/ɡɹænd/
OriginFrom Middle English grand, grond, graund, graunt, from Anglo-Norman graunt, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grande and grandee.
- augmentativeLarge, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional
“among the grandest orchestras of our time”
“The Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire.”
- augmentativeOf a large size or extent; great.
“a grand mountain”
“a grand army”
“a grand mistake”
- augmentativeGreat in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, magnificent.
“a grand monarch”
“a grand view”
“His simple vision has transformed into something far more grand.”
- augmentativeHaving higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name.
“a grand lodge”
“a grand vizier”
“a grand piano”
- Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent (see grand-).
“grandfather, grandson, grand-child”
- Ireland, Northern-England, colloquialFine; lovely.
“A cup of tea? That'd be grand.”
- Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.
- A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:grand.”
- colloquialA thousand RPM.
“One grand, two grand RPM”
“The engine, with more compression, carburetion, and cam timing than the Ambassador, could lounge comfortably below four grand and then rush to 7500 rpm, aided and abetted by a light flywheel and a clo”
- A grand piano
- 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.”
“Her granddaughter and great-granddaughter went with us as chaperones. Did I ever tell you that she had six grands and two great-grands? […] And Emily agrees with me it's a shame that I don't even have”
- countable, uncountableA commune in Vosges department, Grand Est, France.
- countable, uncountableA ghost town (historic place) in Ellis County, Oklahoma, United States.
- countableA surname.
Formsgrander(comparative) · more grand(comparative) · grandest(superlative) · most grand(superlative) · grande(alternative) · grands(plural) · grand(plural) · Grands(plural)