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grand | greate |

As adjectives the difference between grand and greate

is that grand is of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal while greate is an archaic spelling of lang=en.

As a noun grand

is one thousand dollars (compare G).

As a proper noun Grand

is a commune in France.

grand

English

(Webster 1913)

Adjective

(er)
  • Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal.
    • a grand mountain
    a grand army
    a grand mistake
  • Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things).
    • a grand monarch
    a grand view
    a grand conception
  • 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
  • Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent -- generally used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc.
  • (Ireland, Northern England) fine; lovely

    • Noun

    (grand)
  • One thousand dollars (compare ).
  • * {{quote-video
    • , date = 2003-12-21 , episode = The Hitchhiker , title = (Cold Case) , people = (Danny Pino) , role = Scotty Valens , season = 1 , number = 10 , passage = I could win ten grand over there, I still ain't paying a cabbie 300 bucks to drive me home. }}
  • (British) One thousand pounds sterling.
  • (musical instruments) A grand piano

    • Related terms

    * grandeur * grandiose * grandiosity * grandioso

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    greate

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1545, author=Desiderius Erasmus, title=A Very Pleasaunt & Fruitful Diologe Called the Epicure, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=He setteth the high and principall felicitie of man in pleasure, and thiketh that lyfe most pure and godly, whiche may haue greate delectatio and pleasure, and lytle pensiuenes. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=c. 1595, author=Thomas Nash, title=The Choise of Valentines, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=132 Perhaps the sillie worme is labour'd sore, And wearied that it can doe noe more; If it be so, as I am greate a-dread, I wish tenne thousand times that I were dead. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1630, author=William Pemble, title=A Briefe Introduction to Geography, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=No more then if you should lay a fly vpon a smooth Cartwheele, or a pinnes head vpon a greate globe. }}