grand
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹænd/
rhymes: -ænd
Forms: form: grander
form: more grand
form: grandest
form: most grand
form: grande
Etymology: From Middle English grand, grond, graund, graunt, from Anglo-Norman graunt, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grande and grandee.
Senses: examples: text: a grand mountain
text: a grand army
text: a grand mistake
glosses: Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional
Of a large size or extent; great.
examples: text: a grand monarch
text: a grand view
text: His simple vision has transformed into something far more grand.
text: In the mean time, Cluffe had arrived. He was a little bit huffed and grand at being nailed as an evidence, upon a few words carelessly, or, if you will, confidentially dropped at his own mess-table, where Lowe chanced to be a guest; and certainly with no suspicion that his little story could in any way be made to elucidate the mystery of Sturk's murder.
ref: 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
glosses: Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional
Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, magnificent.
examples: text: a grand lodge
text: a grand vizier
text: a grand piano
text: The Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire.
text: Grand Admiral
glosses: 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.
examples: text: grandfather, grandson, grand-child
qualifier: usually in compound forms
glosses: Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent (see grand-).
examples: text: A cup of tea? That'd be grand.
qualifier: otherwise dated
glosses: Fine; lovely.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.
Synonyms: word: great
word: super-
word: supra-
word: hyper-
word: ultra-
word: uber-
word: macro-
word: arch-
word: over-
word: mega-
word: giga-
word: -zilla
Derived terms: baby grand
baby grand piano
boudoir grand
concert grand
GM
GP
grand 600-cell
grandacious
grand action
grand admiral
Grand Alliance
grand apartheid
Grand Bahama
Grand Bank
Grand Banks
grand C
Grand Canal
Grand Canary
Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon State
Grand Cayman
grand chop
grand climacteric
grand conjunction
Grand County
grand drape
grand ducal
grand-ducal
grand duchess
grand duchy
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
grand-duke
grand duke
grand dukedom
Grand Exchange
Grand Falls
grand final
grand finale
grand fir
Grand Forks
Grand Forks County
grand guard
grand-guard
Grand Haven
grand iftar
Grand Inquisitor
Grand Island
Grand Isle
Grand Junction
grand juror
grand jury
Grand Lake
grand larceny
Grand Ledge
grand lodge
Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge Freemasonry
grandly
Grand Master
Grandmaster
grandmaster
grand master
grand mean
grand mercy
grandmistress
Grand Mufti
grandmultipara
grandmultiparity
grandmultiparous
grand narrative
Grand National
grandness
grand old man
grand opening
grand opera
grandorder
Grand Orient
grand pensionary
grand period of growth
grand piano
grand poobah
Grand Poobah
Grand-Popo
grand prince
grand prior
grand prize
grand quarter
grand-quarterly
Grand Rapidian
Grand Rapids
grandreefite
Grand River
grand rounds
grand salami
grand scheme
grand scheme of things
grand seigneur
grand seignior
grand sergeanty
grand serjeanty
Grand Slam
grand slam
grandsome
grand staff
grandstand
grandstander
grandstand finish
grandstanding
grandstand play
grand strategy game
Grand Terrace
grand theft
grand theft auto
grand theory
grand total
grand tourer
Grand Tour
grand tour
grand touring car
grand trine
Grand Trine
Grand Turk
grand unification theory
grand unified theory
Grand Valley
Grandview
grand vizier
grand vizir
grandy
granny
great-grand
great grandmaster
great grand multipara
great grand multiparity
great grand multiparous
GTA
parlor grand
pseudograndreefite
semigrand
Six Nations of the Grand River
supergrand
ungrand
Related terms: aggrandizable
aggrandization
aggrandize
aggrandizement
aggrandizer
Arroyo Grande
Campo Grande
Crèvecœur-le-Grand
delusion of grandeur
Diablo Grande
folie de grandeur
Grand
grand-
grandam
grand cru
grande
Grande Comore
grande dame
Grande Dame Guignol
grandee
grandeeship
grande finale
grande horizontale
grande madame
grande passion
grandes écoles
Grand Est
grandeur
grandevity
grande wormwood
grandezza
grand feu
grand fromage
Grand Guignol
grand guignol
grandific
grandiflora
grandiloquacity
grandiloquence
grandiloquent
grandiloquently
grandiloquism
grandiloquous
grandiloquy
grandiose
grandiosely
grandioseness
grandiosity
grandioso
grandisonant
grandity
grand mal
Grand Marais
Grand Marnier
Grand Orient Freemasonry
Grand Prix
grand prix
Grand Teton
Grand Traverse County
Le Grand
Legrand
Legrande
legrandite
overaggrandize
Ribeira Grande
Rio Grande
Rio Grande City
Rio Grande County
Rio Grande do Norte
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande River
Rio Grande Valley
self-aggrandizement
self-aggrandizing
unaggrandized
unaggrandizing
ungrandiloquent
ungrandiose