grandadjective
uk/ɡrænd/us/ɡrænd/grand adjective (IMPORTANT)
important and large in degree:
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- The novel deals with grand themes, but is never heavy or pretentious.
- He's just reached the grand old age of 95.
- I was disappointed not to get the job, but it's not that important in the grand scheme of things.
- Present on this grand occasion were Andrew Davies, Melissa Peters and other such stars.
- None of his grand plans for a TV series ever came to fruition.
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Very important or urgent
- all-important
- arch
- at all cost(s) idiom
- be a matter of life and/or death idiom
- burning
- chief
- considerable
- critical
- major league
- make the world go around/round idiom
- materially
- minor league
- mission-critical
- prized
- prominent
- radical
- sacred
- salient
- seriously
- substantial
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grand adjective (SPLENDID)
C1 impressive and large or important:
used in the name of a place or building to show that it is large or beautiful and deserves to be admired:
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Expensive & luxurious
- costly
- delicacy
- deluxe
- exclusive
- executive
- expensive
- grandly
- lush
- luxurious
- no expense is spared idiom
- opulent
- plush
- premium-rate
- priceless
- sumptuous
- swish
- tony
- unaffordable
- valuable
- white elephant
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grand adjective (EXCELLENT)
old-fashioned informal or Irish English excellent or enjoyable:
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Extremely good
- admirable
- amazing
- ask for sb/sth
- award-winning
- awesome
- bowl
- brilliant
- incomparable
- incredible
- inspired
- irreplaceable
- life is just a bowl of cherries idiom
- outstanding
- parallel
- sterling
- superb
- superlatively
- supremacy
- supreme
- terrific
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Idiom(s)
grandnoun [ C ]
uk/ɡrænd/us/ɡrænd/plural grandgrand noun [ C ] (MONEY)
US G informal £1,000:
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Informal words for money
- (your) (daily) bread idiom
- bit
- bread
- dosh
- dough
- fiver
- G, g
- gee
- lolly
- lucre
- monies
- monkey
- pickings
- spondulicks
- tenner
- the readies
- thou
- ton
- wonga
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grand noun [ C ] (INSTRUMENT)
informal for grand piano
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Musical instruments
- accordion
- alphorn
- alto
- alto recorder
- bagpipes
- dulcimer
- English horn
- euphonium
- fingerboard
- flugelhorn
- pick
- pitched
- plectrum
- reed
- reed instrument
- viol
- viola
- violin
- violoncello
- vuvuzela
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