transcription, транскрипция: [ grænd ]
( grander, grandest, grands)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
Note: The form 'grand' is used as the plural for meaning 8.
1.
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
ADJ
2.
Grand plans or actions are intended to achieve important results.
The grand design of Europe’s monetary union is already agreed.
ADJ
3.
People who are grand think they are important or socially superior.
He is grander and even richer than the Prince of Wales...
ADJ [ disapproval ]
4.
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
ADJ
5.
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
ADJ [ approval ]
6.
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.
ADJ : ADJ n
7.
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.
ADJ : ADJ n
8.
A grand is a thousand dollars or a thousand pounds. ( INFORMAL )
They’re paying you ten grand now for those adaptations of old plays.
N-COUNT : usu a / num N
9.
see also grandly