Grand
[grænd] or [ɡrænd]
Definition
(adj.) the most important and magnificent in adornment; 'grand ballroom'; 'grand staircase' .
(adj.) large and impressive in physical size or extent; 'the bridge is a grand structure' .
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Definition
(superl.) Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake.
(superl.) 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.
(superl.) 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.
(superl.) Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; -- generalIy used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Stately, lordly, princely, august, majestic, exalted, elevated, dignified, eminent, illustrious, great, high in power, of great dignity.[2]. Magnificent, splendid, superb, glorious, noble, sublime, lofty.[3]. Principal, chief, superior.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Large, dignified, imposing, important, eventful, magnificent, grandly,majestic, august, exalted, stately, splendid, lofty, elevated, pompous,gorgeous, sublime, superb
ANT:Little, undignified, unimposing, secondary, interior, unimportant, petty,paltry, beggarly, mean, common, insignificant
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Examples
- Heaven was cloudless, and grand with the quiver of its living fires. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- As I was descending the grand staircase in a very ill-humour, a well-known voice, from a little dark passage, called me by my name. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- So uncommon grand with it too! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- His model was a po em by Empedocles on Nature, the grand hexameters of which had fasci nated the Roman poet. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The Grand Dukes go to that little place at the Condamine. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The Grand Master then raised his voice, and addressed the assembly. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- As a result he was soon after made First Mathematician of the University of Pisa, and also Philosopher and Mathematician to the Grand Duke’s Court of Florence. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But another quarter of a century brought still grander results, which were displayed at the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, in 1876. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The dress being settled in all its grander parts--But what shall you have by way of necklace? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I find it better, grander, more complete in its style, though that style may not be the best. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Another and still grander example of this style of bridge is the Victoria at Montreal, Canada. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- She had a fine carriage and fine horses and sat at the head of a table loaded with the grandest plate. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It is the grandest profession in the world, Rosamond, said Lydgate, gravely. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Of a Star and Garter night Lord Steyne used also to put on his grandest manner and to look and speak like a great prince, as he was. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She breathes quickly and heavily, but she stands as unflinchingly as ever he has seen her in the midst of her grandest company. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Travel and experience mar the grandest pictures and rob us of the most cherished traditions of our boyhood. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Greeks never loved Nature in her grandest moods, and—saving ?schylus—both shaggy mountain and roaring waters were alien to their genius. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The grandest mountain prospect that the eye can range over is appointed to annihilation. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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