GRAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grand mean? 

• GRAND (noun)
  The noun GRAND has 2 senses:

1. the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
2. a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs

  Familiarity information: GRAND used as a noun is rare.

• GRAND (adjective)
  The adjective GRAND has 8 senses:

1. of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
2. of or befitting a lord
3. rich and superior in quality
4. extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers
5. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
6. large and impressive in physical size or extent
7. the most important and magnificent in adornment
8. used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person

  Familiarity information: GRAND used as an adjective is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRAND (noun)

Meaning:

The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

1000; chiliad; thousand; grand; thou; one thousand; M; K; G; yard

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))

Meaning:

A piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

grand piano; grand

Hypernyms ("grand" is a kind of...):

forte-piano; piano; pianoforte (a stringed 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)

• GRAND (adjective)

Meaning:

Of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope

Synonyms:

grand; expansive; heroic

Context examples:

an expansive lifestyle / in the grand manner / collecting on a grand scale / heroic undertakings

Similar:

impressive (making a strong or vivid impression)

Meaning:

Of or befitting a lord

Synonyms:

august; lordly; grand

Context examples:

heir to a lordly fortune / of august lineage

Similar:

noble (of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times)

Meaning:

Rich and superior in quality

Synonyms:

princely; opulent; deluxe; sumptuous; luxurious; grand; gilded

Context examples:

a princely sum / gilded dining rooms

Similar:

rich (suggestive of or characterized by great expense)

Meaning:

Extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers

Synonyms:

wondrous; wonderful; rattling; marvelous; marvellous; howling; terrific; tremendous; fantastic; grand

Context examples:

a fantastic trip to the Orient / the film was fantastic! / a howling success / a marvelous collection of rare books / had a rattling conversation about politics / a tremendous achievement

Similar:

extraordinary (beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable)

Meaning:

Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style

Synonyms:

exalted; noble-minded; lofty; high-minded; idealistic; high-flown; rarefied; rarified; sublime; grand

Context examples:

an exalted ideal / argue in terms of high-flown ideals / a noble and lofty concept / a grand purpose

Similar:

noble (having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character)

Meaning:

Large and impressive in physical size or extent

Context example:

the bridge is a grand structure

Similar:

big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

Meaning:

The most important and magnificent in adornment

Context examples:

grand ballroom / grand staircase

Similar:

important; of import (of great significance or value)

Meaning:

Used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person

Synonyms:

imposing; distinguished; magisterial; grand

Context examples:

his distinguished bearing / the monarch's imposing presence / she reigned in magisterial beauty

Similar:

dignified (having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance)