grand- /grand-/

Signifying (a person) of the second degree of parentage or descent

granˈdam, granˈdame or grannˈam noun (archaic)

1. An old dame or woman
2. A grandmother

grandˈ-aunt noun

A great-aunt

grandˈchild noun

A son's or daughter's child

grandˈdad or granˈdad noun (informal)

1. A grandfather
2. An old man (granddad collar a round collar, not folded over (orig intended to take a detachable stud-fastened collar); granddad shirt one with a granddad collar)

grandˈdaddy or granˈdaddy noun (informal)

1. A grandfather
2. A person or thing considered the oldest, biggest, first, etc of its kind

grandˈdaughter noun

A son's or daughter's daughter

grandˈfather noun

A father's or mother's father

1. To exempt (an activity, person, etc) from a new piece of legislation, restriction or the like (grandfather clause (US informal) a qualifying clause within a piece of legislation exempting those already involved in the activity with which the legislation deals
2. Grandfather (or grandfather's) clock an old-fashioned clock (longcase clock) standing on the ground, or a new clock of this style (larger than a grandmother('s) clock)

grandˈfatherly adjective

Like a grandfather, kindly

grand'kid noun (informal)

A grandchild

grandˈma, grandˈmama or grandˈmamma noun (informal)

1. A grandmother
2. An old woman

grandˈmother noun

A father's or mother's mother

grandˈmotherly adjective

1. Like a grandmother
2. Over-anxious, fussy

grandˈ-nephew noun

A great-nephew

grandˈ-niece noun

A great-niece

grandˈpa or grandˈpapa noun (informal)

A grandfather

grandˈparent noun

A grandfather or grandmother

grandˈsire noun

1. A grandfather (archaic)
2. Any ancestor (archaic)
3. A method of ringing changes (bellringing)

grandˈson noun

A son's or daughter's son

grandˈ-uncle noun

A great-uncle

grand¹ /grand/

1. Exalted
2. Magnificent
3. Dignified
4. Sublime
5. Imposing
6. Would-be-imposing
7. On a great scale
8. Pre-eminent
9. Supreme
10. Chief
11. Main
12. In complete form
13. In full proportions
14. Very good (informal)

1. A grand piano
2. A thousand dollars or pounds (slang)

grandˈly adverb

grandˈness noun

grand-duˈcal adjective

Relating to a grand duke

grand duchess noun

1. The wife or widow of a grand duke
2. A woman of the same rank as a grand duke in her own right

grand duke noun

A title of sovereignty over a grand duchy, first created by the Pope in 1569 for the rulers of Florence and Tuscany, later assumed by certain German and Russian imperial princes

grand juror noun

A member of a grand jury, a special jury in the USA (and until 1933 in Britain) which decides whether there is sufficient evidence to put an accused person on trial

grand larceny see larceny

grand march noun

The processional opening of a ball

grandmasˈter noun

1. Orig the title given to a chess player winning a major international tournament, now given to a player achieving a high score in three major tournaments
2. Any exceptionally skilled player

Grand Master noun

The head of a religious order of knighthood (Hospitallers, Templars, and Teutonic Knights), or of the Freemasons, etc

Grand Mufti noun

The head of the Muslim religious community in several Middle-Eastern countries

Grand National noun

A steeplechase held annually at Aintree in Liverpool

grand old man noun (informal)

A person commanding great respect and veneration

grand opera see under opera¹

grand piano noun

A large harp-shaped piano, with horizontal strings

grand slam noun

1. A contract to win every trick (bridge)
2. The winning of all the major championships in a season (sport, eg tennis, golf)
3. A home run hit when there is a runner at each base, scoring four runs (baseball)

grandˈstand noun

An elevated structure on a racecourse, etc, with tiered seating, affording a good view for spectators

intransitive verb (informal)

To show off

grandstand finish noun

1. A close and rousing finish to a sporting contest
2. A supreme effort to win at the close of a sporting contest

grand style noun

A style adapted to lofty or sublime subjects

grand total noun

The sum of all subordinate sums

Grand Tour see under tour

grand touring same as gran turismo (see under gran²).

Grand Unified Theory noun

A unified quantum field theory of the electromagnetic, strong and weak interactions of elementary particles (abbrev GUT)

grand² /grã/ (French)

Great

grand amateur /da-ma-tœr/ noun

A collector of beautiful objects on a large scale

grand atelier /dat-əl-yā/ noun

A top-ranking fashion house

grand coup /koo/ noun

1. A successful stroke
2. In bridge or whist, the trumping of a trick that could have been trumped by the winner's partner

grand cru /krü/ noun

A wine from a famous vineyard or group of vineyards (also adjective)

Grand Guignol see Guignol

grand luxe /lüks/ noun

Great luxury

grand mal /mal/ noun

A violently convulsive form of epilepsy (see also petit mal under petit)

Grand Marnier® /mär-nyā/ noun

An orange-flavoured liqueur, often with a cognac base

grand merci /mer-sē/ interjection

Many thanks

grand monde /mɔ̃d/ noun

High society

grand prix /prē/ noun (pl grands prix)

1. Literally, chief prize
2. (with caps) any of several international motor races
3. Any competition of similar importance in other sports (orig Grand Prix de Paris, a famous horse race)

grand seigneur /sen-yœr/ noun

A dignified aristocratic gentleman or noble (now usu ironic)

le Grand Siècle /syekl’/

The great century, ie the Classical age of French literature during the reign of Louis XIV

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