Grand

Definitions

1. A placename
   countable, uncountable
2. A commune in Vosges department, Grand Est, France.
   countable, uncountable
3. A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)
4. A grandparent or grandchild.
5. A ghost town (historic place) in Ellis County, Oklahoma, United States.
   countable, uncountable
6. A thousand RPM.
   colloquial
7. A surname.
   countable
8. A grand piano

Equivalents

Examples

“For quotations using this term, see⟳ Citations:grand.”

“One grand, two grand RPM”

“The engine, with more compression, carburetion, and cam timing than the Ambassador, could lounge comfortably below four grand and then rush⟳ to 7500 rpm, aided and abetted by a light⟳ flywheel and a close-ratio five-speed box.”

“Once, in Maryland, he met four families of slaves who had all been together for a hundred years: great-grands, grands, mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, cousins, children.”

“Her granddaughter and great-granddaughter went with us as chaperones. Did I ever tell⟳ you that she had six grands and two great-grands? […] And Emily agrees with me it's a shame that I don't even have⟳ a grand.”

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