# grand

Pronunciation: say "GRAND" /ɡɹænd/

## Adjective

1. Impressive or magnificent, especially in size, appearance, style or ambition; also dignified and stately.
   - Simple: Very impressive or splendid, often because it is big, rich-looking, or ambitious.
   - _The mansion's grand ballroom could host several hundred guests at once._
   - _A grand cathedral dominated the skyline, visible from miles away._
2. Having higher rank, dignity, size, or importance than others of the same name.
   - Simple: Higher in rank or importance than others of the same kind.
   - _The grand vizier held more power than any other minister at court._
   - _He earned the title of grand master after decades of study._
4. Standing in the second or a more remote degree of parentage or descent, usually as the first part of a compound such as grandparent or grandchild.
   - Simple: Related by two or more generations, as in a parent's parent or a child's child.
   - _At the reunion she finally met her grand-nephew, the son of the niece she had helped raise._
   - _The letters in the attic were written by a grand-aunt, her mother's aunt, who taught school for forty years._
6. Fine and pleasant; lovely. *(colloquial, Ireland, UK)*
   - Simple: Very nice, pleasant, or enjoyable.
   - _She said the meal was grand and asked for the recipe._
   - _Don't worry about me; I'm grand, really._
8. Combining every part or item into one whole that covers everything at once.
   - Simple: Including every part or everything together, as one whole.
   - _The general's grand strategy tied the separate campaigns into a single plan for winning the war._
   - _When every precinct had reported, the grand total stood at just over two million votes._

## Noun

3. A thousand units of currency, such as dollars or pounds. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A thousand dollars, pounds, or other money units, in casual speech.
   - _The repair bill came to nearly ten grand._
   - _They offered him fifty grand to sell the house quickly._
5. A large, horizontally strung piano; a grand piano.
   - Simple: A large piano with strings laid out flat, shaped a bit like a wing.
   - _The concert hall's grand filled the room with a rich, warm tone._
   - _Two grands were arranged on stage for the evening's duet._
7. A grandparent or grandchild.
   - Simple: A person's grandparent or grandchild.
   - _Her oldest grand starts college this fall, and she's already planning the send-off._
   - _The grands gathered around their grandmother's chair after dinner._
9. A thousand revolutions per minute, in informal automotive use. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A thousand engine turns each minute, used by drivers and mechanics.
   - _He shifted gears just as the tachometer hit six grand._
   - _The motor red-lines somewhere above seven grand._

## Other meanings

- (adjective) Containing all the parts that properly belong to a given musical form.

## Origin

**Meanings 1–6, 8–9** — Latin grandis passed into Old French as grant and into Anglo-Norman as graunt, giving Middle English grand, also spelled grond or graund. Grande and grandee are doublets.
**Meaning 7** — Formed from words such as granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother, and grandson.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/grand (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).