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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Grand \Grand\ (gr[a^]nd), a. [Compar. Grander
     (gr[a^]nd"[~e]r); superl. Grandest.] [OE. grant, grount,
     OF. grant, F. grand, fr. L. grandis; perh. akin to gravis
     heavy, E. grave, a. Cf. Grandee.]
     1. Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence,
        relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand
        mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake. ``Our grand foe,
        Satan.'' --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Making so bold . . . to unseal
              Their grand commission.               --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or
        impression; illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of
        persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime
        (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a
        grand general; a grand view; a grand conception.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They are the highest models of expression, the
              unapproached
              masters of the grand style.           --M. Arnold.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance
        than other persons or things of the same name; as, a grand
        lodge; a grand vizier; a grand piano, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Standing in the second or some more remote degree of
        parentage or descent; -- generalIy used in composition;
        as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              What cause
              Mov'd our grand parents, in that happy state,
              Favor'd of Heaven so highly, to fall off
              From their Creator.                   --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Grand action, a pianoforte action, used in grand pianos, in
        which special devices are employed to obtain perfect
        action of the hammer in striking and leaving the string.
        
  
     Grand Army of the Republic, an organized voluntary
        association of men who served in the Union army or navy
        during the civil war in the United States. The order has
        chapters, called Posts, throughout the country.
  
     Grand paunch, a glutton or gourmand. [Obs.] --Holland.
  
     Grand pensionary. See under Pensionary.
  
     Grand piano (Mus.), a large piano, usually harp-shaped, in
        which the wires or strings are generally triplicated,
        increasing the power, and all the mechanism is introduced
        in the most effective manner, regardless of the size of
        the instrument.
  
     Grand relief (Sculp.), alto relievo.
  
     Grand Seignior. See under Seignior.
  
     Grand stand, the principal stand, or erection for
        spectators, at a, race course, etc.
  
     Grand vicar (Eccl.), a principal vicar; an ecclesiastical
        delegate in France.
  
     Grand vizier. See under Vizier.
  
     Syn: Magnificent; sublime; majestic; dignified; elevated;
          stately; august; pompous; lofty; eralted; noble.
  
     Usage: Grand, Magnificent, Sublime. Grand, in reference to
            objects of taste, is applied to that which expands the
            mind by a sense of vastness and majesty; magnificent
            is applied to anything which is imposing from its
            splendor; sublime describes that which is awful and
            elevating. A cataract is grand; a rich and varied
            landscape is magnificent; an overhanging precipice is
            sublime. ``Grandeur admits of degrees and
            modifications; but magnificence is that which has
            already reached the highest degree of superiority
            naturally belonging to the object in question.''
            --Crabb.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Mogul \Mo*gul"\, n. [From the Mongolian.]
     1. A person of the Mongolian race.
  
     2. (Railroad) A heavy locomotive for freight traffic, having
        three pairs of connected driving wheels and a two-wheeled
        truck.
  
     Great, or Grand, Mogul, the sovereign of the empire
        founded in Hindostan by the Mongols under Baber in the
        sixteenth century. Hence, a very important personage; a
        lord; -- sometimes only mogul.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Climacteric \Cli*mac"ter*ic\, n.
     1. A period in human life in which some great change is
        supposed to take place in the constitution. The critical
        periods are thought by some to be the years produced by
        multiplying 7 into the odd numbers 3, 5, 7, and 9; to
        which others add the 81st year.
  
     2. Any critical period.
  
              It is your lot, as it was mine, to live during one
              of the grand climacterics of the world. --Southey.
  
     Grand or Great climacteric, the sixty-third year of human
        life.
  
