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Grand

//ɡɹænd// adj, name, noun, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional augmentative

    "among the grandest orchestras of our time"

  2. 2
    Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional; Of a large size or extent; great. augmentative

    "a grand mountain"

  3. 3
    Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional; Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, magnificent. augmentative

    "a grand monarch"

  4. 4
    Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional; Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name. augmentative

    "a grand lodge"

  5. 5
    Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent (see grand-).

    "grandfather, grandson, grand-child"

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  1. 6
    Fine; lovely. Ireland, Northern-England, colloquial

    "A cup of tea? That'd be grand."

  2. 7
    Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.
Adjective
  1. 1
    used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person wordnet
  2. 2
    the most important and magnificent in adornment wordnet
  3. 3
    of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope wordnet
  4. 4
    large and impressive in physical size or extent wordnet
  5. 5
    of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style wordnet
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  1. 6
    of or befitting a lord wordnet
  2. 7
    extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers wordnet
  3. 8
    ostentatiously rich and superior in quality wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename; A commune in Vosges department, Grand Est, France. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename; A ghost town (historic place) in Ellis County, Oklahoma, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A surname. countable
Noun
  1. 1
    A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:grand."

  2. 2
    A grandparent or grandchild.

    "Once, in Maryland, he met four families of slaves who had all been together for a hundred years: great-grands, grands, mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, cousins, children."

  3. 3
    a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs wordnet
  4. 4
    A thousand RPM. colloquial

    "One grand, two grand RPM"

  5. 5
    the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 wordnet
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  1. 6
    A grand piano

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English grand, grond, graund, graunt, from Anglo-Norman graunt, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grande and grandee.

Etymology 2

From Middle English grand, grond, graund, graunt, from Anglo-Norman graunt, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grande and grandee.

Etymology 3

From granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, etc.

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