grand

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-Norman graunt, from Old French grant/grand, from Latin grandis.

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• IPA: /ɡɹænd/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ænd

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grand (comparative grander, superlative grandest)

1. Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake.
2. 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); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a grand general; a grand view; a grand conception.
3. 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.
4. Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; -- generally used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc.

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grand (plural grand)

1. (US, colloquial) One thousand dollars.
2. (British) One thousand pounds sterling.

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[edit] Related terms

• grandeur
• grandiose
• grandiosity
• grandioso

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• grand in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

[edit] French

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Latin grandis

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• IPA: /ɡʁɑ̃/, SAMPA: /gRA~/

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grand

1. big, great, grand
2. tall