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Grand River

–noun

1.	former name of the Colorado River above its junction with the Green River in SE Utah.

2.	a river in SW Michigan, flowing W to Lake Michigan. 260 mi. (420 km) long.

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grand

Audio Help [grand] Pronunciation Key adjective, grand·er, grand·est, noun, plural grands for 13, grand for 14.

–adjective

1.	impressive in size, appearance, or general effect: grand mountain scenery.

2.	stately, majestic, or dignified: In front of an audience her manner is grand and regal.

3.	highly ambitious or idealistic: grand ideas for bettering the political situation.

4.	magnificent or splendid: a grand palace.

5.	noble or revered: a grand old man.

6.	highest, or very high, in rank or official dignity: a grand potentate.

7.	main or principal; chief: the grand ballroom.

8.	of great importance, distinction, or pretension: a man used to entertaining grand personages.

9.	complete or comprehensive: a grand total.

10.	pretending to grandeur, as a result of minor success, good fortune, etc.; conceited: Jane is awfully grand since she got promoted.

11.	first-rate; very good; splendid: to have a grand time; to feel grand.

12.	Music. written on a large scale or for a large ensemble: a grand fugue.

–noun

13.	grand piano.

14.	Informal. an amount equal to a thousand dollars: The cops found most of the loot, but they're still missing about five grand.

[Origin: 1350–1400; 1920–25 for def. 14; ME gra(u)nd, gra(u)nt < OF grant, grand < L grand- (s. of grandis) great, large full-grown

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—Related forms

grandly, adverb

grandness, noun

—Synonyms 2. princely, regal, royal, exalted. 4. great, large, palatial; brilliant, superb. 9. inclusive.

—Antonyms 1. insignificant. 2. modest, unassuming. 3. small; mean. 7. minor.

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	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus	Cite This Source
Main Entry:	grand
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	Large and impressive in size, scope, or extent.
Synonyms:	august, baronial, grandiose, imposing, lordly, magnific, magnificent, majestic, noble, princely, regal, royal, splendid, stately, sublime, superb
Source:	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

	Synonym Collection v1.1	Cite This Source
Main Entry:	grand
Part of Speech:	adjective
Synonyms:	apocalyptic, august, baronial, bombastic, consummate, cosmic, dignified, elegant, exalted, expansive, famous, flamboyant, flowery, glorious, gorgeous, grandiloquent, grandiose, great, highfalutin, illustrious, imposing, impressive, large, lavish, lofty, luxurious, magisterial, magnificent, magniloquent, majestic, noble, ostentatious, palatial, preeminent, prominent, rarefied, splendid, stately, statuesque, sublime, sumptuous, superb, transcendent, turgid, venerable, rubescent, thou
Source:	Synonym Collection v1.1 Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.

	Synonym Collection v1.1	Cite This Source
Main Entry:	grand
Part of Speech:	noun
Synonyms:	grandeur, grandiloquence, grandiosity, magnificence, majesty, flamboyancy, impressiveness, megalomania, regality, sublimity
Source:	Synonym Collection v1.1 Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.

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Combin, Grand, peak, 14,164 ft (4,317 m) high, Valais canton, S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps, near the Italian border.

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