grand
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹænd/
The English word “grand” has 11 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional
- Of a large size or extent; great.
- Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, magnificent.
- Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name.
- Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent (see grand-).
- Fine; lovely.
- Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.
noun
- A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)
- A thousand RPM.
- A grand piano
- A grandparent or grandchild.
Etymology
From Middle English grand, grond, graund, graunt, from Anglo-Norman graunt, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grande and grandee.
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