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grand
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Adjective
  • used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
    • his distinguished bearing
    • the monarch's imposing presence
    • she reigned in magisterial beauty
  • the most important and magnificent in adornment
    • grand ballroom
    • grand staircase
  • large and impressive in physical size or extent
    • the bridge is a grand structure
  • of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
    • an exalted ideal
    • argue in terms of high-flown ideals- Oliver Franks
    • a noble and lofty concept
    • a grand purpose
  • extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
    • a fantastic trip to the Orient
    • the film was fantastic!
    • a howling success
    • a marvelous collection of rare books
    • had a rattling conversation about politics
    • a tremendous achievement
  • rich and superior in quality
    • a princely sum
    • gilded dining rooms
  • of or befitting a lord
    • heir to a lordly fortune
    • of august lineage
  • of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
    • an expansive lifestyle
    • in the grand manner
    • collecting on a grand scale
    • heroic undertakings
Noun
  • a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs
  • the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
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