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Expansive and Grand Definitions

Expansive

Capable of expanding or tending to expand.

Grand

Large and impressive in size or extent
A forest of grand trees.
Corruption on a grand scale.

Expansive

Broad in size or extent; comprehensive
Expansive police powers.

Grand

Sweeping in ambition or conception
A grand scheme to build a canal across the desert.

Expansive

Open and communicative; talkative or effusive
Wine made the guest expansive.
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Grand

Very pleasing; wonderful; splendid
The children had a grand time playing in the barn.

Expansive

Grand in scale
An expansive lifestyle.

Grand

Characterized by splendor or magnificence
A grand meal was laid before them. The emperor made a grand entrance on his horse.

Expansive

Comprehensive in scope or extent.
Expansive research work

Grand

Having more importance than others; principal
Won the grand prize.
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Expansive

Talkative and sociable.

Grand

Having higher rank than others of the same category
The grand admiral of the fleet.

Expansive

Able to be expanded.

Grand

Dignified or noble, as in appearance or effect
The grand style of the great orators.
The grand old man of British letters.

Expansive

(mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity.
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Grand

Having a serious moral purpose; noble
An endeavor with a grand mission.

Expansive

Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air.
A more expansive and generous compassion.
His forehead was broad and expansive.

Grand

Of a haughty or pretentious nature
Put on a grand manner.

Expansive

Causing expansion; as, the expansive force of heat.

Grand

Including or covering all units or aspects
The grand total.

Expansive

Of much expanse; wide-extending; as, an expansive view of the mountains.

Grand

A grand piano.

Expansive

Friendly, open, and unrestrained in conversation or discourse; - of people; as, wine made the guest expansive.

Grand

Pl. grand Slang A thousand dollars
Sold the car for six grand.

Expansive

Characterized by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur.

Grand

(augmentative) Large, senior high-ranking, intense, extreme, or exceptional

Expansive

Able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion;
Expansive materials
The expansive force of fire

Grand

Of a large size or extent; great.
A grand mountain
A grand army
A grand mistake

Expansive

Impressive in scale;
An expansive lifestyle
In the grand manner

Grand

Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, magnificent.
A grand monarch
A grand view
His simple vision has transformed into something far more grand.

Expansive

Marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur

Grand

Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name.
A grand lodge
A grand vizier
A grand piano
The Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire.
'' Grand Admiral

Expansive

Friendly and open and willing to talk;
Wine made the guest expansive

Grand

Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent grand-}}.
Grandfather, grandson, grand-child

Grand

Fine; lovely.
A cup of tea? That'd be grand.

Grand

(music) Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.

Grand

(plural "grand") A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. Compare G.

Grand

A grand piano

Grand

A grandparent or grandchild.

Grand

Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake.
Making so bold . . . to unsealTheir grand commission.

Grand

Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a grand general; a grand view; a grand conception.
They are the highest models of expression, the unapproachedmasters of the grand style.

Grand

Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name; as, a grand lodge; a grand vizier; a grand piano, etc.

Grand

Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; - generalIy used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc.
What causeMov'd our grand parents, in that happy state,Favor'd of Heaven so highly, to fall offFrom their Creator.

Grand

The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

Grand

A piano with the strings on a harp-shaped frame; usually supported by 3 legs

Grand

Impressive in scale;
An expansive lifestyle
In the grand manner

Grand

Of or befitting a lord;
Heir to a lordly fortune
Of august lineage

Grand

Impressive in size or scope;
Heroic undertakings

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