grand

grandly, adverbgrandness, noun

Word 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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