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Meanings of grand in English
Catalan
piano de cua A piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs.
Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers.
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Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style.
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Examples for "elevated"
Examples for "elevated"
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Meanwhile, current elevated oil prices are a serious concern to growth prospects.
2
Special pleading has been elevated to an art form in recent days.
3
Gregarious Simulation Systems elevated the MMO concept to an entirely new level.
4
Ozone, which also causes breathing difficulties, is also present at elevated levels.
5
So far, few samples have shown elevated levels of toxins, she said.
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The lofty level of oil prices helped drive down other sectors, however.
2
Previous British governments have adopted lofty targets for trade, with mixed success.
3
Three days ago the lofty off-spinner was relaxing peacefully back at home.
4
The military wants a better approach, and they've got some lofty goals.
5
In the background, in a large and lofty cell, is the sanctuary.
1
The position and the occasion were the height of the moral sublime.
2
The sublime is the representation of something powerful, in a simple form.
3
De Kock was in sublime form, striking 17 fours and a six.
4
We eternally step from the sublime to the ridiculous; we want taste.
5
The resolution that bore him up at this crisis was morally sublime.
1
In time, she will certainly earn her place in their exalted company.
2
Omnipotence cannot be exalted; Infinity cannot be amplified; Perfection cannot be improved.
3
The citizens went to the polls in a mood of exalted self-denial.
4
If thou wilt be exalted in heaven, humble thyself in the world.
5
He exalted the dignity of labor, and scorned all baseness and lies.
1
Looking back, it was extraordinarily idealistic; but it was also a strategy.
2
However, the cynic in me finds that to be idealistic at best.
3
Even today, nine decades on, the unaccompanied choral writing seems implausibly idealistic.
4
But that's missing the point of this terrifically humane and idealistic film.
5
At first, however reluctant to be a cop, he was still idealistic.
1
One reason might be the rarefied nature of the high court's work.
2
It's a small and rarefied group that Hitchcock fits right in with.
3
We needn't look as far as the heavens to find rarefied environments.
4
The rarefied atmosphere of these high regions makes the stomach frightfully hollow.
5
The rarefied air scarcely gave play to the action of my lungs.
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Hybrid cars popular with noble-minded Hollywood stars also provide a recent example.
2
But that upright man was too noble-minded to take a mean revenge.
3
He was generous, humane, and noble-minded, when passion did not blind him.
4
Are you noble-minded enough to accept such a state, do you think?
5
He is the born prototype of progress, and noble-minded to a degree!
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And TNF has never been more everyday having navigated a trek from the elevated niche of a technical brand to the less-rarified high street.
2
The Martians experience no difficulty in living in a rarified atmosphere.
3
For four years they had lived in the rarified atmosphere of celestial friendship.
4
All the Tugela operations had been conducted in a rarified medium.
5
Philosophy also has been itself of late working in a pretty rarified region.
1
The public expects something more than high-minded declarations of transparency and accountability.
2
Last year, Australia gained its first sex museum, which is similarly high-minded.
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The majority of the board was composed of high-minded and able men.
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I never met a more high-minded set of men in any country.
5
When they were just a city, they were supposedly high-minded and self-controlled.
1
For the next two days Carrie indulged in the most high-flown speculations.
2
The expert was a little puzzled by sentiments so high-flown and unpractical.
3
He returned a high-flown phrase of thanks in a bitter, absent whisper.
4
They hate nonsense, sentimentalism, and high-flown expressions; they use a studied plainness.
5
Bell had had high-flown notions as to the absolute glory of poverty.
Usage of grand in English
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Several companies said they received grand jury subpoenas, indicating a criminal investigation.
2
In this grand new institution Desmarets should certainly hold an official role.
3
Currently, there are plans to present the case to a grand jury.
4
More than half of Germans said they would welcome a 'grand coalition'.
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The paper also said Bolton has not received a grand jury subpoena.
6
Breakers say they have good form heading into the NBL grand finals.
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The State company had grand plans that none of its customers wanted.
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Just at this crisis there was a tumult in the grand stand.
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Xanadu, way out beyond Tokyo bay, is having its grand opening today.
10
In terms of his grand diagonal design, he was slightly off course.
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True to form, Tesla's ambitions are grand, and its product is impressive.
12
He asked Hekmatyar once again to consider a grand compromise, including Massoud.
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His grand plan is a Shared Island rather than a United Ireland.
14
The plan was grand-Dublinwould be taken, and all Ireland would rise.
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Also a baby grand nobody's used since Warren left for prep school.
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The completion of the church is the grand improvement in Newera Ellia.
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