grand
part of speech
adjective (grand, grander, grandest); noun (a grand — plural also grand, informal)
meaning for a pupil
1) Grand means big, impressive and splendid, like a grand palace. tree →
2) Grand can mean important or proud. tree →
3) (informal, UK and Ireland) Grand means very good or fine: «That's grand, thanks.» tree →
4) (slang) A grand is a thousand pounds or dollars: «It cost five grand.» tree →
5) Grand in words like grandmother and grandson means one generation further. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories it describes castles, balls and big occasions. In Ireland, «grand» is an everyday word for «fine» or «OK». In maths and money talk, «grand» means a thousand, and «grand total» means the final total of everything. Phrases: grand total, grand piano, grand prize, grand opening, the grand finale.
examples
- The queen lived in a grand palace with a hundred rooms. tree →
- (Ireland) «How are you?» «I'm grand, thanks!» tree →
- The car cost ten grand. tree →
- The grand total for the trip was 450 dollars. tree →
- The school held a grand opening for the new library. tree →
- We won the grand prize in the raffle. tree →
- My mum's dad is my grandad. tree →
- It was indeed a grand wedding. tree →
note
As «a thousand», the plural is often «grand»: «five grand», not «five grands». In maths: «3 grand» = three thousand; «grand total» = add up all the smaller totals. Irish «grand» means «fine», not «splendid». A «grand piano» is a big piano with a long body.
In the corpora
- Round a bend they see Toad Hall: a grand old red-brick house with lawns down to the water.
- Both use grand, loving names for each other all through the story.
- "wànshì rúyì" means "may everything go as you wish", a grand four-word wish to anyone.
- «Grand job, love,» she said.
- Très means very and goes before the adjective: très bon, très grand, très joli.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «grand» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.