grands

noun

(music, plural "grands") A grand piano

A grandparent or grandchild.

(plural "grand") A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)

(colloquial, automotive, plural "grand") A thousand RPM.

A commune in Vosges department, Grand Est, France.

A ghost town (historic place) in Ellis County, Oklahoma, United States.

A placename

(countable) A surname.

adjective

Of a large size or extent; great.

Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, magnificent.

(augmentative) Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional

Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name.

(usually in compound forms) Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent (see grand-).

(music) Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.

(Ireland, Northern England, colloquial, otherwise dated) Fine; lovely.

Roots

grandisgrand- · Latin · great, large

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