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  1. adjective Large and impressive in size, scope, or extent; magnificent: The bridge that crosses the bay is a grand structure.
  2. adjective Rich and sumptuous: A grand meal was laid before them.
  3. adjective Of a solemn, stately, or splendid nature.

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  • A new type of comic opera had arisen in Italy too, and comic intermezzi were first seen in Italian grand opera in London in January 1737, although it was not until 1748 that a real company of Italian comic-opera singers came over to England. —  Handel
  • D. J. pays us each a grand, which is the two we staked him, we're all square Except I'm not gonna screw with the license We can talk about that. —  AHMM,May2007
  • In the first place we want to create a success for a grand, heroic, enchanting musical work, the score of which was completed a year ago. —  Letters of Franz Liszt, Volume 1, "From Paris to Rome: Years of Travel as a Virtuoso,"
  • When I arrived at Taos, I found Uncle Kit and his family all in good health, and I found Jim Bridger there having what he called a grand good rest. —  Chief of Scouts
  • And that quilt, that's what we call a grand foulard. —  Feeds4all documents in category 'SEO'
 

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splendid ·  new ·  solemn

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grand:   grander ·  grandest
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin grandis.

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  1. from Middle English grand, ground, grant, graunt, rare except in grant mercy, graunt mercy (see gramercy), and in comp. grandame, grandam, graundmother, grandmother, gransyre, grandsire; from Old French grand, grant, French grand = Provencal grant, gran = Spanish Portuguese Italian grande, gran, great, large, grand, from Latin grandis, great, large, grand; of persons, grown, aged, old. Not connected with English great.
  2. Early modern English ground; from Old French grandir, French grandir = Old Spanish grander = Italian grandire, from Latin grandire, make great, become great, from grandis, great: see grand, adjective Cf. aggrandize.
 

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