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Despite the success cult, men are most deeply moved not by the reaching of the goal but by the grandness of the effort involved in getting there - or failing to get there.
Max Lerner

Meaning of "grandness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GRANDNESS

grandness  [ˈɡrændnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRANDNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Grandness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GRANDNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of grandness in the English dictionary

The first definition of grandness in the dictionary is impressiveness. Other definition of grandness is behaviour suggesting one thinks one is important. Grandness is also ambitiousness or largeness in scope or scale.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRANDNESS


blondeness
ˈblɒndnəs
blondness
ˈblɒndnəs
boundedness
ˈbaʊndɪdnəs
boundness
ˈbaʊndnəs
determinedness
dɪˈtɜːmɪndnəs
impassionedness
ɪmˈpæʃəndnəs
ingrainedness
ɪnˈɡreɪndnəs
jocundness
ˈdʒɒkəndnəs
overfondness
ˌəʊvəˈfɒndnəs
overkindness
ˌəʊvəˈkaɪndnəs
purblindness
ˈpɜːblaɪndnəs
refinedness
rɪˈfaɪndnəs
resignedness
rɪˈzaɪndnəs
restrainedness
rɪˈstreɪndnəs
rotundness
rəʊˈtʌndnəs
self-containedness
ˌsɛlfkənˈteɪndnəs
unconcernedness
ˌʌnkənˈsɜːndnəs
unconditionedness
ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃəndnəs
unseasonedness
ʌnˈsiːzəndnəs
unsoundness
ʌnˈsaʊndnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRANDNESS

grandly
grandma
Grandma Moses
grandmama
grandmamma
grandmaster
grandmother
grandmother clock
grandmotherly
grandnephew
grandniece
grandpa
grandpapa
grandparent
grandparental
grandparenthood
grands seigneurs
grandsire
grandson
grandstand

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRANDNESS

awkwardness
baldness
blindness
boldness
business
fondness
goodness
hardness
indebtedness
kindness
loudness
madness
mindedness
oddness
preparedness
redness
sadness
soundness
tiredness
weirdness
wickedness

Synonyms and antonyms of grandness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «grandness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRANDNESS

Find out the translation of grandness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of grandness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grandness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

壮大
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

grandness
570 millions of speakers

English

grandness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

grandness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العظمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

грандиозность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grandness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

grandness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grandeur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kehebatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Erhabenheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

grandness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

웅장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Grandness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

grandness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

grandness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोठेपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

azamet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grandezza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

grandness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

грандіозність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

grandoarea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεγαλείο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grootheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

grandness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

storslåtthet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grandness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRANDNESS»

The term «grandness» is regularly used and occupies the 73.920 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRANDNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «grandness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «grandness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about grandness

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2 QUOTES WITH «GRANDNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word grandness.
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Emily Carr
It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw.
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Max Lerner
Despite the success cult, men are most deeply moved not by the reaching of the goal but by the grandness of the effort involved in getting there - or failing to get there.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRANDNESS»

