Definition of grand Grand
/gÉ¹Ă¦Ëˆnd/ - [grand] - grand
We found 23 definitions of grand from 7 different sources.
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What does grand mean?
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Adjectivegrand, grander, grandest |
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| grand - the most important and magnificent in adornment; "grand ballroom"; "grand staircase" | ||
| of import, important of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day" | ||
| grand - large and impressive in physical size or extent; "the bridge is a grand structure" | ||
| large, big having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy" | ||
| grand - rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms" | ||
| deluxe, gilded, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous | ||
| rich pleasantly full and mellow; "a rich tenor voice" | ||
| grand - of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose" | ||
| exalted, elevated, sublime, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded | ||
| noble having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds" | ||
| grand - of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings" | ||
| expansive, heroic | ||
| impressive producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture" | ||
| grand - extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" | ||
| fantastic, howling, marvelous, marvellous, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous | ||
| extraordinary (of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials; "an ambassador extraordinary" | ||
| grand - of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage" | ||
| august, lordly | ||
| noble having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds" | ||
| grand - used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty" | ||
| distinguished, imposing, magisterial | ||
| dignified having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance; "her dignified demeanor"; "the director of the school was a dignified white-haired gentleman" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- grand (Noun)
One thousand dollars cf. G. - grand (Noun)
One thousand pounds sterling. - grand (Noun)
A grand piano . - grand (Adjective)
Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal. - grand (Adjective)
Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, or noble said of persons; majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime said of things. - grand (Adjective)
Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name. - grand (Adjective)
Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; -- generally used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary đŸ“˜
- grand (superl.)
Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake. - grand (superl.)
Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a grand general; a grand view; a grand conception. - grand (superl.)
Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name; as, a grand lodge; a grand vizier; a grand piano, etc. - grand (superl.)
Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; -- generalIy used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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grand
Impressive in size, appearance, or general effect.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary đŸ“•
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grand, adj. of great size, extent, power, or dignity: splendid: illustrious: noble: sublime: chief: covering the whole field, or including all details: (mus.) containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition: of the second degree of parentage or descent, as Grand′father, a father or mother's father; Grand′child, a son or daughter's child; so Grand′mother, Grand′son, Grand′daughter, &c.—ns. Gran′dam, an old dame or woman: a grandmother; Grand′-duke, a title of sovereignty over a grand-duchy, first created by the Pope in 1569 for the rulers of Florence and Tuscany, assumed by certain German reigning princes and by the princes of the imperial family of Russia; Grandee′, since the 13th century the most highly privileged class of nobility in the kingdom of Castile, in which the members of the royal family were included: a man of high rank or station; Grandee′ship; Grandeur (grand′ūr), vastness: splendour of appearance: loftiness of thought or deportment; Grandil′oquence.—adj. Grandil′oquent, speaking grandly or bombastically: pompous—(rare) Grandil′oquous.—adv. Grandil′oquently.—adj. Gran′diose, grand or imposing: bombastic.—adv. Gran′diosely.—ns. Grandios′ity; Grand′-ju′ror, member of a Grand′-ju′ry, a special jury which decides whether there is sufficient evidence to put an accused person on trial.—adv. Grand′ly.—ns. Grand′mamma, Grand′ma, a grandmother; Grand′-mas′ter, title of the head of the religious orders of knighthood (Hospitallers, Templars, and Teutonic Knights): the head, for the time being, of the Freemasons, &c.—adj. Grand′motherly, like a grandmother, over-anxious to direct the whole life of another.—ns. Grand′-neph′ew, the grandson of a brother or sister; Grand′ness; Grand′-niece, the granddaughter of a brother or sister; Grand′papa, Grand′pa, a grandfather; Grand′-par′ent, a grandfather or grandmother; Grand′-piĂ¤â€²no, a large kind of piano, of great compass and power; Grand′sire, a grandfather: any ancestor; Grand′stand, an elevated erection on a race-course, &c., affording a good view; Grand′-un′cle, the brother of a grandfather or grandmother—also Great′-un′cle.—Grand Seignior (see Seignior); Grand vizir (see Vizir). [Fr. grand—L. grandis, great.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer đŸ’¥
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This word is frequently used, both in French and English, to indicate superiority of position, force, or display; as grand master, grand army, grand march, grand parade, etc.
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