              I should hardly yield my rigid fibers to be
              regenerated by them; nor begin, in my grand
              climacteric, to squall in their new accents, or to
              stammer, in my second cradle, the elemental sounds
              of their barbarous metaphysics.       --Burke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Grand \Grand\, a. [Compar. Grander; superl. Grandest.] [OE.
     grant, grount, OF. grant, F. grand, fr. L. grandis; perh.
     akin to gravis heavy, E. grave, a. Cf. Grandee.]
     1. Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence,
        relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand
        mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake. ``Our grand foe,
        Satan.'' --Milton.
  
              Making so bold . . . to unseal Their grand
              commission.                           --Shak.
  
     2. Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or
        impression; illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of
        persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime
        (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a
        grand general; a grand view; a grand conception.
  
              They are the highest models of expression, the
              unapproached masters of the grand style. --M.
                                                    Arnold.
  
     3. Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance
        than other persons or things of the same name; as, a grand
        lodge; a grand vizier; a grand piano, etc.
  
     4. Standing in the second or some more remote degree of
        parentage or descent; -- generalIy used in composition;
        as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc.
  
              What cause Mov'd our grand parents, in that happy
              state, Favor'd of Heaven so highly, to fall off From
              their Creator.                        --Milton.
  
     Grand action, a pianoforte action, used in grand pianos, in
        which special devices are employed to obtain perfect
        action of the hammer in striking and leaving the string.
        
  
     Grand Army of the Republic, an organized voluntary
        association of men who served in the Union army or navy
        during the civil war in the United States. The order has
        chapters, called Posts, throughout the country.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  grand
       adj 1: impressive in scale; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand
              manner" [syn: expansive]
       2: of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of
          august lineage" [syn: august, lordly]
       3: impressive in size or scope; "heroic undertakings" [syn: heroic]
       n 1: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn:
            thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad,
             G, thou, yard]
       2: a piano with the strings on a harp-shaped frame; usually
          supported by 3 legs [syn: grand piano]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  grand
     Γαλλικά a.
     μεγάλος,τρανός, κοτζάμ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  grand
     French a.
     1 big, great, (l en grand)
     2 tall
     3 grown up, big
     4 (lb fr usually capitalized) great, an honorific title
     5 great; big fat; an intensifier
     6 extensive, large
     French n.
     grown-up
     Friulian a.
     (alternative form of fur grant)
     Friulian alt.
     (alternative form of fur grant)
     Lombard a.
     big, large
     Norman a.
     (lb nrf Jersey) big
     Polish n.
     grandee (gl: high-ranking Spanish nobleman)
     Polish n.
     (inflection of pl granda  gen p)
     Swedish n.
     n a mote, a speck, something very small and unimportant

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  grand'
     Italian a.
     (lb it sometimes before a vowel) (apocopic form of it grande)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  grand-
     pre.
     of a generation removed from the original noun

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Grand
     n.
     1 A placename
     2 # (place en commune in dept/Vosges r/Grand Est c/France).
     3 # (place en ghost town (historic place) in co/Ellis County
  s/Oklahoma c/USA).
     4 (lb en countable) (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  grand
     a.
     1 (lb en augmentative) large, senior (gloss: high-ranking), intense,
  extreme, or exceptional
     2 # Of a large size or extent; great.
     3 # Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression;
  illustrious, dignified, magnificent.
     4 # Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than
  other persons or things of the same name.
     5 (i: usually in compound forms) Standing in the second or some more
  {i|see+(m+en+grand-)" rel="nofollow">remote degree of parentage or descent {i|see (m en grand-).
     6 (lb en Ireland Northern England colloquial otherwise dated) fine;
  lovely.
     7 (lb en music) Containing all the parts proper to a given form of
  composition.
     alt.
     1 (lb en augmentative) large, senior (gloss: high-ranking), intense,
  extreme, or exceptional
     2 # Of a large size or extent; great.
     3 # Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression;
  illustrious, dignified, magnificent.
     4 # Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than
  other persons or things of the same name.
     5 (i: usually in compound forms) Standing in the second or some more
  {i|see+(m+en+grand-)" rel="nofollow">remote degree of parentage or descent {i|see (m en grand-).
     6 (lb en Ireland Northern England colloquial otherwise dated) fine;
  lovely.
     7 (lb en music) Containing all the parts proper to a given form of
  composition.
     n.
     1 (lb en plural "grand") A thousand of some unit of
  currency, such as dollars or pounds. (qualifier: Compare ''G''.)
     2 (lb en musical instruments plural "grands") A grand piano
     n.
     A grandparent or grandchild.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  grand-
     pre.
     of a generation removed from the original noun

