Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɡɹænd/
grand (comparative grander, superlative grandest)
- Of a large size or extent; great.
- a grand mountain
- a grand army
- a grand mistake
- Great 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.
- Having 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
- The Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire.
- i usually in compound forms Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent.
- grandfather, grandson, grand-child
- (Ireland, Northern England, colloquial, otherwise dated) Fine; lovely.
- A cup of tea? That'd be grand.
- (music) Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.
- German: groß
- Russian: вели́кий
- Spanish: majestuoso
- German: groß
- Russian: пра-
grand (plural grands)
- (plural "grand") A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)
- (musical instruments, plural "grands") A grand piano
- German: Tausi (colloquial)
- Russian: шту́ка
- Spanish: mil
grand (plural grands)
- A grandparent or grandchild.
- 1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved, page 269:
- 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.
- 2012, Brenda Jackson, Texas Wild & Beyond Temptation, page 47 ↗:
- 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 a grand.
- 1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved, page 269:
Grand
Proper noun
- A commune in France
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