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grand

UK/ˈɡɹænd/

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British/ˈɡɹand/

grand adjective: large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional.

Adjective

grand (comparative grander or more grand, superlative grandest or most grand)

  1. (augmentative) Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional
    • among the grandest orchestras of our time
    • The Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire.
    1. (augmentative) Of a large size or extent; great.
      • a grand mountain
      • a grand army
    2. (augmentative) Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, magnificent.
      • a grand monarch
      • a grand view
    3. (augmentative) Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name.
      • a grand lodge
      • a grand vizier
  2. (usually in compound forms) Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent (see grand-).
    • grandfather, grandson, grand-child
  3. (Ireland, Northern England, colloquial, otherwise dated) Fine; lovely.
    • A cup of tea? That'd be grand.
  4. Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.

Noun (1)

grand (plural grands or grand)

  1. (plural "grand") A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:grand.
    Synonyms:
    large
  2. (colloquial, plural "grand") A thousand RPM.
    • One grand, two grand RPM1979, The Four Speeds, “R.P.M.”
    • The engine, with more compression, carburetion, and cam timing than the Ambassador, could lounge comfortably below four grand and then rush to 7500 rpm, aided and abetted by a light flywheel and a close-ratio five-speed box.1999, Cycle World Magazine, October 1999 edition, page 60
  3. (plural "grands") A grand piano

Noun (2)

grand (plural grands)

  1. 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.1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved, page 269
    • 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.2012, Brenda Jackson, Texas Wild & Beyond Temptation, page 47

Proper noun capitalized: Grand

Grand (countable and uncountable, plural Grands)

  1. A commune in Vosges department, Grand Est, France.
  2. A ghost town (historic place) in Ellis County, Oklahoma, United States.
  3. (countable) A surname.

grand meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

grand in Hindi

of large size or extent
भव्य bhavya
great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression
विशाल viśāl

grand in Tamil

பிரம்மாண்டமான, கம்பீரமான, கண்ணைக் கவரும், மதிப்பிற்கும் போற்றுதலுக்கும் உரிய, உயர்ந்த அதிகாரத் தரத்தை உடைய, முதன்மையான

grand in Marathi

grand, magnificent
भव्य bhavya

grand in Urdu

اعلیٰ, اعظم, عالی, عالی شان, اہم, عظیم
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grand in Bengali
মহান, মহীয়ান, জবর, প্রধান
grand in Telugu
గ్రాండ్
grand in Malayalam
വലിയ, മഹത്തായ, ശ്രേഷ്ഠമായ, മുഖ്യം
grand in Kannada
ಒಂದು ಸಾವಿರ ಪೌಂಡ್‌ಗಳು, ದೊಡ್ಡ ಪಿಯಾನೋ, ಮಹೋನ್ನತ, ಅತ್ಯುಚ್ಚ
grand in Gujarati
ગ્રાન્ડ
grand in Nepali
भव्य, ग्रान्ड
grand in Indonesian
raya, agung

Examples of grand in a sentence

  • The damage that he did to his car was to the tune of two grand.
  • Do you think he'll be able to cough up the three grand by Tuesday?
  • He once played golf with the grand poobah of their company.

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Synonyms of grand

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Forms of grand

Adjective
comparativegrander
comparativemore grand
superlativegrandest
superlativemost grand
alternative formgrande
Noun
pluralgrands
pluralgrand
Proper noun
pluralGrands

Plural of grand: grands or grand

Origin of grand

From Middle English grand, grond, graund, graunt, from Anglo-Norman graunt, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grande and grandee.

From granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, etc.

Words formed from grand

Phrases with grand

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Words that rhyme with grand

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Questions about grand

What does grand mean?
Grand means large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional.
What is grand in Hindi?
Grand in Hindi is भव्य (bhavya), विशाल (viśāl). See Grand meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is grand?
Grand can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce grand?
Grand is pronounced /ˈɡɹænd/ (UK).

Words near grand in the dictionary

  1. Granbury
  2. Granby
  3. Granby roll
  4. Granby rolls
  5. grancalcin
  6. grand
  7. grand 600-cell
  8. grand 600-cells
  9. grand action
  10. grand actions
  11. grand admiral

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: grand (page history and authors); Grand (page history and authors); grand (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); भव्य (Marathi) (page history and authors); grand (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grand (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grand (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grand (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grand (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grand (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grand (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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