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Grand ɡrænd House Impressive Adjective Bre Wedding Occasion

Word grand
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / ɡrænd / NAmE / ɡrænd /
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  • it's not a very grand house.
  • the wedding was a very grand occasion.
  • the grand canyon
  • we stayed at the grand hotel.
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grand

(adjective)BrE / ɡrænd / NAmE / ɡrænd /
  1. impressive and large or important
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    • It's not a very grand house.
    • The wedding was a very grand occasion.
  2. used in the names of impressive or very large buildings, etc.
    • the Grand Canyon
    • We stayed at the Grand Hotel.
  3. needing a lot of effort, money or time to succeed but intended to achieve impressive results
    • a grand design/plan/strategy
    • New Yorkers built their city on a grand scale.
  4. behaving in a proud way because they are rich or from a high social class
    • They're all Lord or Lady somebody or other, but they're not at all grand.
    • She put on her grandest air and waltzed into the living room to join the others.
  5. very good or enjoyable; excellent
    • I had a grand day out at the seaside.
    • Thanks. That'll be grand!
    • Fred did a grand job of painting the house.
  6. used in the titles of people of very high social rank
    • the Grand Duchess Elena
  7. a great age
    • She finally learned to drive at the grand old age of 70.
  8. a man who is respected in a particular profession that he has been involved in for a long time
    • James Lovelock, the grand old man of environmental science

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: from Old French grant, grand, from Latin grandis ‘full-grown, big, great’. The original uses were to denote family relationships and as a title (the Grand, translating Old French le Grand); hence the senses ‘of the highest rank’, ‘of great importance’.
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