noun
Meaning 1
The state of being grand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
grandness
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noun
Meaning 2
splendid or imposing in size or appearance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the grandness of the architecture
- impressed by the richness of the flora
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: impressiveness, magnificence, richness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: excellence
Narrower terms: expansiveness, expansivity, stateliness, majesty, loftiness
noun
Meaning 3
the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel
- his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects
- it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor
- an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art
- advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: elegance
Narrower terms: eclat
noun
Meaning 4
unusual largeness in size or extent or number
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: enormousness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: largeness, bigness
Narrower terms: enormity
noun
Meaning 5
a prominent status
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a person of importance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: importance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: standing
Narrower terms: emphasis, accent, primacy
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English grand Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English grandness From grand + -ness.