grand
//ˈɡɹænd//
Forms
- Comparative
- grander
- Superlative
- grandest
- Plural
- grands
Definitions
1.Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional
- The Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire.
- His simple vision has transformed into something far more grand.
2.Fine; lovely.(colloquial)
- A cup of tea? That'd be grand.
3.Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.
4.Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent (see grand-).
1.A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:grand.
2.A thousand RPM.(colloquial)
3.A grandparent or grandchild.
- 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.
- 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.
4.A grand piano
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1723
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From Middle English grand, grond, graund, graunt, from Anglo-Norman graunt, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis.
Doublet of grande and grandee.