Grand ɡrænd House Impressive Adjective Bre Wedding Occasion

• it's not a very grand house.
• the wedding was a very grand occasion.
• the grand canyon
• we stayed at the grand hotel.

grand

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’.