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   grand

   /ɡrand/

   adjective

   • 1. magnificent and imposing in appearance, size, or style: "a grand country house" Similar magnificentimposingimpressiveawe-inspiringsplendidresplendentsuperbstrikingmonumentalmajesticgloriouspalatialstatelylargeluxurioussumptuouslavishopulentprincelyfit for a kingupmarketupscaleinformal:fancyposhplushclassyswankyswishOpposite inferiorunimpressive
   • ▪ large or ambitious in scope or scale: "his grand design for the future of Europe" Similar ostentatiousgrandioseshowyextravagantlordlyimperiousambitiousboldepicbig
   • ▪ (of a person) of high rank and with an appearance and manner appropriate to it: "she was such a grand lady" Similar augustdistinguishedillustriouseminentesteemedgreatelevatedexaltedhonoredvenerabledignifiedrefinedrespectablepreeminentprominentleadingnotablerenownedhighly regardedcelebratedwell thought ofof distinctionfamousaristocraticnobleregalupper-classblue-bloodedhigh-bornwell bornpatricianeliteinformal:poshupper-crustupmarkettop-drawerOpposite humbleordinary
   • ▪ used in names of places or buildings to suggest size or splendor: "the Grand Canyon"
   • 2. denoting the largest or most important item of its kind: "the grand entrance" Similar mainprincipalforemostmajorcentralprimebiggestlargestOpposite minorsecondary
   • ▪ of the highest rank (used especially in official titles): "the grand duke"
   • ▪ (of a crime) serious: "grand theft"
   • 3. very good or enjoyable; excellent: informal "we had a grand day" Similar excellentvery goodmarveloussplendidfirst-classfirst-ratewonderfulbrilliantoutstandingsterlingof the first waterfineadmirablecommendablecreditableinformal:superbterrificgreatsupertop-notchA1fabacetip-topout of this worldwickedsmashingbrilltop-holechampionmagicbostingbullybeautinformal, dated:top-holewizardrare:applaudableOpposite poor
   • 4. (in names of family relationships) denoting one generation removed in ascent or descent: "a grand-niece"

   noun

   • 1. a thousand dollars or pounds: informal "he gets thirty-five grand a year"
   • 2. a grand piano.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French grant, grand, from Latin grandis ‘full-grown, big, great’. The original uses were to denote family relationships (grand (sense 4 of the adjective), following Old French usage) and as a title (the Grand, translating Old French le Grand); hence the senses ‘of the highest rank’, ‘of great importance’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. grandness noun

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