What does "grand" mean?
A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)
Grand
/ɡɹænd/ adj, name, noun, slang
adj, name, noun, slang ·Very common ·Middle school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)
- Grammar: grand is listed as adj, name, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: wonderful, 1000, admirable, advantageous.
- Useful contrasts: a few dollars, aweless, bad.
- Usage evidence: Look at this grand view of the ocean.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:grand."
- 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 a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs wordnet
- 4 A thousand RPM. colloquial
"One grand, two grand RPM"
- 5 the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 wordnet
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- 6 A grand piano
Adjective
- 1 Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional augmentative
"among the grandest orchestras of our time"
- 2 Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional; Of a large size or extent; great. augmentative
"a grand mountain"
- 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 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 Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent (see grand-).
"grandfather, grandson, grand-child"
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- 6 Fine; lovely. Ireland, Northern-England, colloquial
"A cup of tea? That'd be grand."
- 7 Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.
Adjective
- 1 used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person wordnet
- 2 the most important and magnificent in adornment wordnet
- 3 of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope wordnet
- 4 large and impressive in physical size or extent wordnet
- 5 of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style wordnet
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- 6 of or befitting a lord wordnet
- 7 extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers wordnet
- 8 ostentatiously rich and superior in quality wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A placename; A commune in Vosges department, Grand Est, France. countable, uncountable
- 2 A placename; A ghost town (historic place) in Ellis County, Oklahoma, United States. countable, uncountable
- 3 A surname. countable
Example
"Look at this grand view of the ocean."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "grand"?
Common synonyms include: wonderful, 1000, admirable, advantageous, aggrandized, all-inclusive.
How do you use "grand" in a sentence?
Look at this grand view of the ocean.
How do you pronounce "grand"?
Pronounced /ɡɹænd/.
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 granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, etc.