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English noun: grandness | |||
| 1. | grandness (state) a prominent status | ||
| Samples | A person of importance. | ||
| Synonyms | importance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | standing | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | accent, emphasis, primacy | ||
| 2. | grandness (attribute) unusual largeness in size or extent or number | ||
| Synonyms | enormousness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bigness, largeness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | enormity | ||
| 3. | grandness (attribute) the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | brilliance, grandeur, magnificence, splendor, splendour | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | elegance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | eclat | ||
| 4. | grandness (attribute) splendid or imposing in size or appearance | ||
| Samples | The grandness of the architecture. Impressed by the richness of the flora. | ||
| Synonyms | impressiveness, magnificence, richness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | excellence | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | expansiveness, expansivity, loftiness, majesty, stateliness | ||
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