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GRAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs
Synonyms:
grand; grand piano
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("grand" is a kind of...):
forte-piano; piano; pianoforte (a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds)
Meronyms (parts of "grand"):
leg (one of the supports for a piece of furniture)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grand"):
baby grand; baby grand piano; parlor grand; parlor grand piano; parlour grand; parlour grand piano (a small grand piano)
concert grand; concert piano (a grand piano suitable for concert performances)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
Synonyms:
1000; chiliad; G; grand; K; M; one thousand; thou; thousand; yard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("grand" is a kind of...):
large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grand"):
millenary (a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years))
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
Example:
she reigned in magisterial beauty
Synonyms:
distinguished; grand; imposing; magisterial
Classified under:
Similar:
dignified (having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance)
Derivation:
grandness (the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The most important and magnificent in adornment
Example:
grand staircase
Classified under:
Similar:
important; of import (of great significance or value)
Derivation:
grandness (splendid or imposing in size or appearance)
grandness (a prominent status)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
Example:
heroic undertakings
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
impressive (making a strong or vivid impression)
Derivation:
grandness (unusual largeness in size or extent or number)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Large and impressive in physical size or extent
Example:
the bridge is a grand structure
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Derivation:
grandness (splendid or imposing in size or appearance)
grandness (unusual largeness in size or extent or number)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
Example:
a grand purpose
Synonyms:
elevated; exalted; grand; high-flown; high-minded; idealistic; lofty; noble-minded; rarefied; rarified; sublime
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
noble (having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character)
Derivation:
grandness (the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Of or befitting a lord
Example:
of august lineage
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
noble (of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
Example:
a tremendous achievement
Synonyms:
fantastic; grand; howling; marvellous; marvelous; rattling; terrific; tremendous; wonderful; wondrous
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
extraordinary (beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable)
Derivation:
grandness (the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Ostentatiously rich and superior in quality
Example:
these architecture magazines are full of the lush interiors of the rich and famous
Synonyms:
deluxe; gilded; grand; lush; luxurious; opulent; princely; sumptuous
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
rich (suggestive of or characterized by great expense)
Derivation:
grandness (splendid or imposing in size or appearance)
Context examples:
The seeds you plant when Mars is in your sign are likely to yield a grand harvest for you.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
“See,” said she, “is not this grand?”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
“You have a grand gift of silence, Watson,” said he.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
There is nothing awful here, nothing melancholy, nothing grand.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
That is a grand pianoforte, and he might think it too large for Mrs. Bates's house.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
After a short silence—“I hope, my Catherine, you are not getting out of humour with home because it is not so grand as Northanger.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
The arrival of letters was the grand object of every morning's impatience.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Firmness, I may observe, was the grand quality on which both Mr. and Miss Murdstone took their stand.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Then with a grand effort she rallied from the shock, and a supreme astonishment and indignation chased every other expression from her features.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They had been in London, and many other grand towns; but they always said there was no place like home; and then they were so agreeable with each other—never fell out nor "threaped."
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
