different between grand vs much

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ænd/
• Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology 1

From Middle English grand, grond, graund, graunt, from Anglo-Norman graunt, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grande and grandee.

Alternative forms

• grande

Adjective

grand (comparative grander or more grand, superlative grandest or most grand)

1. Of a large size or extent; great.

   a grand mountain

   a grand army

   a grand mistake

2. 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.
3. 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.

4. (usually in compound forms) Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent (see grand-).

   grandfather, grandson, grand-child

5. (Ireland, Northern England, colloquial, otherwise dated) Fine; lovely.

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

grand (plural grands or grand)

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

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:grand.

2. (music, plural "grands") A grand piano

Translations

Etymology 2

From granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, etc.

Noun

grand (plural grands)

1. A grandparent or grandchild.
   • 1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved, page 269:

     Once, in Maryland, he met four families of slaves who had all been together for a hundred years: great-grands, grands, mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, cousins, children.

   • 2012, Brenda Jackson, Texas Wild & Beyond Temptation, page 47:

     Her granddaughter and great-granddaughter went with us as chaperones. Did I ever tell you that she had six grands and two great-grands? […] And Emily agrees with me it's a shame that I don't even have a grand.

Further reading

• grand in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• DRAGN

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin grandis.

Adjective

grand (feminine grand or grande, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grands or grandes)

1. big

French

Etymology

From Middle French grand, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????/, (followed by vowel or h muet) /????.t?/

Adjective

grand (feminine singular grande, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandes)

1. big, great, grand
2. tall
3. (usually capitalized) Great, an honorific title

4. great; big fat; an intensifier

5. extensive, large

Derived terms

See also

• grand-mère
• grand-père
• grand-chose

Further reading

• “grand” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Friulian

Alternative forms

• grant (standard orthography)

Adjective

grand

1. Alternative form of grant

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse grand (“injury, hurt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

grand n (genitive singular grands, nominative plural grönd)

1. damage, harm, destruction
2. (card games) absence of trump cards/suits

Declension

Synonyms

• mein
• skaði
• óskundi

Related terms

• granda

Middle French

Alternative forms

• grant

Etymology

From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grand m (feminine singular grande, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandes) (comparative greigneur, superlative greigneur)

1. big; large

Descendants

• French: grand

Norman

Alternative forms

• grànd (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r??/, /?r??/
• (Jersey)

Adjective

grand m

1. (Jersey) big

Derived terms

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin grandis.

Adjective

grand m (feminine singular granda, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandas)

1. big, large

   Antonyms: pichon, petit

Derived terms

• grandament
• grandàs
• grandesa

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, ?ISBN, page 538.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) grond
• (Sutsilvan) grànd

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grand m (feminine singular granda, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandas)

1. (Puter) big, large
2. (Puter) tall

Swedish

Noun

grand n

1. a mote, a speck, something very small and unimportant

Usage notes

• The form grann is used in the adverb litegrann (“a bit”), which in older texts can be written litet grand.
• Phrases like vi åt lunch på Grand, refer to a "Grand Hotel" available in several towns

Declension

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grand m (feminine singular grande, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandes, feminine plural (before noun) grandès)

1. large, big

English

Etymology

From Middle English muche (“much, great”), apocopated variant of muchel (“much, great”), from Old English micel (“big, much”), from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *me?h?- (“big, stour, great”). See also mickle, muckle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?t??/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Determiner

much (comparative more, superlative most)

1. A large amount of. [from 13^thc.]

   Hurry! We don't have much time!

   They set about the task with much enthusiasm.

   • 1816, Jane Austen, Persuasion:

     As it was, he did nothing with much zeal, but sport; and his time was otherwise trifled away, without benefit from books or anything else.

   • 2011, "Wisconsin and wider", The Economist, 24 February:

     Unless matters take a nastier turn, neither side has much incentive to compromise.

2. (in combinations such as 'as much', 'this much') Used to indicate, demonstrate or compare the quantity of something.

   Add this much water and no more.

   Take as much time as you like.

3. (now archaic or nonstandard) A great number of; many (people). [from 13^thc.]
   • 1526, Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew VI:

     When Jesus was come downe from the mountayne, moch people folowed him.

   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula:

     There wasn't much people about that day.

4. (now Caribbean, African-American) Many ( + plural countable noun). [from 13^thc.]
   • 1977, Bob Marley, So Much Things to Say:

     They got so much things to say right now, they got so much things to say.

Usage notes

• Much is now generally used with uncountable nouns. The equivalent used with countable nouns is many. In positive contexts, much is widely avoided: I have a lot of money instead of I have much money. There are some exceptions to this, however: I have much hope for the future.
• Unlike many determiners, much is frequently modified by intensifying adverbs, as in “too much”, “very much”, “so much”, “not much”, and so on. (The same is true of many.)

Synonyms

• a great deal of, (informal) a lot of

Antonyms

• little

Related terms

• how much
• too much

Translations

Adjective

much (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Large, great. [12^th-16^thc.]
2. (obsolete) Long in duration.

Adverb

much (comparative more, superlative most)

1. To a great extent.
2. Often; frequently.

3. (in combinations such as 'as much', 'this much') Used to indicate or compare extent.

   I don't like Wagner as much as I like Mozart.

4. (obsolete) Almost.

Usage notes

• As a verb modifier in positive contexts, much must be modified by another adverb: I like fish very much, I like fish so much, etc. but not *I like fish much.
• As a comparative intensifier, many can be used instead of much if it modifies the comparative form of many, i.e. more with a countable noun: many more people but much more snow.
• May be used in humorous questions to draw attention to somebody's undesirable behaviour: "desperate much?", "cherry-picking much?", etc.

Synonyms

• (to a great extent): (informal) a great deal, (informal) a lot, greatly, highly, (informal) loads, plenty (slang, especially US), very much

Antonyms

• (to a great extent): less, little, few, almost, nearly,

Derived terms

Translations

Pronoun

much

1. A large amount or great extent.

   From those to whom much has been given much is expected.

   We lay awake for much of the night.

Anagrams

• Chum, chum

Chuukese

Verb

much

1. to end

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mux/

Noun

much

1. genitive plural of moucha

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mut??]

Adverb

much

1. Apocopic form of mucho; very, greatly
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 36r.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mux/

Noun

much

1. genitive plural of mucha

Yucatec Maya

Noun

much

1. Obsolete spelling of muuch