grid

/ɡɹɪd/

grid noun: a rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.

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Noun (1)

grid (plural grids)

A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.
A tiling of the plane with regular polygons; a honeycomb.
A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire.
- You can't turn off the building from here; you have to shut down the whole grid.1988, Die Hard (movie)
- [Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July...2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845
A system or structure of distributed computers working mostly on a peer-to-peer basis, used mainly to solve single and complex scientific or technical problems or to process data at high speeds (as in clusters).
A method of marking off maps into areas.
The pattern of starting positions of the drivers for a race.
- McLaren's Lewis Hamilton fought up from the back of the grid to eighth, with team-mate Jenson Button taking ninth.2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in BBC Sport
The third (or higher) electrode of a vacuum tube (triode or higher).
A battery-plate somewhat like a grating, especially a zinc plate in a primary battery, or a lead plate in a secondary or storage battery.
A grating of parallel bars; a gridiron.
- They camped that night at Dingo Creek, the fire Jim quickly made,
  Put the Billy on the cross-piece, pitched the tent,
  Brought a steak from 'neath the saddle-flap, and on the "grid" 'twas laid,
  A piece of rusty fencing wire, well bent.1897 October 10, The Truth, Sydney, page 8, column 3
An openwork ceiling above the stage or studio, used for affixing lights etc.
- Everything on the grid – all the backdrops and curtains, anything that has to move up and down from the fly-tower – has to be counterweighted.2018, Maggie Harcourt, Theatrical
(Australia, New Zealand) A bicycle.
- ‘Hop on the bar of my grid,’ said D'Arcy. ‘I'll double you round to meet some pals of ours.’1963, Ronald Hugh Morrieson, The Scarecrow, Text Classics, published 2012, page 80

Verb

grid (third-person singular simple present grids, present participle gridding, simple past and past participle gridded)

To mark with a grid.
To assign a reference grid to.
To enter in a grid.
- On the SAT, to answer a grid-in question, you grid in your answer by filling out the ovals.

Noun (2) capitalized: GRID

GRID (uncountable)

(abbreviation, acronym, dated, offensive) Acronym of gay-related immunodeficiency (“AIDS”).
- The cause of the disorder is unknown. Researchers call it A.I.D., for acquired immunodeficiency disease, or GRID, for gay-related immunodeficiency. It has been reported in 20 states and seven countries.1982 May 11, Lawrence K. Altman, “New Homosexual Disorder Worries Health Officials”, in The New York Times
Synonyms:

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, AIDS, 4H disease, gay cancer, gay plague, gay-related immunodeficiency

grid meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

grid in Hindi

rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle: झर्झर jharjhar, जाली jālī
electricity delivery system: विद्युत ग्रिड vidyut griḍ
computing: a system or structure of distributed computers working mostly on a peer-to-peer basis: अभिकलनात्मक ग्रिड abhikalnātmak griḍ
cartography: method of marking off maps: जाली jālī

grid in Tamil

கிரிட்

grid in Marathi

ग्रिड, ग्रीड

grid in Urdu

گرڈ

More languagesFewer languages

grid in Bengali: গ্রিড
grid in Telugu: గ్రిడ్
grid in Malayalam: ഗ്രിഡ്
grid in Kannada: ಗ್ರಿಡ್
grid in Punjabi: ਗਰਿੱਡ, ਗ੍ਰਿੱਡ
grid in Gujarati: ગ્રીડ, ગ્રિડ
grid in Odia: ଗ୍ରିଡ୍, ଗ୍ରୀଡ୍, ଗ୍ରୀଡ
grid in Nepali: ग्रिड, ग्रीड
grid in Arabic: شَبَك šabak, شَبَكَة šabaka, شَبَكَة كَهْرُبَاء
grid in Persian: توری turi, شبکه šabake
grid in Thai: ตาราง dtaa-raang
grid in Vietnamese: lưới, mạng
grid in Myanmar: ပိုက်ကွက် puikkwak

Examples of grid in a sentence

The average length of a light on a 15×15 grid is 7 or 8.
Last year this portion of the grid consumed more than a thousand megawatt-hours of electricity.
The grid column header displays a sort glyph indicating an ascending or descending ordering.

All 40 example sentences with grid

Synonyms of grid

Forms of grid

Noun
plural	grids
Verb
third-person singular present	grids
present participle	gridding
past participle	gridded
past	gridded

Plural of grid: grids

Origin of grid

Back-formation or clipping of griddle or gridiron.

Phrases with grid

Words that rhyme with grid

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Questions about grid

What does grid mean?: Grid means a rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.
What is grid in Hindi?: Grid in Hindi is झर्झर (jharjhar), जाली (jālī), विद्युत ग्रिड (vidyut griḍ). See Grid meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is grid?: Grid can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce grid?: Grid is pronounced /ɡɹɪd/.
What is the plural of grid?: The plural of grid is grids.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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