Discover the use of grandness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grandness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Wonderful Ways to Love a Grandchild
Let. Your. Grandness. Shine. Webster's defines grand as: Large and impressive in size, scope, or extent; magnificent. Rich and sumptuous.Of a solemn,stately, or splendid nature. Dignified or noble in appearance or effect. Noble or admirable ...
Judy Ford, 2006
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Broken Verses
I stopped believing in grandness when the Poet died. Greatness and grandness, stopped believing in them. And you? What do you believe in, Samina's daughter, when you look around at this world in which the only grandness that exists is ...
Kamila Shamsie, 2011
3
Faking It
Even such as he may experience a twinge of anxiety that his experience of natural beauty suggests he is in the presence of some essential grand- ness whose grandness will impose itself on a third worlder no less than on suburbanite, ...
William Ian Miller, 2003
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GodMoments for Men (eBook)
Isn't there enough grandness needed on this planetfor eachto walk in some? And ,by grandness, I'm not suggesting typicalheroics like winning agreat battle or discovering the cure to a major disease. The grandness I'm speaking of is simply  ...
Andrew Holmes, 2012
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Experiencing Dewey: Insights for Today's Classroom
Grandness. of. Vision. Talking about education and teaching takes practice and experience, feedback and extra inquiry; and practicing teaching well, let alone talking about it with some facility, takes grandness of vision — imagination no less.
Donna Adair Breault, Rick Breault, 2005
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Saginaw
Grandness. in. Granite. and. Brick. 5487 The Fordney, Saginaw, Wesf Side, Mich. Fordney Hotel. Situated on the southwest corner of Hamilton and Court Streets, the Fordney Hotel was one of Saginaw's preeminent hotels. Originally the Taylor  ...
Kevin Mark Rooker, 2009
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The Book of Stories from the Lake: The Byline of a Lifetime, ...
the. grAndness. of. grAndPArenting. This week was full of fun and anticipation with the onset of the Apple Blossom Festival and the various events associated with it. I was able to witness some of the fun through the eyes of some of my ...
Eileen Loveman, 2010
8
Divided Loyalties: Whistle-blowing at BART
The. Grandness. of. the. Dream. Management's. View. When people build new organizations they must decide upon the structures they will use to allocate tasks, ensure communication, coordinate activities, and distribute decision-making ...
‎1980
9
Popular Mechanics
It's. not. a. show. about. subtlety. It's. a. show. about. grandness." of the moving light industry" — in 700- and 1200-watt sizes hanging from the trusses above the stage, from the three mezzanines, and from the theater's ring of houselights on the ...
10
Candle Dancers
The gilded ornate grandness had been torn out, gutted, and destroyed many years ago, usurped with the bland utilitarianism of the new age. The manager of the casino, Strid Docker, had been pleased with himself. He had persuaded the ...
Neville Green, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRANDNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grandness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Memories of actor Roger Rees
... and I think there's something in me that's slightly Marxist or something — I think I'm interested in taking away the grandness from it a little bit. «San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 15»
2
It's the Serena Slam! Now Williams is just one shy of Graf's record of …
And though there were tears aplenty when she lost the good fight, Muguruza said that they were as much through the grandness of the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Create some drama in your home
Majestic window treatments are not for everyone, but they sure can add grandness to even smaller homes. Finally, just as important as any of ... «Napa Valley Register, Jul 15»
4
Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma still not paid for Bombay Velvet?
Bombay Velvet, which has been in production for more than three years, given its grandness, couldn't make much money at the box office. «India Today, Jul 15»
5
Review: In 'Between the World and Me,' Ta-Nehisi Coates Delivers a …
“The grandness of the world,” he tells Samori, sounding a more optimistic note, “the real world, the whole world, is a known thing for you.” ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
6
Marveling at the Grandness of the Land on the Continent We Came …
More and more, traveling through South Africa, and later in Zimbabwe and Botswana, we realized our smallness in the grandness of the land. «Chelsea Now, Jul 15»
7
A Beyoncé-Inspired Building Will Soon Be A Real Thing In Australia
The grandness of the building is striking enough, but there's something else -- this building's got curves. But these aren't just any curves, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
8
Foo Fighters rock N.J.: Injured Dave Grohl shreds from epic throne …
The grandness with which Grohl writes his hook-heavy melodies clearly transferred to his stage design, as the apparatus was equal parts pop ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
9
COMMENT: Lismore's old carpark dream finally coming true
... act it features in - up the back in the semi-dark, partially obscured by the grandness of a new cultural precinct or a redeveloped eat street. «Northern Star, Jul 15»
10
'Far from the Madding Crowd': Hardy novel gets new screen treatment
Vinterberg added: “My approach was to combine that epic grandness with believability—to bring out all the vulnerability and fragility in these ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»

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