If you describe a building or a piece of scenery as grand, you mean that its size or appearance is very impressive.

Grand plans or actions are intended to achieve important results.

People who are grand think they are important or socially superior.

If you describe an activity or experience as grand, you mean that it is very pleasant and enjoyable.

You can describe someone or something as grand when you admire or approve of them very much.

A grand total is one that is the final amount or the final result of a calculation.

Grand is often used in the names of buildings such as hotels, especially when they are very large.

A grand is a thousand dollars or a thousand pounds.

A grand is the same as a grand piano .