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Grand
     n.
     1 A placename
     2 # (place en commune in dept/Vosges r/Grand Est c/France).
     3 # (place en ghost town (historic place) in co/Ellis County
  s/Oklahoma c/USA).
     4 (lb en countable) (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  grand
     French a.
     1 big, great, (l en grand)
     2 tall
     3 grown up, big
     4 (lb fr usually capitalized) great, an honorific title
     5 great; big fat; an intensifier
     6 extensive, large
     French n.
     grown-up
     Icelandic n.
     1 (lb is higher register uncommon) damage, harm, destruction
     2 (lb is card games) absence of trump cards/suits; no-trump
     Icelandic a.
     (lb is colloquial) grandiose, splashy, impressive
     Polish n.
     grandee (gl: high-ranking Spanish nobleman)
     Polish n.
     (inflection of pl granda  gen p)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  grand'
     Italian a.
     (lb it sometimes before a vowel) (apocopic form of it grande)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  grand-
     pre.
     of a generation removed from the original noun

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Grand
     n.
     1 A placename
     2 # (place en commune in dept/Vosges r/Grand Est c/France).
     3 # (place en ghost town (historic place) in co/Ellis County
  s/Oklahoma c/USA).
     4 (lb en countable) (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  grand
     French a.
     1 big, great, (l en grand)
     2 tall
     3 grown up, big
     4 (lb fr usually capitalized) great, an honorific title
     5 great; big fat; an intensifier
     6 extensive, large
     French n.
     grown-up
     Icelandic n.
     1 (lb is higher register uncommon) damage, harm, destruction
     2 (lb is card games) absence of trump cards/suits; no-trump
     Icelandic a.
     (lb is colloquial) grandiose, splashy, impressive
     Polish n.
     grandee (gl: high-ranking Spanish nobleman)
     Polish n.
     (inflection of pl granda  gen p)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  grand'
     Italian a.
     (lb it sometimes before a vowel) (apocopic form of it grande)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  grand-
     pre.
     of a generation removed from the original noun

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Grand
     n.
     1 A placename
     2 # (place en commune in dept/Vosges r/Grand Est c/France).
     3 # (place en ghost town (historic place) in co/Ellis County
  s/Oklahoma c/USA).
     4 (lb en countable) (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  grand
     Ranska a.
     1 suuri, isokokoinen
     2 merkittävä, tärkeä, suur-

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  grand
     Franska a.
     1 (tagg: text=om kroppslängd) lång
     2 (tagg: text=om varaktighet) lång
     3 (tagg: text=ej rörande fysisk storlek) stor
     4 stor; som åstadkommer mycket
     5 (tagg: text=om syskon) gammal
     6 bred
     n.
     1 liten smula, liten partikel, smolk, stoftkorn; något mycket liten
  och obetydligt
     2 spansk adelstitel

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  grand-
     pre.
     (tagg: ålderdomligt) betecknar ett släktled som är gammal än det
  nära

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  grand
     n.
     1 liten smula, liten partikel, smolk, stoftkorn; något mycket liten
  och obetydligt
     2 spansk adelstitel

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  grand-
     pre.
     (tagg: ålderdomligt) betecknar ett släktled som är gammal än det
  nära

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Grand /ɡɹˈand/
  كبير

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  grand //ɡɹænd// 
  1. величествен, импозантен
  great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression
  2. велик, голям
  of large size or extent

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  grand //ɡɹænd// 
  хилядарка
  one thousand of some currency