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G____ is often used in the names of buildings such as hotels, especially when they are very large.Grand is often used in the names of buildings such as hotels, especially when they are very large.
They stayed at The Grand Hotel, Budapest.
word grand
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adjective
If you describe a building or a piece of scenery as grand, you mean that its size or appearance is very impressive.
...this grand building in the center of town.
The scenery of South Island is on a grand scale.
Grand plans or actions are intended to achieve important results.
...a passionate anti-slavery crusader with grand ideas for education.
People who are grand think they are important or socially superior .
He is grander and even richer than the Prince of Wales.
The Duke of Clarence will be there, and many of your grander friends.
If you describe an activity or experience as grand, you mean that it is very pleasant and enjoyable.
Few museums could rival the Old Royal Observatory at Greenwich for a grand day out.
The dinner was a grand success.
He was having a grand time meeting new sorts of people.
You can describe someone or something as grand when you admire or approve of them very much.
He was a grand bloke.
A grand total is one that is the final amount or the final result of a calculation .
It came to a grand total of £220,329.
Grand is often used in the names of buildings such as hotels, especially when they are very large.
They stayed at The Grand Hotel, Budapest.
noun
A grand is a thousand dollars or a thousand pounds.
They're paying you ten grand now for those adaptations of old plays.
A grand is the same as a grand piano .
inflections grandergrandestgrands
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