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say it: grand
grand is an adjective and noun meaning "of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope". It carries 10 recorded senses.
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”
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”
of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
“an exalted ideal”
“argue in terms of high-flown ideals”
“a noble and lofty concept”
“a grand purpose”
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”
a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for grand come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.