grand
♦♦ grand /gr'ænd/ (grander grandest grands)
The form grand is used as the plural for meaning 8.
1 [ADJ]
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.
= majestic
2 [ADJ]
Grand plans or actions are intended to achieve important results.
The grand design of Europe's monetary union is already agreed.
3 [ADJ]
People who are grand think they are important or socially superior.
He is grander and even richer than the Prince of Wales...
4 [ADJ]
If you describe an activity or experience as grand, you mean that it is very pleasant and enjoyable.
The dinner was a grand success...
He was having a grand time meeting new sorts of people.
= great
5 [ADJ]
You can describe someone or something as grand when you admire or approve of them very much. (INFORMAL, SPOKEN)
He was a grand bloke.
= great, wonderful
6 [ADJ] ADJ n
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.
7 [ADJ] ADJ n
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.
8 [N-COUNT] usu a/num N
A grand is a thousand dollars or a thousand pounds. (INFORMAL)
They're paying you ten grand now for those adaptations of old plays.
9
see also grandlygrand jury (grand juries)
[N-COUNT]
A grand jury is a jury, usually in the United States, which considers a criminal case in order to decide if someone should be tried in a court of law.
They have already given evidence before a grand jury in Washington.grand pia|no (grand pianos)
[N-COUNT]
A grand piano is a large piano whose strings are set horizontally to the ground. Grand pianos are used especially for giving concerts and making recordings.
The form grand is used as the plural for meaning 8.
1 [ADJ]
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.
= majestic
2 [ADJ]
Grand plans or actions are intended to achieve important results.
The grand design of Europe's monetary union is already agreed.
3 [ADJ]
People who are grand think they are important or socially superior.
He is grander and even richer than the Prince of Wales...
4 [ADJ]
If you describe an activity or experience as grand, you mean that it is very pleasant and enjoyable.
The dinner was a grand success...
He was having a grand time meeting new sorts of people.
= great
5 [ADJ]
You can describe someone or something as grand when you admire or approve of them very much. (INFORMAL, SPOKEN)
He was a grand bloke.
= great, wonderful
6 [ADJ] ADJ n
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.
7 [ADJ] ADJ n
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.
8 [N-COUNT] usu a/num N
A grand is a thousand dollars or a thousand pounds. (INFORMAL)
They're paying you ten grand now for those adaptations of old plays.
9
see also grandlygrand jury (grand juries)
[N-COUNT]
A grand jury is a jury, usually in the United States, which considers a criminal case in order to decide if someone should be tried in a court of law.
They have already given evidence before a grand jury in Washington.grand pia|no (grand pianos)
[N-COUNT]
A grand piano is a large piano whose strings are set horizontally to the ground. Grand pianos are used especially for giving concerts and making recordings.