adj.
- magnificent and imposing.
▸large, ambitious, or impressive in scope or scale.
▸dignified, noble, or proud.
- of chief importance.
▸of the highest rank (used especially in official titles).
▸Law (of a crime) serious. Compare with petty (in sense 3).
- informal excellent.
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[in combination]
(in names of family relationships) denoting one generation removed in ascent or descent.
n.
(pl. same)
informal a thousand dollars or pounds.- a grand piano.
Derivative
- grandly adv.
- grandness n.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. grant, grand, from L. grandis ‘full-grown, great’.